3STov. 13. THE SPORTING LIFE. 8

BASF & ALL.THE -tfSUE_OF_THE DAY.F!^ iSrothcrhood'a Movement Opinions of

i'avions Persons Regarding Ita Practica­ bility and Kffects The Ne\va of a Week in the Premises.The talk of the base ball world Is still tho se­

cession of the player? of the National League. Appended will be found a mags of opinions on the subject, and the news and gossip of the week on the matter:

THE SITUATION.

\Vhat the Veteran Chadwick Thinks of (he Movement of the Brotherhood Failure Predicted For It Kcasous Fov This As­ sertion, Etc. NBW YORK, Nov. o. Editor SPORTING LIFE;

This is the anniversary of the day known in English history as ''Guy Fawkea* Day," an event singularly appropriate for the culmination of the conspiracy in this city, by means of which the Guy Fawkcs of the base ball world intend lo blow up the League House of Parliament of the national game. In other words, the Brother­ hood of ball players to-day publish to the metro­ politan community at large the fact that they have se;cded from tho Xational League, and that to-morrow they intend to fully organize a r.ew League as a rival for the patronage cf base ball cranks in particular, and of the admirers of the game in general, in tho form of "The Play­ ers' Base Bull League" of the professional class of the fraternity. That this id a very serious movement on the part of the League's players will not be questioned for a moment, nor can it be gainsayed that tho important step they have taken is ono that is ill advised and not warranted under tho real circumstances of tho case, and that it will eventually prove injurious to the best interests of the majority pf the seceding players I have but little doubt. Let me say, at the very outset of this chapter of comment on this revolt of the Brotherhood, that I regard tho question at issue solely from a point of view which only considers the future welfare of tho national ^ame, I certainly have no individual interest* connected with tbe National Lensine likely to bias my julpmmit in any way, and I am certainly In no position of antazon- iciii to tbe iiitHl'genf, temperate aud gentlemanly class of flayers cf the professional fraternity which won Id warp my opinion as a critic, Looking through a rontf.nl gltse, therefore, at tlie present sorlons posi­ tion of aflaira br^uaht alont by the bud break made by the Brotherhood, which culminated to-dny in their <jjien dttclr.r.itiuu of independence of league control, it Becrus to me tbat iu throwing off their allegiance as they bare done, before giving the League a fair opyor- tuiilty to answer their complaints and to redress their alleged grievances, they have been over hasty in

« their aciion, to say tbe leasr.Tbo Brotherhood chum that tbe Leajruo has done

them injustice in uot carrying out tbe spirit of ihe con­ tract they made with the League in 1SS8. On tbe other hand, tde League claims Uiat it has not been guilty ae charged in the indictment. Under such cir­ cumstances, i-j it right for tUe Brotherhood to pro­ nounce judgment in tbe case iu advauce of a trial? To read the specific plea made ia behalf of the Brother­ hood, 09 published iu ibis av-rning'a paj:ers, cue wov.ld Eaturally suppose that no body of workman, er.teiiug upon a strike against oppressive enactments at the hands of a wealthy monopoly, ever bad a greater in­ centive to revolt tciiu the^eso-calle;! "base ball slaves." But wht-a the fitct ia rcalizfd that the profits fnun tbe capital inverted by tlie clubs of the National League dnrioff tlie pa.$t fivo years are not a fifteenth p:irt of tbe sums paid the club teams for their services, quite it different aspect Is given to tbe situation. They are cot striking because tbeir salaries have been lowered, nor because they are poorly paid for bard, labor. Ou t'ae contrary, thia act of secession on the part of tho j.layera is simply an effort to prasp at the shadow of a division of gate receipts, while loeing tho eubalunco of assured salaries from responsible clubs. But that the /act of this experiment by the players involves serious consequencea. bearing upon the future existence of professional base ball playing on tbo basis of honesty It now stands upon, thia revolt of the "bondsmen" of tbe Leagno against tbe * bleated bondlioldeis>r of that organization, might be quietly looked upon as u mere sensation of tbe day, well calculated to tell in tbt; market as an advertisement to keep up public ict.reat in the game during the winter inteiregnum.

Thtre is ouo subjstt wot thy of special consideration in discussing the question if tbic secession movement on tbe part of the League players which cannot be too ecriously regarded, and that is tbe effect of (he revolt OD the permanent existence of tho National Agree­ ment. That compact is the very baeis of the future welfare of tbe professional fraternity. To br«*K It, or to interfere with tbe fundamental principle underly­ ing It, ifl timply to restore all tbe abuses which tbe League and tlie Ass<cation have joined hands to battle against fi;r the past fivo years. By tbe action taken by the Brotherhood thia week their memb«ra plainly occupy a position similar lo that of the con­ tract-breakers of tbe old defunct and bankrupt Union An'oclatiOD, Tho majority of the seceding players and, as it happens, tbo very cla?B who are tbe recipientsof the biphest ea'nrie* given for individual players openly and unhesitatingly break their writ­ ten contract with the League clubs. This they do ostensibly in resistance to alleged arbitrary and op- T>re<eive acts on the part of the League, eafd to be in violation of the letter as well as the spirit of tbeir con­ tract. But have they proved this to be the case in ftny one single instance? And have they, too, given tho League a fair cbance to repress thoir alleged grievances after a due presentation of tho facts in tiie case before Ihe legally -constituted tribunal ot" the League? I do not see that they have.

