Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-04
BASEBALL FREEZES.
The Opposing Forces Are Watching
 Each Other.


 New York. Jan 4.-A. G. Spaiding, the enjoined president of the National league. who has been spending the holidays at Aiken, $. O., will return to this city next Monday prepared to fur ther outline the baseball reorganization plan which he has been working upo2 for the past six months or more. Wish Spaldings arrival it will be readily seen that the Freedmanites have a real fight on their hands and that the old league will begin the coming sea- son in new hands. The statement, evidently coming from the Freedman camp, that the injunction against Spalding had been made permanent and that tine case would not come up i'll court again, was knocked sky hlgh yesterday Spalding's attorney, Al fred ". Riddle, recently filed mo- ton with the supreme court, Part l, to compel the plaintiffs in the injunc- tion suit-the New York. Boston, Gin cinnati and St Louis clnhs-to put un bonds for security of costs, all of these clubs being foreign corporations. Law yer Riddle expected that the question would come up for discussion before Justice Scott next Monday or Tuesday, but the Freedman faction, apparently not caring for an argument, filed the necessary bonds yesterday, thereby ad- hitting that the case is still very much in court.
 There is one point regarding the suit that heretofore has not been made clear When it is tried and before it has been finished, the court proceedings will not be confined to Spalding The four clubs, Brooklyn, Chicago, Phila- delphia and Pittsburg, which are be- hind Spalding but have not yet been served with papers, though they are mentioned in the restraining order, will come into court with their lawyers to defend the action. It can be easily seen, therefore, that there will be so many lawyers fees that the filing Of bonds to secure the costs has been ne- cessary. During the Hull in the pro eeedings it is perhaps significant that there have been almost continuous statements from Soden, Conant and Billings of Boston; from Robson of St Louis, from Brush of Cincinnati and from the close friends and advisers of Freedman: but from the Spalding clubs there has been no word or sign that they are annoyed over the present status of affairs c. H. Ebbets, pres ident of the Brooklyn club, said yes terday:
 ..spalding will win his fight. We will stand by him, come what may. He is out to save the league and he has the support of the American pub lie from ocean to ocean. Whatever move he makes will be acceptable to the Brooklyn cluH as well as to the Chicago, Philadelphia and Pittsburg clubs. There will be no weakening in the Spalding camp!p
 Cincinnati, Jan 3.-Judge Ferris and John T. Brush held a conference yess terday, but whether MT Brush will dis pose of his interest in the Cincinnati of conjecture The proceedings were carried on in a highly diplomatic meth od Judge Ferris was presented to the head of the local club by Treasurer Lloyd and in a few well chosen words stated that he was at the head of q local syndicate which desired to buy out AIr Brush's interest in the local clEa. He wantel it understood that business methods would prevail. MT Brush then went over his entire con nection with the club, how he got into it and how he had worked for it's in- terests, but he never intimated that he would or would not sell. Judge Ferris finally expressed a desire to know where he stood and Mir Brush requested that he put his proposition in writing. The. judge went to the court house and dictated 9 letter to MT Brush, in which he stated exactly what he told MT Brush personally. He did not mention any amount he was willing to pay, but merely asked that negotiations be opened. There the matter stands. Brush has Ferris letter and promised to give an answer soon. Brush expected to have Ferris mention figure, but he refused to do so It is likely that Brush will as usual drag out the proceedings for several days and that the outcome will be his asking q prohibitive price and the deal being called off What will occur in that event remains to be seen,