Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-09
THE DIAM OND, ARE OUTLAWS
 NO MORE
Tri-State Players Are Now in tue Fold Results of the Meeting
 Yesterday.

New York, Jan 9.--The biggest gathering of baseball men in many a day was seen in the Fifth Avenue ho- tel yesterday. when the minor leagues organization. officially known as the National League of Professional Baseball clubs, held it's annual meet ing. The corridors of the hotel were crowded and the room in which the meeting was held was filled to ov-
 erfiowing. The chief business of the day consisted in admitting the Tri-
 State league to membership, but q ruling has not yet been made on the question of territory, whether the cities of Wilmington and Trenton will be granted the Tri-State. These cities are also in the Atlantic league circuit and the national board of ar
 bitration will decide the point to-day. The general impression is that the two cities will be given to the Tri- State league, leaving it to the Allan tie league to go ahead as an indepen- dent organization if it sees fit.
 All players who have heretofore violated National agreement con- tracts not to be permitted to play in any National agreement league ex- cept the Tri-State league
 All players who have already signed contracts with the national agreement clubs except contract
 jumpers. to belong to the clubs with whom they have signed contracts. "All National association players
 not contract jumpers to be adjudi- cated by the national board of the National association.
 All National agreement players. including contract jumpers. who are to remain in the Tri-state league,
 against whom National association clubs can. establish valid claims for
 money advanced or received, to be required to pay back such moneys either in full or by instalments as
 may be determined by the national board of the National association. This, in nutshell. means contract jumpers and blacklisted players are
 not eligible for any league except the Tri-State. There is difference be- tween contract jumpers and reserve Jumpers, the latter not being under the ban of not being allowed to re-
 turn to any of the other league. Pres ident Carpenter said yesterday that
 he thought the Williamsport club
 would lose Bob Unglaub. whom the Boston Americans wanted back and who would return to that club. President Powers explained that by 1 allowing the Tri-State to keep most
 or it's present players. that organiza- tion would have nucleus to work
 with. In the main. the reserve
 jumpers will be allowed to remain
 with the Trl-State. while the contract
 jumpers and blacklisted ones must
 remain there.
 One of the players whom the Tri-
 State league loses is Tim Flood.
 formerly with Brooklyn and who played with Altoona last season. He
 revcrts to the Toronto club. Boston
 Americans have disposed of the out
 fielder Jack Hayden to Rochester. Hayden was the player who had the
 fight with Hobe Ferris of inc same
 team at the local American league
 ground last summer
 With the admittance of the Tri-
 State the National association in- cludes tl,irty-four leagues and 2lj clubs. Secretary Farrelrs report for last year. read yesterday. shows that l.4D players contracts were record ed and promulgated and ''S69.950 was received and paid out through this office for the draft of players. This
 amount. together with the amount received for the release of players by purchase by National association clubs, aggregates $1i9,9J0."