I no tire tb.it in the pica in their bebalf 8ft forth by tbe Brotherhood to-day tbey state that tboy ap­ pointed a committee to confer with iho League In mid­ summer, and thit iho League declined to tnko action in the matter of a conference until the close of tbe Bfason, on the ground that even if they were to con­ fer with the Br^theibood committee nothing could be officially done in the niaUer until tbe auutiul meeting of tbe League in November. The course sJLce pur- eiied by the League goes to show pretty plainly tliat this proposed summer conference meeting was a mere Bubtcrfugo to gain a point on the League people, which would enable tbe Br-ithorhood to plead that their i-ffjrts fur a conference h;td boen refused, and in the Brotherhood's pronunciameato of to-day that Tery point ia clearly ou'.linad.

Now that tho high-salaried players of tho TJea^ue have fired the first cun of rebellion against that Fort Siimt( r of tho great bsso ball union know n as tho Iwtional Agreement, it remains to bo seen what the NiitHdial League and the American Association will juiutly do io ils di-fenc-; for, if they act at all, they niuat act together. "United we etacd, divided we fall," must he tho motto on the banner they fight under. Will they tro to work quietly and cany out the princii;l;s of the National Agreement, Riving full protection to Iho minor league?, and tbr-n proceed to get together the best players they can secure to replace tbe eeceders, « ithoiit in the slightest degree infringing upcB ihe teams of tlie minor leaguo clnb>, or will tbey proceed, on the other baud, to adopt methods of reprisals and endeavor to coerce their rebellious em- jjloyees? Tho L<-aeue claims that the Brrtherhool'sown contract gives them the right to the services of tho eece'Iors for another year. Tins claim t!ie Brother­ hood repudiates. Tlie fir.--t thing to be settled, appar­ ently, would set-in to be this disputed question, and tlie test will have to be through the medium of tbe courts, lint is it worth tbo League's while to adopt this course? 3 think not. In my view of the situation, and look­ ing at it through League glaws, the right course for them to pursue is to go to work under the laws of the JsHtional AznS-roent and get t 'geiber the best team) tficy ca;i and leave tho clubs of the new Bill Players' League tor-lay their own ^nines and practically test the question as to their ability to play a loue hand in the fame successfully. Of course, in following up this line of policy tmder the circumstances cf the existing revolt in the ranks, it will be a tirong point for (be Leagtio to play, to entirely Ignr.re tho exis'enee of the Ball I'Jrtyera League, and to have no fir-Id intercoms with tbfirclub teams whatever. No effort should te made by auy National Agreement club to imluco a tingle man of the receding cla's to return to the fold of ihe National Lengne. It will be ample tinio for thfl liftign* to make reprisals at tiie close of the ecason of 1800, whc-n expeiience will have tnlight Uie eeces- Bi-mists the financial coat of their rebellion.

There is ono fuel in connection with the action token by the Brotherhood in laying out their plan of fampnign which is a surprise to mo. Tboy any to the American Association that tb^y propose to fight only against the League; and yet, in the face of this de- ciaraifmi, they proceeded to "carry the war into Africa" by placing a club iu Brooklyn, in direct oppc- eition to the intere»te of tbe leading club of the Asso- i.tition. How dees tlie Brotherliotd reconcile this overt act of war with their announced intention not to taho aciion against the American AFSociatiou? However, this is on a par with tunny ef the inconsist­ encies which have marked the Brotherhood's course in thi* whole Mi si 0613.

Finally, Ift me eay that I am with tbe clnba of the National Agrocoiani in this matter, fimply because I feel (ustired that they are on the side of sustaining the b'-flt interests of tlie professional baso ball business auJ thereby pioinoting the welfare of the national game at large. HENRV. CHADWICK.

TUE PLAYERS' SIDE.

The League Chances in a Contest Not Very Bright.

Tbe New York Herald says editorially on Thursday last: "That much talked of contract haa not prevented the base ball players from mak­ ing their declaration of independence. Can it de­ feat their movement by barring them from pUy- ing for themselves next season?

"The League magnute« claim that it can. They are backed by the opinion of a well- known law firm, ffbo advLe them that under the reservation clause the pUyers are bound to the magnates for next season, and that the courts ''iught 1 to restrain them by injunction from flawing contrary to the terms of the contiact.

"The i'layers, on tbe other baud, are legally advistd Uiat Uey are not bound by th« rewrrfttion clause of

the contracted Ibat no court wocld attempt to enforce it against them, llere is their view of this now fu- m<'Us t rovisiou:

"'The 'reserve role* and the proTislons of the 'National Agreement' gave the managers unlimited power, a:jd they have not hesitatod to use this in the moat arbitrary and mercenary way. Players have t» en bought,EoiJ and exchanged as though they were sheep, in:-trad of American citizens. 'Reserva­ tion' became with them another name for property rights iu tho players By a combination among lliem- stlves, stronger than the strongest'trust,* they were able to enforce the meet arbitrary rcofuures, and the player had either to submit or get out of the profes­ sion. Even the disbaudmt-nt and retirement of u club did not fre^ its players trom the octopus clutch, for they were then peddled around to the nig heat liidu>r. That tne player sometimes profited by thd salo has nolhiui; to do with the case, but only proves the in­ justice of hia previous resiraiut.'

