Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-11
Tri-State Magnates Triumphed
Over Atlantic LeaguerS.
THE LATTER WILL REVOLT
To Work as Outlaws Against Or
gained Base Ball.
SEBRING ON THE BLACKLIST
Races at New Orleans - Important
Meeting of the Jockey Club
Court Tennis-Bowling.
THE LATTER WILL REVOLT
SEBRING ON THE BLACKLIST

NEW YORK. January H. - When the
delegates to the annual meeting of the
National Association of Professional Base
Ball Leagues wound up their three-days'
meeting at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yester-
day it was with the knowledge that the
ganization had been enabled to assert its
rights without equivocation, and was in
bette position probably to govern it's own
affairs than ever before The Tri-State
League, a formidable aggregation of indie
pendent players, had asked for protection
and received it. Yesterday all the rights
enjoyed by national agreement clubs were
accorded to the league, and without any con-
troversy the cities of Trenton and Will
mington. which was contested by the newly
organized Atlantic League, were accepted
as members of the Tri-State, which gave it
admission to Glass b.
The Tri-State League representatives
headed by President Carpenter, were par
ucularly pleased over the fact that they
mad been elevated to a national agreement
organization, and at the invitation of AL.
Perrlne the league will ConSummate plans
Tor the campaign at Trenton within the
next ten days. The Atlantic League people
subsequently met at the Hotel Victoria and
decided to play independently, with Will
ulngton. Trenton, Chester Reading Potts
vile and Allentown a starter. 1t was
announced that applications had been re-
and Paterson. which were referred to a
committee composed of President Dobbins
and AL Lawson. The salary limit will be
entirely eliminated, and it is proposed to
sign any player who has received an I'M
conditional release from a national agree
ment club.
Hereafter players of the minor leagues
will be fined so If they play with anv other
CRUZ except the one they are member of.
This was done to prevent players from par
tlc1patlng In games Sundays with out
side organizations. In accordance with the
decision of the national commission all in
eligible players in the country, which means
those who jumped their contracts will have
10 play with Tri-State League clubs
Secretary Farrell was instructed to pre-
pare an amendment to the constitution to
provide for trial by the national board of
all charges preferred against umpires man.
ayers or players.
To prevent another such contingency as
occurred after the earthquake in San Fran
cisco, when a number of the Pacific Coast
League players took French leave and
joined other clubs, President Bert of that
league introduced resolution at the meet
ing OF the board of arbitration which was
unanimously passed The resolution is:
Resolved, That all players under con-
tract to the Pacific Coast League clubs on
April is, 1906. unless sold, drafted, or OBJ
tanning written release signed by the
president of the club with which he was
under contract, shall revert to the Pacific
Coast League"
The case Of Catcher Street. who left the
coast unceremoniously signed by the New
York Americans, and subsequently ordered
back to the Pacific coast, was cited as an
instance OF the skipping process pursued
by some OF the California players
The meeting in 1908 will be held in Chi
cago.