The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
NATIONAL ROW
NEARING AN END
Brush and Ebbitts Are Will
ing to Compro-
mise.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 21.-The Ma
tional league was to have met at 10
o'clock this morning to hear the ma
jority and the minority reports of the
committee of the whole on the propos-
ed peace agreement with the American
league. The minority report was not
ready then and its trainers kept the
members of the league waiting until
5 p. m. This report was made by the
New York and Brooklyn clubs.
During the afternoon President John
T. Brush, of the New York club. as
plaintiff in the Injunction suits at
Philadelphia, communicated with his
attorneys and tonight it was announc-
ed that the suits had been dismissed
so that the Pittsburg and Philadelphia
clubs were no longer restrained from
full cooperation in voting to ratify
the joint peace agreement. It was also
stated that the league, as such, would
proceed ito fight it out to a finish.
The withdrawal of these suits was
not requested by those who signed the
majority report, it being a voluntary
act of the plaintiffs.
AS soon as the league convened
President August Hermann. Of the
Cincinnati club presented the majority
report, signed by himself as chairman,
President James A. Hart. of the Chi
cago club, President Frank De Haas
Robson, of the st. Louis club. and
Barney Dreyfuss the latter signing for
both Pittsburg and the Philadelphia
clubs, subject to the decision Of the
courts of Pennsylvania"
The majority report recited all the
the joint peace agreement had been
considered, section by section, together
with the vote on each provision.
Majority Report.
The majority report closed with a
recommendation that the agreement
adopted by the conference committees
of the American and National leagues
on Jan. 10 be ratified with the fifth
section construed to mean the borough
of Manhattan and not Greater New
York in the description of the Amer
lean circuit.
Boston voted With the majority yes
terday on seven of the nine PROPOSE
tons and with the minority on the
third section, awarding players, and
the ninth section, binding all clubs in
both leagues to the peace compact.
Its vote on the latter proposition was
practically one against the whole joint
peace agreement.
At II o'clock the following was given
out:
Cincinnati, Ohio. Jan. 81, 1903
Nicol, Annible and Lindsay, New York:
John G. Johnson, Philadelphia
The New York club desires that in
junction proceedings against all de-
PENDANTS of the National league in
sutUted in New York and Philadelphia
should be discontinued and a restrain
ing order be Immediately vacated.
John T. Brush"
On motion of Robson and seconded
by Hermann, the president was direct
ed to give this copy to the press:
The Minority Report.
To members of the National league
The clubs of the National league and
American Association of Professional
Baseball Clubs representing the mi
nOrity Of the committee of the whole
having under consideration report of
the conference committee appointed by
the league at it's meeting in New York.
Dec. 10, 1902 and which report is here
with submitted and marked exhibit
A, beg leave to submit the following
change in the proposed agreement be-
tween the leagues a party thereto, aft
q WHICH we recommend the ADOPTION
of the agreement in it's entirety and its
ratification by the league in interest.
FirSt-There can be no stability to
any enterprise where contractuaI obli-
cations have no finding force or effect,
therefore we recommend the adoption
and ratification of section l of the pro-
posed agreement.
SecOnd-The reservation clause has
been and win be the bulwark of the
national game. With it there can be
no war. Without il conflict and dis
aster ensues. Therefore we recon-
mend the adoption and ratification of
section of the proposed agreement
Thlrd-The validity of contracts
Where two or more exist with the same
player cannot be determined upon ex
parte statements of evidence, and as no
legal rights can be disturbed by any
action of the league, and as the posi-
ton of the Brooklyn club differs from
that of the New York club in refer
ence to an equitable disposition Of this
matter, we report that the New York
club recommends that all the contracts
made with players Of the New York
club. whose names appear upon both
lists OF National and American leagues
and shown upon exhibit "A" be refer
red to a board of arbitration composed
of the contesting clubs, the third to be
selected by them, who shall be some
one well versed in baseball matters
and is an authority on contracts and
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