"This ia an Hllegation that the contract Is one-sided and unjust, thit to enforce It would be to give the managers an insquirnble advnntage and impose up in the phr/ers an unjust hardship. It furthermore charges that tbe League is simply a gigantic trust, a inotii'pMy odious to the l:iw, claiming the power to buy and sell players, employ them or throw them out of employment as may suit tho pleasure of a coterie of cap tn.ists. _

"These are (TOmplaiotB to which equity will not and cannot tumadfaf ear. Courts Lave refused to en- fufje one-sided, inequitable contracts. They have cou- demnej tru^t1^ and monopolistic combine*.

"Moreover, if enforced at ail, ihe contrnct would hnvo to be enforced not by one court merely, but by a dozeu or more. An injuuclion granted, by a Now York court can have no foi^e outside of thia S'at','. It couid cot stop tho clubs from nUying in I'hihidelnbiu, Balti­ more, Citicinnati, Chicago or fio.-ton. A separate in­ junction AtfcMiU have to be obtained in every Statd.

"On tho whole the outlook !or the League magnates does not aj'pear to be very bright.'*

PRESIDENT YOUNG'S YIETTS.

Some Results of the Secession of the T^eaguePlayers PossiMHties ami Probabilitiesof tiie Future, Ktc.WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. Tho declaration of war

upon tho part of the Brotherhood was more generally discussed here to-day than the politi­ cal battles going on in tho various States. At League headquarters President Young was found busily engaged over the New York papers, intent upon gleaning the details ot yesterday's meeting at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. In reply- to a question he said: "I have just concluded a hasty reading of the Brotherhood's proclama­ tion, and I must say that I am greatly sur­ prised at the weak and empty style of its con­ struction. I have fur several weeks been convinced that they intended to declare war against the League, and I havo prepared my- seif to receive a startling and forcible presenta­ tion of their side of the case. There is not a single sentence in their address that appeals to the sympathy of tha base ball public but what can be overturned by the League without any uiisstatement on ibe lattor's part."

"Have you had any correspondence with your colleagues of the League relative to the probable course to be pursued?"

"I have had no communication from anyone connected with tho League since the proclama­ tion was issued. I have talked with a number of persons on the subject, and I have received various ei:£gestiotis as to how the League mi^ht defeat tbo Brotherhood's scheme, but I have retrained from expressing any opinion in tl:e matter, preferring to aw ait the meeting of tho League nest week. 1 '

"What is the nature of tbe aug^ealiuna made?11"Oh, tlu-y are almost too numerous to mention.

There are some persons who ad\ise the League to try and break the Brotherhood ranks bj buying uff aomo ijf tbe most desirable players and trusting to the others to follow like a flock cf snoop. Of COUIBO you can un­ derstand why such a achcniu would never do. It would be placing a premium ou desertion arid ucfaithfclnois, and ba in direct conflict with the beat interest of tho frame. It has also been Miggcated that a combination between the League aiid the American Association would be advisable, and that i<lea meets with con»i ler- able favor. It is evident that tbe Brutherho ;d will, if success attends their efforts, endeavor to capture the Association players,but they ara wailing to s*e how they are going to come out in their contest with the League. Tbe^i are otber propositions tbat h»ve b?en made, all of which will be duly considered at the League mt-et.D;.

"There is a feeliog of unrest among tbe minor lea^uen, a-i they fear that the League will break the National Agreement and gobble npall of their desir­ able ["layers. There is no occasion for alarm in that respect, as the League proposes to live up to its pledge in the future as il has done in the patst. The friends of honest ball in this city are looking for the League to t-ir-tftiii thf reputation «ud credit of t!;e gtima bv meeting the Brotherh >od is^ue fniilj and squarely. If the League is prepared lo throw aside all selfish mo- tiv«* and take a decided step in behalf of the r.ntrona of the game, they have nn excellent opportunity to do so now.

"The people who support the game with thck^ ad- mifsion fees have become disgusted with fancy- salaried players and their dingusiing exhibitions on the ball field. The patrons of the gnme appreciate the efforts of a young an-i ambitimis player more lhan tt'ey do the ha!f-he«rted movements of the so-called stun1 , and a loam of well-managed youngsters will put np attractive ball and not cost as much ae a tt-am of veterans. If the League really wants to lock horns with tho Brotherhood, they can do so by going ri^ht ahead and establishing tl.eir teams on a moderate salary basis say 50 per cent, less than is cow paid to the so-called star playens. Ac­ cording lo tbo records there are certain players who were paid at the rate of from §500 to 890'J per month last stason for five months' active employment. By reducing the outlay for salaries one-half the League could then go to the public and say: 'We propose to reduce our rxpenaes one-half by tlie employment of young acd efficient players, and we aro willing tbat you eiiould share ibe benefit-* of the reduction by wit- netuiag our games for one-lmlf of what we have here­ tofore charged yon.' Is there any doubt an to what the raNponse will be to such a proposition? Where would the Brotherhood nud a resting place? In the soup."

SYMPATHY FROM ORGANIZED LABOR.

