Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-09
Contract Jumpers Sentenced to
the Tri-State League.
ONLY PLACE FOR THEM
Big Leagues Agree to Open the Sea-
son April II.
THE LOCALS START AT HOME
James Reddick Won Old Hickory
Handicap-Fine Playing In
Tennis Tourney.
HE LOCALS START AT HOME

NEW YORK, January 9.--The biggest
vsthering of base ball men in many a day
was seen in the Fifth Avenue Hotel yes
+erday when the minor leagues organiza-
tion officially known as the National
League of Professional Base Ball Clubs,
held its annual meeting. The corridors or
the hotel were crowded and the room In
which the meeting was held was filled to
overlooking. The chief business of the day
consisted in admitting the Tri-State League
to membership. but a ruling has not yet
been made on the question of territory.
whether the cities of Wilmington and
Trenton will be granted to the TTi-State.
Nhese cities are also in the Atlantic League
circuit. and the national board of arbitra-
ton will decide the point today. The gen.
eral impression is that the two cities Will
be given to the Tri-State League, leaving
1t to the Atlantic League to go ahead as
an independent organization II l. sees MT
The Tri-State delegation. headed by Pres
ident Carpenter, was admitted to the meet
ing Besides President Carpenter the Tri-
State delegation consisted of John MilmanZ,
Lancaster: George H. Kline, Johnstown;
Thomas Gray WilIiamsport; William M.
Myers. York; William 8. Tunis Harris
burg and ]. B. Bockel and Arthur Irwin,
Altoona The Tr-State was admitted to
class b membership in the national associ-
alton under the following conditions:
Conditions In Full.
First-Au players who have heretofore
violated national agreement contracts not
to be permitted to play in any national
agreement league. this to apply to all play
ers whose names do not appear In list
submitted, as well as those whose names
do appear. unless such players are REIN
stated by the national board of arbitration.
Second-All players whose names appear
in lists submitted who have already signed
contracts with the national agreement
clubs, except contract jumpers, to belong
to the clubs with whom they have signed
contracts.
Third-All national association players
whose names appear in list submitted and
are not contract jumpers to be adjudicated
by the national board.
Fourth-An national agreement players,
including contract jumpers who are to re-
main In the Tri-State League, against
whom national association clubs can estab-
iish valid claims for money advanced or re-
ceved to be- required to pay back such
moneys. either in full or by installments. as
may be determined by the national board of
the national association.
Fifth-Al former Tri-State League play
ers now under contract to the national
agreement clubs against whom valid agree
ments can be established to be required to
pay back said moneys, either in full or by
installments, as may be determined by the
national board
granted permission to place the names of
their players to whom they have legal title
on their reservation list, to be submitted to
the secretary Of the National association.
Hard on Jumpers.
This, in nutshell, means contract jump
ers and blacklisted players are not eligible
for any league except the Tri-State. There
Is difference between contract jumpers
and reserve jumpers. the latter not being
under the ban of not being allowed to re-
turn to any of the other leagues. Presi-
dent 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 allow
Ing the Tri-State to keep most of its present
players that organization would have q
nucleus to work with. In the MAN, the re-
serve jumpers will be allowed to remain
with the Tri-State, while the contract
Jumpers and blacklisted ones must remain
there.
The following committee on revision Of
the constitution was appointed: Sexton,
Shively. Carson, Bryce and Morton. The
suggestion of President Hermann Of the
national commission that there be a uni
form contract, with the reserve clause
omitted. was called to the attention of the
committee on revision, with the recommen-
dalton that 1t report today on the advisa-
bility of adopting the measure.
The territorial dispute between the Tri-
State and Atlantic leagues, in which fran
chises for Wilmington and Trenton are in
yolved, came up before the national board
of arbitration in the morning and has not
Yet been decided. The Atlantic Leaguers
armed with papers and documents to show
that they were in position to make good,
appeared before the board and stated their
case. Then Col Lewis Perrine of Trenton
and William NJ. Connolly Of Wilmington ap-
peared before the board. They are the re-
spective hackers of the two cities in the
move to put Tri-state clubs in them
Atlantics Frozen Out.
There appears to be little doubt that the
national board will award the territory of
Trenton and Wilmington to the Tri- State
League. thus qualifying 1t for membership
In Glass b. President Powers has been
working for months to bring about peace
between the Tri-State and the National Asso-
citation and some time ago advised the At
lantic League folks to go slow If they in
tended locating I'm the two towns named
Col. Perrine said $4,000 had been put out
for grounds in Trenton. and Mr. Connolly.
the Wilmington hacker, said he had his
grounds in that city. The Atlantic Leaguers,
II Is understood. will go right ahead with
their plans, but in the event OF an adverse
decision by the national board will make
no effort to induce players to lump who
belong to other leagues.
One of the players whom the Tri-State
League loses is Tim Flood. formerly with
Brooklyn and who played with Altoona la st
season. He reverts to the Toronto club.
Boston Americans have disposed of the out
helder Jack Hayden to Rochester Hayden
was the player who had the fight with Hobe
Ferris OF the same team at the local Ameri-
can League ground last summer
With the admittance of the Tri-State the
National Association includes thirty-four
leagues and 246 clubs. Secretary Farrell 8
report for last year, read yesterday shows
that 400 players contracts were recorded
and paid out through this office for the
draft Of players. This amount together
with the amount received for the release of
MIA nv ka hy Not