The Detroit times., 1910-11-26

ers' League at one time. IL ulu
well for one season and then disoahu'
ed The Brotherhood was formed III
1890 and what happened TO that OF
SANITATION and It's composition Is
shown very we'll in the appehueu
from A. II. Spink's book, the Ma
tional Came"
The most desperate war made on
the National Agreement was that III
sf,tuted in 1890 when the Players
,eague. or the Brotherhood as II was
heat known, went In business Tor IL.
self That year the Brotherhood OF
baseball Players OF the Nationai
League secured rich hackers, lifted up
grounds and waged desperate war
against what they denounced as tine
Injustice of the reserve rule.
The consequence was that salaries
advanced nearly 100 per cent ana
hundreds of thousands OF dollars
were lost In the fight.
The Brotherhood League had the
advantage OF favorite 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 field in 1890 were.
believe, worked out by Charley
Crane, who had played at second base
for the Cincinnati Unions and other
professional teams.
While I was the secretary and Of
fetal scorer of the st. Louis Unions
In 1884 I found In the secretarys Of
fice Of that club q lot OF memoranda
which Crane had written and which
looked like the constitution and by
laws Of baseball league, resembling
very much those used later by the
founders OF the Brotherhood OF Pro-
femional Baseball Players when they
u fected their organization In 1890.
was said later that John M.
Ward. r. r. Hanlon and other play
ers. conceived the idea OF the Play
ern' League during the tour OF the
Spalding baseball party on their trip
around the world, and the season OF
1889 was given up to getting the play
ers into line and forming stock COM
panies.
The Players League or the Brother
hood of Baseball Players, as 1t was
best known, lasted but the one sea-
son--1890.
Nearly every great player In
America, however, went TO II.
Among those who joined In the re-
volt were big-hearted fellows like
Mike" Kelly, Charles Comiskey, Jim
Calvin, Ned Hanlon. Cliff Carroll, Tip
O'Neill, Fred Pfeffer, Roger Conner,
Jim O'Rourke. Buck Ewing, Tim
Keefe, Harry Stovey, Dan Brouthers,
Joe Quinn, Billy, Nash, Arthur Irwin,
Emmet Seery, John M. Ward, Jack
Rowe, Jim McAleer Jack Brennan and
other famous players whose names
at this time were household word
In the baseball arena and who were
really the pick Of the playing talent
of that day.
The FIRST championship games of
the Brotherhood OF the Players
LEAGUE an the oganization was then
best known, were played on April 10,
1890
The clubs were composed as fol-
lows:
Pittsburg-Hanlon, CT. Visner, RI.
Carroll, c.. Beckley. lb., Fields, IT,
Keuhne, 3D., Robinson, 2b, Corcoran.
S., Calvin, y.
Chicago--Latham, 3b., Duffy, CT,
O'Neil. IT,, Comiskey, lb,, Pfeffer, Oh
Farrell. rf., Bastian, S., Boyle, C.,
King,
New York--Richardson, 2b.. Gore.
CT, Conner, 1b, O'Rourke, IT,. Ewing,
c., slattery. rf., Hatfield, SIS. Whit.
ney, 2b., Keefe, p.
Philadeiphia-Griffin. IT,, Shindle.
g., Fogarty, CT, Wood. RI, Pickett.
2b., Muivey, 3D., Farrar, lb., Bufflng-
ton, p, Cross, c.
Boston Richardson, IT,, Stovey, RI,
Kelly, c., Nash, 3b., Brouthers, H.,
Quinn, %, Johnston, CT, Irwin, So,
Kflroy, D.
Brooklyn--Seery, IT,, Bauer. ID,
Andrews, CT, Ward, S., Orr, h., Nc.