Major Leffingwell Says the Working Men of the Country Will Stand l>y the Brotherhood Players.INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 4.—Tho base ball war is

likely to assume a new phase from indications at this point. Major Samuel L. *LeffingwelI, one of the oldest trade unionists in the West, in talking of the probable cowing struggle on the ball field, said to-day:

"The latest subject of discussion among organized laboiing men is tlio huso ball war now ou. It nmy ap- 1 ear a little singular (o outsiders, but a peculiar in­ terest is being manifested in tbe iradw union element favoring this Biise Ball Biotheriiocd movement. The way wo look at thia ma'tcr in its present shape is that the Brotherhood is a legitimate oivutiizatiun of skilled workmen. No ono doubts the necessity of skill for a position in either the League or the Association all ni-Lor leagues and club? are mere echoola of apprenticeship to tho full-fledged, skilled workmen of the leading leagues the men »re hired ou nalims, and outside of tho oppressive restrictions uu'ler which they are placed, they arc to be a* fully recognized us the skilled workman of the printing craft, tha moulder or tbs carpeut-r.

"The keruoto given by Von dor Ahe. in h'S state­ ment thut the fight now going on is a fight of capital against labor; that capital must stanJ shoulder to glxaililcr. oic,. should bo the cue for the Brotherhood manager*. Let them make application to the Ameri­ can Federation of Trade and Lnbor Unions, or to the officers of the general executive board of the Knights of L^bor, or to both, for that matter, an-1 they will ,fiad no difficulty in bsiDg admitted as a trade organiza­ tion to either.

"They will then be allied t*i organizations represent­ ing: over 1,000,000 of skilled mechanic*, and if it is to be, as Von der Ahe fays, a fight between capital and labor, it will be demonstrated by the attendance upou the games of the respective interests. Tho people care little wlio manages tha games or who makes the money. They go to see good la'l playing. Therefore, as the Brotherhood will hare all Ihe eliilled players, aud as the main support conies from tbe working men, it will te seen whether mero capital is to rulo with despotic sway over the masses of the people in base ball, as it would like to do in many other l^adin^ io- diinrirs in the country." *'0h, yepf"* continued Major Leffingwell, "tho woikiug man are in sympathy with the Brotherhood."

SPALDING UNDISTURBED.

The Chicago President Not loosing Any Sleep or Appetite Over the Situation.

"While in Philadelphia, Tuesday, President A. G. Spalding, of the Chicago Club, in reply to come questions as to how be viewed the Broth­ erhood, said:

"All 1 know about the Brotherhood (5 what I rea 1! in the new^paperp. To tell you tho truth I am not both­ ering my heal about the Brotherhood, and it h im­ material" to me how often they meet, how riiany fl'ate- ments they iaauo to the public, or how they proceed la getting up a little sld« show of their own. The League will have its annual meeting next wei'k and go through the usual routine of business, then adjourn until spring when another meeting will be bold, a schedule adopted and along about May first begin playing its championship games. Those players who wit) not be on deck will not be micsed, as their places will be filled by other equally good men, and they mar tben retire, as there will be no opening for them else­ where. Thore may be a Brotherhood League next year, but* none of tbe men now reserved by the Na­ tional League will bo founiA playing ou any of their teams. So far RS tbo Chicago players are concerned, I assure yen not much would be lost to me if tUoy would retir? «- -J^v elsewhere n^xt year, TbVp'-ople out onr way are not Very much ifi luve with O'ir pr?«- ent team, and I could not Le criticised more if 1 put on entire team of minor leaguers in tbo field next year than I was thi« season for having the team 1 had. The Chicag e did not get the world on fire by any bril­ liant pluyfng during the season just ended, and they would not create a furore if they withdrew from tlie League and itai ted in business for th«ai*«UeB iu the

Windy City. The League will be on deck as naual next season, ami have It-tier teams in the field than it erer had. Now, what more can I pay? Are we wor­ ried? Pshaw! Certainly not! Why, I am surprised tbat the people take any stock iu this Brotherhood movement, and that tho newspapers waste any space on it."

THE FINANCIAL Al

How the Players' League Figures Out Ita Profits.

CHICAGO, III., Nov. o. The country will have a chance to size up the men of the Players' Na­ tional League, which is to operate the new Brotherhood club?, on Wednesday, whon tho League meets at New York. Local clubs from New York, Boston, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Buffalo and Chicago will be present, each represented by both players and capitalists. * The convention is likely to last three daya. Its most important business will bo a decision ot the question, shall we declare war against the American Association, and make otir organization the strongest ever in tbo public eye, by filling up nil weak spots with Association stars? Comiskey's flight to Chicago will virtually make the vote an Rlrirtnfltive one, and if It is, St. Louis, Brooklyn and the Atblftics will certainly bo raided. Von der Aho'a talk about bis consolidation agreement with A. CJ, Spalding will also incline the new body towards fighting the Ameri­ can Association. Tho Urotherhood wanted nothing better than Von der Ahc'd break.

