The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15
BY a Clever Parliamentary Ruling
by the Newly Elected National
League Leader a Quorum For
Meeting Was Obtained
SPAULDING ATTACKED
BY ANDREW FREEDMAN
Charges Him With Getting Back
Into the Game the Better to
Sell BaSebaIIS and Declares
Meetings of Friday and Yester-
day Were ILLEGAL

New York, Dec. IA. G. Spalding
presided at today's meeting of the Ma
tional League. The New York, Boston,
Cincinnati and st. Louis clubs did not
participate. Mr.. Spalding made a short
address, in which he said he intended to
put baseball on the plane it had occu-
pied some years ago and that, if ne
cessary, new clubs would be put in
place Of those deserving the league.
A quorum was obtained for today s
meeting by a clever parliamentary rul-
ing by the new president. Mr.. Freed
man had sent his secretary, r. K.
Knowles, to keep tab on things When
the meeting was called, Mr.. Knowles
cautiously approached the door and
peered in. Quick as a flash Mr.. Knowles
name was called. AS there were four
other clubs represented, Mr.. Spalding
ruled that New York should be count
ed as present, thereby making a QUO
rum. The magnates then proceeded to
business.
The first order of business was the
election of a new board of directors.
The election resulted in the choice of
Ebbets of Brooklyn, Soden of Boston,
Hart of Chicago and Dreyfus of Pitts
burg.
The following board of arbitration
was then elected: Spalding, Young,
Soden, Hart, Rogers and Pulliam.
President Spalding then appointed
the following committees: Constitu-
ton Rogers, Hart, Brush. National
agreement-Hart, Brush and Rogers.
Playing rules Hart, Hanlon. Reach.
The league placed the matter of a
playing schedule in the hands of Pres
ident Spalding, with full power to act
At the suggestion of Mr. spalding. the
league unanimously decided to- Invite
press representatives to all future
meetings of the organization. The
meeting was adjourned, subject to the
call of the chair
Andrew Freedman tonight issued a
statement in which he attacked Pres
ident Spalding going over much of the
ground which he covered yesterday
Freedman said the meetings of the
four clubs Friday night and today were
both farcical and illegal. He then
charges Spalding with getting back in
to the game the better to sell baseballs
and asserts that Spaldlng early this
month tried to form a baseball "trustP
He winds up by saying:
No act of Mr.. Spalding's private
league will be binding and when the
proper time comes and when other
clubs feel they care to participate, such
action will be taken that will remove
from Mr.. Spaldings mind any question
of the four standing clubs, who were
not considered eligible to vote on a
proposition in which they were vitality
interested"
st. Louis, Dec. 14.-Ban johnson was
In ST. Louis today on his return to.
Chicago from a hunting trip in the
southwest. His attention was called
to the possibility of Andrew Freedman
of the New York National League
Club being taken up by the American
League.
Mr. Johnson stated that under no
circumstances would Mr.. Freedman be
permitted to have any connection with
the American League. He made this
statement before he was aware of the
election of A. G. Spalding to the pres
idency of the National League.