The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-22
BRUSH SUBMITS REPORT
TO WHICH EBBITTS, OF BROOKLYN,
ATTACHES SIGNATURE.
Minority Takes Exceptions to Distri-
button of PIayers-American
"May" Enter New York.


League met to-day to hear the majority
and the minority reports of the committee
of the whole on the proposed peace agree
ment with the American League. The
minority report not made until late
tonight. 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 injunctions suits at Philadelphia,
communicated with his attorneys, and to-
night it was announced that the suits had
been dismissed. so that the Pittsburg and
Philadelphia clubs were no longer re-
strained from full cooperation in voting
to ratify the joint peace agreement. The
withdrawal of these suits was not request
ed by those who signed the majority re-
port. The majority report recited all the
business of the two previous days, how
the joint peace agreement had been con-
sidered section by section, together with
the vote on each provision, as given in
these dispatches last night. The majority
report closed with a recommendation that
the agreement made 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 American circuit.
The minority report follows:
ITO members of the National League:
The clubs of the National League and
American Association of professional base
ball clubs. representing the minority of
the committee of the whole. having under
consideration the report of the conference
committee. appointed by the league at it's
meeting in New York, Dec. 10, 1902, and
which report is herewith submitted and
marked Exhibit a. beg leave to submit
agreement between the leagues party
thereto after which we recommend the
adoption of the agreement in its entirety
and it's ratification by the leagues in in
tereSt:
BRUSHS VIEWS.
'First-There can be no stability to any
enterprise where contractual obligations
have no binding force or effect, therefore
we recommend the adoption and ratifca-
ton Of Section / Of the proposed agreement.
"Second-The reservation clause has been
and will be the bulwark of the national
game. With it there can be no war. With
out ii conflict and disaster ensues. There
fore we recommend the adoption and ratifi-
cation of Section of the proposed agree
ment.
"Third-The validity of contracts where
two exist with the same player,
cannot be determined upon ex parte state
ments for evidence, and, as no legal rights
DE nd m the oy ahy o the or the
lyn club differs from that of the New York
club in reference to an equitable DISPOSE
ton of this matter, we report that the New
York club recommends that all the con-
tracts 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 referred to
board of arbitration composed of three at
torneys, two of whom shall represent each
of the contesting clubs, the third to be Sc
lected by them who shall be some one well
versed in baseball matters and is an au-
thority on contracts. and the findings of
such board of arbitration shall be binding
upon the contesting clubs.
1.-The Brooklyn club recommends that
Keller. Donovan and Kitson be placed upon
the list assigned to the Brooklyn club, said
Brooklyn club reserving the right to defend
the validity of their contracts with these
three players.
''Fourth--We recommend the ratification
of Section in it's entirety.
"Fifth-Inasmuch this league has no
authority to declare that any league shall
or shall not locate club wherever it may
elect. we recommend that the word shall
| in the first line of Section be stricken out
| and that words Of it has suitable grounds
| in the Borough of Manhattam be added
after the word New York in the second line
of Section s. and that to the words unless
| all of the clubs parties TO this agreement
| consent to such consolidation be added the
word exist" in the eighth line of Sec
| ton 5.
"Sixth-We recommend the ratification of
the sixth, seventh and eighth sections of
| the agreement.
"Seventh-With the changes above indi-
Gated we recommend the adoption and rati-
| fication of the ninth section of the agree
ment. (Signed)
: CHARLES II. EBBETTS.
| president of the Brooklyn Club.
| JOHN T. BRUSH.
| president of the New York Club
| In the exhibits referred to the New York
| club added to its list Davis, Elberfeld and
| Delehanty and Brooklyn added Keller.
| Donavan and kitson.
| At 100 o'clock this Thursday morning
| the magnates Of the National League are
! still i'm session and no final result has been
| reached