Hero aro some estimates of thi earnings of tbe Play­ ers' National League teams for next season. They are built tfy a man of experience witli the Brotherhood, and based ou tho business of the past ten years:

Teams. Receipt?. Expenses. Profits. New York....................?110,000 $61,000 850,000Host-n......................... 115 000 (55000 50.000Philnrtelpiii'i................. 85.<MJO 55000 30,000Brooklyn..................... 76000 60.000 25,000rHttsburjr..................... 70.000 50>,)0 20.000<'l"ve!and.......... .......... 70,000 45,000 2,1,000Buffalo........................ 65.000 45,000 10,000Chicago....................... 85,000 50,U'JO 30,00 J

Totals ......................£665,000 $425,000 £2*0,000Less tbe 810,000 for prizes, this Bhgwti a net profit of

$230.000 to rtivido, or 528,750 p?r team, or $14,1175 each lor capitalists and players. This will pive the men about £1000 each extra as players, and for each 81000 of stock they hold nbout$720 extra. Th« profits of the Leagiirt clubs thia sG8S"n were about $270,000, and two or tttree normally profitable towns had poor luck. In 1838 five league cluba raoda about §300,000. In He table of figures above ihe Chicago, Itost-ju, Philadel­ phia and Brooklyn figures are low because the fight will be within ih,->m and there is no line on its effects. 8,'m» moii, qualified by experience to cive an opinion, think it will increase tbe receipts. Tbat remains to bo seen.

QUIET BUT

The League People to Yield Not an Atom of Their Legal Rights.

NEW YORK, Nov. G. League people already here still maintain a discreet silence as to tho methods they ivill take for protection, except in one point. All agree that they will compel the players to keep their contracts, wherein they agree to be reserved for 1890, if they can, by law, be rmulo to do so. "Tho Brotherhood finds everything very rosy now," said a League man to night, "but they will not feel quite so confi­ dent when we get ready to take our inning. These men, or those of them whom we want, will play ball at the old stand next season. They agreed to do this in a contract which they dictated themselves, and we propose to make them lire up to tho letter and spirit of their agree­ ments. The fun has only jcet commecceil. The boys haTe very much overestimated tho profits acciuing from the game. But once in five yearn has the Pitts- bnrg Club niado monsy, and then the profits were ex­ pended for the purchase of new pl-iyers.

"At the lowest evfi mates, $200,000 will be needed fora staiter. The bulk of that has, I nndoratand, been furnished; but supposing, as has often been the ca?e, the cliibs experience a niny eprine. Tbe Lengne has several years expended S'200,000 for t-xrennes alone before the weather permitted an attendance froui which profits could be real'zed. Will the capitalists at tho back of the movement bo ready to put thc'r hands in their pockets ami draw that amount? The League Is not even worried. Its representatives have b:'en in town for six weeks and will bo here f->r four more, and when the time comes we will be hoard from. The best players in tho cour.fy to-day are young men, and they are the most valuable.

li l think, too, that yon will find thnt things will h* so fixed up tbat these capitalist* will not have to tnke any changes of legal complications. Tho League la«t year paid it? players money to sign ilie contract which contained that reserve clause. There in no getting around that point anrt wo shall certainly sue for damages. In many cases salaries were increased simply because of Iho reserve clause, and the Brother­ hood lawyers to tho contrary, the courts are bound to give us damages, aud heiivy ones, for the breaking of those contracts." The moneyed man \vho is at the hnck of the Brooklyn Club, haa thus fa'r maintained the secret of his identity. The reason for this, say* Kwing, is becausn the betrayal of the gentleman's r.ame would seriously interfere with an 'outside scheme1 which the Players' League has in view.

HANLOX WAS SQUARE.

How He Saved Money For the Plttsbnrg Club and Kef used the Management.

PITTSDURG, Nov. 6. President Niniick was not disconcerted in the least yesterday by the players branching out for themselves. It he is quoted correctly, however, he is amazed at what he terms Ilanlon's bold lie to him.

If the president of the Pittsburg National League Club (a- distinction must be drawn cow) will mote out to Hanlon the justice he deserves he will admit that his dealings with him were straightforward and honest. When the first publication of the Brotherhood scheme appeared Haiiloa was summoned to tlie offico of President Nim- ick by tbat official ani another director aud requested bv tho lattt-r to oign &$ manager for the coming ECU- SOD. This Hanlon courteously refused to do, saying that circumstance!) which would prevent him from figuring io tbat capacity prompted him to do it. This of itstlf was a sufficient intimation as to bow liunkm stood.

Again, Hanlon did not assume the management of the club until long after the Brotherhood had decided to leave the League, July 2. President Niniick admits that the duty was then thrust cpon Ilanlon. Had the Intttr (leaked, from the time of bis taking the posi­ tion uatil tbe close erf the season, he could hare ex­ pended at least §0000 in the employment of new pitch- in/ material, of which the club va? then much in need. Instead, with a dcsiro to ward off just such criticism of bis conduct as is new bring made, he finished theseason with what talent he had, and, 63 in well known, very creditably. This action of his alone should earn him the esteem and not the censure of tlie employers ironi wliom he chose to part.

All the money necessary for tbe BUCCCJP of the new club has been subscribed. Mayor McCallin denies that he U a stockholder. So does W. W. Korr, but the Utter say a thut he will be one wbea the time ar­ rives. George Hevers, the agent of tue Brunswick- Brtlke Billiird Company, also admits to boinc one of the Lackers. He saya tha*, six or seren otlier business men have become interested in the venture. Among the players who will have s'ock in the chib are Ilan­ lon, Dun lap, Oirroll and Maul, all of whom will put Iu at least §3000 apiece.

PROFESSIONAL JEALOUSY.

A Player's Opinion That There'* Nothing to Tear From That.

