Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-25
BASE BALL NOTES.

tory was repreSeultu tL luc II LII q " nue hotel yesterday than ever before in New York city, There were base ball men on hand from Maine and Ore gon and many intervening states. The second meeting of the National Assocl- ation of Professional Baseball Clubs was being held and in both quality and quantity this new organization or minor leagues, banded together for self protection, presented an imposing front. As told before the meeting yesterday was principally to ratify the a agreement drawn up few weeks ago in. Chicago. When Pat Powers, the president of the organization, took the chair yesterday, there were present the following:
 Eastern league-Charles Dooley, Montreal; E. c. Barrow and Ed Mack, Toronto; J. H. Callahan. Rochester; F. H. Hurley, Worcester; George r. Cressy. Providence; William Murray, Providence; James Franklin, BuHalo. New England league T. H. Murnane, Jacob Morse, A C.. Doe. Dover; Fred Take. Lowell: Henry Burns, Nashua; | ]. Carney, Concord. Connecticut State Ieague-J. J. Canavan, New Ha- ven: George Harrington, Waterbury; James O'Rourke, Bridgeport; T. L. Reilly, Meriden; John Kennedy, Brls- tol. Three I league-Hugh Nlcol' Rockford; NJ. H. Sexton. Rock lsland' P. Hayes, Davenport; J. F. Sexton, Rock Island; A. J. Kennedy, Evans vile; W. P. Chase. Des Moines. Pa cific Northwest Ieague-W. H. Lucas president, Portland; p. P. Dugdale' Seattle. Western league-T. J. flick ey, president, St Joseph. New York State William Quinlan, Al bany: T. l.. Bacon. Troy; 5. lrland. Ilion: w. A. Higbee, Binghamton; J. H. Farrell, Auburn. secretary of the organization. Southern league-Aaron Frank Little Rock Also E. s. Bar nard and P. J. Burke, Columbus, Ohio, and Charles J. Strobel. Toledo.
 Everything that was done in Chi cago was ratified except the matters of salary limit and the penalty to be inflicted pn players who jump con- tracts. Those two questions were discussed for a long time and no ac- ton will be taken on them until to- day. The prevailing sentiment was in favor of blacklisting players who broke contracts, or, in the language of the meeting, permanently disquallfy- ing'' them The recent letter Of Pres- ident Powers addressed to presidents of National and American league clubs in which he advocated a mutual re- specting of existing contracts all along the line. brought several replies, which were read. Shibe of the Philadelphia American league club. Reach of the Philadelphia Nationals. Dreyfuss of Pittsburg, Hart of the Chicago Ma tionals, Comiskey of the Chicago Americans, and Kilfoyle of Cleveland, all replied that they would respect the minor league contracts. The Brook lyn and Boston National league clubs replied that the subject was one for the National league to discuss, While no answer was had from New York, St Louis, and the other National and American league clubs not mentioned. A letter, however, was received from Brush of Cincinnati, which did not elucidate the writer's position in the matter very clearly.
 Another important matter that came up for discussion was that of protec- tion fees for one year paid by the mi nor leagues to the big league under the old National agreement. As the Ma tiona1 agreement was abrogated on September 30 last and the minor leagues had paid for protection until next March, they take the ground that they are entitled to their money back, having paid about S6.OOO into the league treasury. President Powers wrote letters to league officials on the subject, but the question has not yet been settled to the satisfaction of the minor leagues. It will probably be acted on at the annual meeting of the National league.
 The Ohio State league has made ap- plication for membership in the new body; also two leagues which are or ganizing. one in Texas and the other in the northwest. The bond of the treasurer was fixed at $5,O0O and James O'Rourke, the old-time New York player, was appointed to take the place of William Meyer, jr, of Fort Wayne on the national board of arbi- tration. The other members of this board are Hickey, Sexton, Lucas, Mur- nane and Farrell.
 Among the important articles in the national agreement, ratified yesterday, are the following:
 Article 10. For the purpose of en- abling players to advance in their pro- fession, the leagues may at any time after the first of October of each year, and prior to the first of January fol lowing, with the consent of the board, negotiate with any player then under contract or reservation to league un- der this agreement. and shall have the right to select such player, upon pay ment to the secretary of the board, the sum specified. provided that no such selection shall be enforced and no transfer of player shall be made without his consent.
 Article 23, section 1. Any club mem Der of any league or association, a party to or identified with the national agreement, that shall enter into any negotiation to become a member of or in any way cooperate with any organ ization of professional baseball clubs whose existence will in any manner conflict with the letter and spirit of this agreement or the interests of any of the clubs operating under it, shall forthwith forfeit all rights and privi- leges conferred by this agreement, said forfeiture to include it's member ship in any association party to this o and ~o1l rsiOhfc of rncorua-