The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-26


90, raaoue st one time. IL did very
well for one season and then olsoan y,
ed. The Brotherhood was formed III
1890 and what happened 10 .hal VI
ganiation and Its composuon 70
shown very well In the appeheeu
from A. II. Spink's book, ihe VA
tional Came"
The most desperate war made on
the National Agreement Was snat IN,
stituted in 1890 when the Players
League. or the Brotherhood as II was
1 beat known, went In business TOT ~.
sell. That year the Brotherhood 0,
I Baseball Players OF the Nationai
:, League secured rich hackers, ntteo up
rrounds and waged desperate war
ssrinst what they denounced as the
injustice Of the reserve rule.
The consequence was that salaries
advanced nearly 100 per cent ana
I hundrsds Of thousands OF dollars
Wore loet In the fight.
The Brotherhood League had the
advnntago Of favortte players, but the
National League had the best OF the
: battle In leaders and experienced gen
erals.
The plans for the organization OF
The brotherhood OF Baseball Players
which took the neld In 1890 were,
b~lieve. worked out by Charley
Crane, who had played at second base
Tor the Cincinnati Unions and otner
professional teams.
While was the secretary and Of
flciAl scorer Of the st. Louis Unions
In 1884 I found In the secretarys OF
nee of that club lot OF memoranoa
which Crane had written and which
looked Hike the constitution AND by-
laws OF baseball league, resembling
very much those used later oy the
founders Of the Brotherhood OF Pro-
fessicnal Baseball Players when they
perfected their organization In 1880.
n was said later that John M.
ward, n. r. Hanlon and other play
era, conceived the idea OF the Play
ers' League during the tour OF the
spaIding baseball party on their trip
around the world, and the season OF
1889 was given up to getting the play
ere into line and forming stock com
panies.
The Players League or the Brother
hood Of Baseball Players, 90 II was
best known, lasted but the one sea
son--i69O.
Nearly every great player in
America, however, went to IL.
Among those who joined In the re-
yolt were bigShearted fellows like
Nike Kelly, Charles Comiskey, Jim
Calvin. Ned Hanion, Cliff Carroll, Tip
O,Neill, Fred Pfeffer, Roger Conner,
Jim O'Rourke. Buck Ewing, Tim
Keefe, Harry Ytovey, Dan Rrouthers,
Joe Quinn, Billy Mash, Arthur Irwin,
EmmAt Beery, John M. Ward, JACK
Rowe, Finn McAleer Jack Brennan and
other famous players whose names
at thig time were household WORD
in the baseball arena and who were
really The pick OF the playing talent
OF that day.
The 6rst championship games OF
the Drotherhood of tn ePlayers'
League a. the organization was then
bSst known, were played on April ID,
1850.
The clubs were composed as fol-
lows:
Pittsburg--Hanlon, CT, visner, r.,
arroll, c., Beckley. h., Fields, H.,
Ksuhne, 3d., Robinson, 2b., Corcoran.
o., Calvin, p.
characterization, 3d., Duffy, CT,
O'Neil. IT,, Comiskey, h., Pfeffer, 2b.,
FNrrell r., Bastian, s., Boyle, c.
King,
New York--Richardson 3D., Gore
CT. Common. 1b., O'Rourke, H., Ewing
e., Slattery, r., Hatfield, S., Whit
nsy. 2b., Keefe. p.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., H.. Shindle
ga, Foearty, cf.. Wood, rf., Pickett
1b.. Mulvey, 3b., Farrar, h., Buffing
ton. D., Cross, c.
Observation-Disclosures H., Stovey, RI.
Kelly. c.. Nash. 3b., Brouthers, lib.
Quinn, 2b, Johnston, CT, Irwin, So.
I<ilroy, p.
Brooklyn Seery, H., Bauer, 2b.
Andrews, CT, Ward. S.. Orr, ID, Nc
(seary, RI, Joyce, 3D., DAILY, c.. Val
Haltren. y.
Cleveland-Stricker, 2b., Delehan
", S., Browning. IT,, Twitchell, RI
Tebeau, 3b, Larkin, 1b., McAleer. CT
Gruber, D.. Brennan, c.
Buffalo---Irwin, 3b., Hoy, CT, Rowe