PITTSBTJRG, Nov. 6. "I see you claim that the Brotherhood players will never bo able to har­ monize on account of professional jealou?ie?, dif­ ferences in the matter of arranging the salary list and a hundred and one other points," re­ marked Billy Kuehne to a reporter this morn­ ing. "Now that 13 not fair to the Brotherhood, and I hope that w? will be given a fair deal by the papers in our e forts to go it alone. Please wait until the plan i oi' the Urotherhood for the ensuing season have been formulated. I do not expect that the work of the meeting now in session at Now York will be free from flaws, neither do I expect every player to ba satisfied, but their plans are a!l laid for the general gooJ of tho Brotherhood, and even the dissatisfied will acquiesce in the hope that their grievances will be righted at some future lime. There may bo deserters, of couree, but such players would take a very foolish step, as they would be marked men forover' after and baueuth the notice of their associates. I do not anticipate tbat tbe American Association magnates will render any assistance to tha League people. If they do, what is to prevent us from organizing their players and making a 16-club league, or to take tbe best four clubs, which would al^o wreck tbat organiza­ tion. The v.'isent course that the Association people can take is ju^t to keep their hands off and leave us to tight It out to a finish with tho League. You can just bet (hat there will bo a Brotherhood club in this city next season, and if we play good ball, why, we are bound to make money, that is all. We will be in­ dorsed by the later organizations and that weans a good deal. Now, as I said bt-foio, do not condemn ug before you know what our pUna are. Tlie time has come to make a break, and we will not offc-r any con­ cessions, neither will we accept any."

News Notes and Comments.Al Johnson, of Cleveland, a year ago refused lo

give 82100 for £8800 worth of Cleveland Club stock, Baying: "Base ball won't pay in Cleveland."

Manager Bnruie thinks that in the end the new league will meet With the fate of tbe Union Associa­ tion, and Ib&t a giand tumble iu eu'aricu will JUeu

Pitcher Fergon and first baseman Carney, of the Washington Club, are enthusiastic for the new league, and each bus subscribed for ¥500 worth of stock.

A lease of new ground-* at One Hundred and Fifty- ninth street -wasBlgned for ten years with D. H. Mc- Alpin, GTavd A. Wallace, Postmaster Cornelius Van Cott and E. B. Tnlcoft as IPBACOT. Judge Henry Kol- laad, the attorney of the Brotherhood, via present at tu» meeting, aud be told tbe pUyen Uint tlie League

contracts were not worth the pnpor they were printed on. It is t>aid that the new club bad to give Landlord Coogan a 830 000 bond to secure him and to guarantee thut nobody but themselves should use ilia ground.

Buck Lwing aud John Ciarkaon are mentioned as among the men whom the League mujuutea Lavt* tried their blandishment npon.

Tbo now grounds of the New York Brotherhood Club adjoin the flew Polo Grounds aud are 500 feet wide and 800 feet long, extending from the centre of One Hundred and Fifty-seventh street to the centre of One Hundred and Fifty-ninth street, and from Eighth avenue to ibe bluff. A grand stand is to be erected at the "foot of the bluff, with twice tho seating capacity of the staud on tho present Polo Grounds. President Lyoas will put a stationary engine at tbe top of the bluff at Oce Hundred and Fifty-ninth street and build an inclined piano so that ho can land pa^engerd right iu the ground. The elevated railroad company will also build ix now station at One Hundred aud Fifty- liinth street, soas to land their uaseeugers right on the ground.

The Brotherhood has passed a resolution not to permit any known professional gambler to holi stock in tbe new league. Unprofessional gamblers are uot bat red.

The League players say Docker is no leas and admit that he was frozen out, uot being wautod in tiieir ranks.

Tom Loftus says that he IB not figtlnst the Brother­ hood of the League either. He never expressed him­ self od opposed to manaxin? a lot of directors, but, on the contrary, he sajs the piny era will manage them­ selves better than they are managed at present, and in support of this argument Tom said t !mt when a player of a Brotherhood club will not take c«re of himself, all tbe rest ot" tho players will gft d-jwo ou him and it will bo to every man's interest to save himself.

It is said tbat Fred Pfeflor has secured tho Fcore card privilege of the new laagne. By the way, what will Fred do with bis stock in tbe Chicago Club, which be i* trying 33 bard to make worthless. He holds £500 of it.

Al Johnson says thnt his ttand nt the Cleveland Brotherhood Park will have 110 common board benches, tot real opera chairs.

Secretary Scundr^tt, of the Pittsbnrg Club, is In fuvur of changing th** limits of the clasaittciti a echeaie from $2000 to 33000, to ndm!t of four or five claasos. B,-!ow this point he wonld fix n minimum limit of SH'IK), with the proviso that club managers bo allowed to fix the compensation of any players rated below the lowest class in the echenio.

ThfrWow York World is engaged iu taking a popular vote nu these two questions: (1) Which of the two le.tgnes do you think will bo the betted (2) Wbich will receive your support?

An Indiamxpulis social says: "If Jack GlaMrock has nny purpoee of casting his lot with tbe striking Brotherhood, It is not apparent iu the letters which ho ia writing liack to personal friends in this city, in which he scarcely ever faiis to rtfer to bis return in the spring, aud what be expects to accomplish with the ctnb next year."

All of the Bi'sron backer?, with the exception of John Morriil and ("feorgfl Wright, were stockholders iu the old Boston. Club and will now get even for their former freeze-out. It's H long lane that haa no turn, as the trimnvirAteAvill discover..

