Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-01
BASE BALL NOTES.
National and American Leagues Will
 Now Fight It Out.

Now Fight It Out.
 The National league magnates met again at the Fifth Avenue hotel y1s- terday. Freedman of the New York club did not put in an apDearance. His renesentative. Fred Knowles. said that Freadman was determined to stay away from future leaeue meetings un- til the magnates had decided to live up to their rules and regulations re- garding the suppression of rowdv base ball. Nearly all of the club owners. on the other hand. declared that to adopt the amendment offered by Freedman on Wednesday would have placed the game in jeopardy. They said that if club official received the power to remove an offending player from the field after an umpire had faila1 to do his duty. there would be endless disorder Several of them inferred that the rule would be so abused that players would be removed on IrumpeG-up charges It would be possible. they said. to eject players of i an oDDosing team who were instru- i mental in winning q game. That the ! magnateS concluded to go ahead with cut the New York club president was the general talk in fhn lobby. The National board of arbitration met at noon to hear several cases of the min 1 CT leagues. C. T. Strnhn1 of the Toledo : club. q mcnlher of the Interstate lna"no. made an ann|ication to the board to have his players who have been snanned m bv the now Western lea~uc. restored to him. He admitted that he was q iriflo latan in anDlying for nrotcton nnder tie National agree mont and that he did not pay his dues until after tho regular time. But he asked for justice on the grOl1nd that it had taken wears and much money to build up his base bail plant. and that he was the victim of a technical | ity. StrObel was asked if at on.n time he had not affiliated himself with Ban .T0hnSon's American league. He ad- mitted the charge and was waived aside. Brush first giving him a copy of the National agreement and in structing him to go down fin tho corri- dor and read it over. The attitude of the National league was discussed at length. Soden and Conant waited to have matters so arranged that there would be no conflicting dates with American league dates in Boston. They are full of fight. but some of the other macnatcS did not agree with them. The more peaceful deleCateS argued that enough money had been dropped in base ball already without losing more in a fight of this kind. and that it might be well to allow the Ameri- can league 10 paddle it's own canoe.
 Tho news that Laioie had signed with the Philadelphia American 1eag team was followed by the announce ment that Collins. the Boston Nation al league third baseman. had signed to manage the Boston American league team. It was said that Soden and Con- ant had received a telegram from Col linS 10 the effect that he had signed no contract. but that he was going to Cleveland to have a conference with C. w. Somers. Hanlon gave out the statement that Keeler would remain with tie Brooklyns and Hart of Chica- go had signed Jack Doyle. who played first base for the New Works last year. Doyle was traded to Chicago for Strang. GanZel and Garwin. but it is said that Garwin has agreed to play with the Milwaukee American league team. Judging from the way the mag mates talked last night there will be q great scramble for players.
 1 When the National board adjourned ii was announced that W. 1T. Watkins had received permission to hold all of his Indianapolis players. with the ex- ception of Magoon and Hartzell The dispute between the Cincinnati and Chicago clubs over the services of Hartze1l was settled in Chicaeo's fav- or. Tine Eastern league application to hold all of it's old cities with the addition of Buffalo was granted.
 The death of the American associa- ton. so far as the east is concerned was sealed when Watkins made an ap, uraLIouIV.. omru 1Ql uIBloI ol uopeoIIt association" and asked for the ripht 10 place Indianapolis. Louisville Mil | waukee and Detroit. the remaining as Sociation cities. in a new circuit witt Toledo. Columbus. Grand Rapids an( Fort Wayne. If Watkins cannot put this scheme through. Indianapolis anC Louisville will probab bly receive places in President Hickey's Western league There was disposition on the par
 of a number of the magnates to take care of Charles B. Powers. who was in
 duced to give up lucrative place il
 Pittsburg to assume the presidency o1
 the defunct American association. Tn, plan was to make him the Nationa
 leagues chief of umpires, but it was beaten.
 The schedule adopted before the meeting adjourned may be changed al any time to conflict with the Ameri
 can league dates at Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. to be agreed upon al | Philadelphia on March 20.
 The National league season will ope1 on April IS and close on October G. Tn, National agreement was changed tC conform with the new state of affairs The board refused to grant the ap plication of the Connecticut State 1eagne to use other than the regula tion ball in championship games.