Tho Washington pltytra were the last to sign the agreement to po with the new organization, and they hel-J off until tha season WRJ ver. In speaking of thy mutter Irwin snye: "Walter Hewitt wa-j anxious to have his team etrengthcned, but I didn't care to see him throw his money'away, so got along with the men he had on band."

John B. Day says that Coogan will be the only man to make any money out of tbe Brotherhood. Ee fur­ ther save: "There will not be one cent ever spent in grading tbosa new grounds or building a grand stan i; j ou mark my words. I shall serve every player with an injunction restraining him from placing ball v.itb this ue\v organization. Whoerer knew a co-operative enterprise to succeed? No one. 1 am not worrying ft bit abijut what is beinjr done. When the time comes to play I'a'.l the Brotherhood will bo fouud to be dead and buried."

Tlie agreement or lease fur the new Brotherhood ground in Xew York is made out from Sarah L\nch to Jjhn Montgomery Ward. It is drawn up so as to be transferable to tho new club, which is to be known simply as the "New Yorks." They will be incorpor- ftted as sion as $40,000 of tbo capital stock is paid io. The players aro to take §20,000 worth of the etock and tho capitalists will own the other ?20,000. Tho ground rent is to be 810,000 a year for five jears, with an option of five more.

On Sunday laat Al. Johnson, Ewing, Ward, Faatz and Hanlou weut over to Brooklyn to hunt a site for the Brotherhood Club, to bo located In that city.

Hon. William Gaston, the counsel for the Boston Club, ami o'.bm- noted lawyers have given opinions that the League can hold Us players another season.

President Brush, of Indianapolis, says: "31r. Brush said the real state of affairs will not be known until the Brotherhoo 1 begins to play the men, fix their salaries, and show their ability to hold tbe players iu lice. He thinks this CHtmot be done, and, until it ia, he will regard the whole matter as a bluff."

An Indianapolis spec'al is to the following effect: "Jerry Deucy say? he will certainly remain in India­ napolis, unless he ia guarantee'.! nv>ra money and a permanent place elsewhere. He will tftke no chances."

According to Al Johnson, Robert G. Ingersnll and otlier eminent legal lights have assured tho Brother­ hood that the reserve clame on the League contracts was not worth tho paper it wus written on.

A dispatch from St. Louia Mond'iy last stated that Comiskey had signed with St. Louis, whereas Secre­ tary George Jftunson says he has not yet signed, but 1ms accepted tbe St. Louis Club's services. While in Kansas City last Monday Comiskey again denied any intention of deserting Von der Abo, but admitted that ho bad offers from the Brotherhood.

The story about Mutrie declining to manage the New York Brotherhood team is caualng much m^rri- nient among the Giants. Neither Ward, Kwing nor Keefe have any reipect for Mutrie, wbose ability is greatly over-rated. He would not be allowed to man­ age the least of tbe Brotherhood teams.

The theatrical profession ore all with the players. One well-known manager eaid the other day tlmt be could get benefits all over the country for the play era if they were in need of any such help.

In Philadelphia the players interested are Wood, Fogarty, Biiffinton ami Mjers. Tneae four have sub­ scribed lor £2000 worth of stock.

It ia said that Gat*zel has a two years' contract with Boston and will not be able to join the Brotherhood ia this movement.

It appears quite certain that no grounds have been (ecurod ID Brooklyn as yet.

The Brooklyn Base Ball Club wag regularly incor­ porated at Albany, Nov. 7. Chas. H. Byrne is one of the directors. This move is in line with that of the League clubs to fotesta 11 any other organization as­ suming the famous title.

SLTiis and Km-hue have become stockholders m tbe PiUsburtf Brotherhood Club.

TEXAS NEWS.

What is Going On in Rase Ball Circles in the Lone Star State.

GALVESTOX, Tex., Nov. 4. Editor SPORT­ ING LIFE: At a meeting of tho board of direct­ ors of tbe Galveston Club last Monday night left fielder Works was appointed manager of the team for the season of 18(JO. The selection i? a first-class one and gives satisfaction to every lover of the game in the city. Billy will sign his contract this week, and then set to work gathering in the players he has been correspond­ ing with.

Despite "Caasi's" doubts to the contrary, JIc- Closkcy did want to come here, and this club bad the refusal of his services up to Get. 15, but as it w us thought he would be of more service to the League elsewhere be was let go. This is no fake story, a^ I have it tlown in black and white from MHC bimjelf, and he will not deny it. By tho way, MeClusUey'a stories of his "royal" treatment in the Bayou City were not cut from the s;imo cloth as "Caasi's."

Works will arrange the following team to play the Oaklanda in tliia city and Houston: Corry, pitcher; Flahorty, catcher; I-aacaon, first base; Bebne, second baso; H us ton, short eWp; Gates, third base; Itran, right field; McCioskey, ceotro field, or.d \Vt rks, "left field. Bebne and Uustou will take a hand in tbo pitching.

It is s^d that the likes and dislikes of Ilcueton cranks were not consulted when tho two G:ilve.-t)Lians were elected chief officera of the League. I doubt, however, whether tbeir equals for tbe position cou-.d ba fcund in the Bayou Cily.

Manager Works c>in be reached by addressing bim in care of Washington Hotel. Players desiring posi- tirns on the team should eond in tbeir termi anJ field­ ing aud batting averages.

Jack Roach, who did fi.;mft excellent work In the box for us last summer until his arm went lame, writes mo tbat he is smashing baggupe at Lowell, &nd that his arm Is again ail right. iJe is a good man a cool, un- excitable pitcher, Kith good cuives and speed and a great head on bis shoulder?.

Work ou Usach Park has been started. It is rathtr early as yet, but as exhibition Raiucs commence about Jan. 1 it wau thought advisable to have tbe wurk com­ pleted by that time.

Plltsburg's new pitcher, Pete Daniels, Is a good mnn. He U a big, speedy soutb-puw, with excellent judg­ ment a lid good command of tha bail. Ho is also quite a aticker.

McCloskey will arrive in Houston next week, and will divide his time between the Bayou Cily and thia place this winter.

Jack \Ventz was heard from tbe other day, and the long eecond tagfeman wants to cume back. There will be a place fur bim on the team,

H. J. It<jushkolb,who for a timo managed tbe Gr<*od Rapid* team last season, is a l»te applicant here. Hia offer was uot considered, however, as he is not a player.

In casting about for a manager Waco should not overlook her brilliant, hard-bitting out&elder, Char­ ley O'N'eill. He is a man of ability and a hard worker, and could get good work out of a team.

Mike Frost, the Quaker Cily backstop who donned tbe mask for Fort Worth last season, haa accepted our terms and his contract will be forwank-d. H» U a steady oian behind tbe bat and a beautiful thrower and is no slouch at the bat.

Kid Peoples has written for a place and wants to come here, though he haa p<x-d cflers ciaewher?. Will to a great favorite bore and tbo iUol ol tLe ble-ithtr*. * . J - c - Nt

Manager Henry's Pointed Protest.HARTFORD. Conn., Nov. 7, 1839. 'Editor PPO»TI»O

LIFE Dear Sir: Please ios'-il iu your valuable paper tbat ihe Hartford Club, of the Atlantic Association, ha-* n-> right to reserve me, having failed to i>i»y mo my full salarv for tho afchsu'i) cf Itt89. Your* ie.n.-*ctfully,

'JOHN U. HBNBV, Mnoa^r Hart*.\!i 1889.

"M.QN&" CUKE did cut mitfl & gumu iLi* reason,

NEW YORK NEWS.An Interesting: Series of Observations and

Facts Concerning the Brotherhood Meet­ ings The New Contract An Echo of the Recent World's Series Manager Mutrle's Position, Etc.NEW YORK, Nov. 7. Editor SPORTING LIFE:

This has been an eventful week in the history of base ball. In it we have witnessed tbe de­ sertion of the National League by all its players and tbe formation of a rival league of mammoth proportions. Perhaps I should not suy forma­ tion as long as there is no permanent organisa­ tion. However, it amounts to the same thing exoept in the eyes of the law. The players and the capitalists have met in conference, and the Players' Lenguo is accepted as a fact by even the mo=t confirmed scoffers.

It is a little early to figure ft3 to what extent tbe new movement will affect baso ball. That it will injure the standing of the game many are inclined to believe. This view, however, I aai not quite rendy to accept. I am inclined to think that much good will eventually come of it. Possibly, for a time, some harm may be done, but even that is nut certain. There will be law suit?, and many of them, but my impres­ sion is that they will only increase the interest in the game. Whether the players win or lose, the gamo will be benefitted bv an infusion -of young blood that will at least make it full of interest even if the new men do not put up A 1 ball from the start. The old players may Ulk as they please, but the public do like to see these young fellows jump in and play ball as if they enjoyed doing so. As a matter of fact, this young cleuicrt is sure to come to the front whether the Players* League makes a suc­ cess or not. There are a good many older play­ ers in tho League to-d;iy who have held their places quite as uuieh on account of many years of faithful service as upon their skill as players. There will be a grand laugh in some quarters that any such sentiment exists among League magnates, but a smile as broad as the Amazon will Dot alter tha truth of the statement. Here­ after, however, the magnate] will notbotroubied with sentiments of this kind. Young men will have the call and will have every opportunity to show their skill. Of course, there will be many failures, but there will be few cases where men are called failures before they have had a fuir chaiico to demonstrate their worth.

I have been obliged during the past four days to haunt the corridors of the Fifth Avenue Hotel in search of news of the Players' Leasue. It was pretty hard work. Talk about League mag­ nates being secretive and unapproachable. Why, they are very ordinary mortals beside these player magnates and Brotherhood capital­ ists. Otie could easily tcil that they felt that fortunes would soon be in their grasp. If some of them ever connect with the bags of siinoleons that are dangling before and dazzling their eyes their grasp will discount the alleged "octopus clutch" of tho League magnates and" base ball reporters will have to get off tho face of the earth.

The players are posing aa much-abased men and asking, the sympathy of the public. Tfaev owe it to tbe public to tell them what they pro­ pose to do and by tcliing it will advertise it and ai-1 themselvo*, ami jot as far as they have been able to do so, tho facts about tlie uew irganizatiou htive teen studiously concealed. Secrecy has been the watchword. The reasons given for so much mystery appear principally to be that the legal advisers of tho pla>ers hare insisted on it. They do not want to give their case away to tlie National League. The resultof thit) policy haa Ken thnt more or leaa misrepresenta­ tion of the pkus aud niutivesof the players have been printed. Thia was to be expected. There were leaks in tho stir chamber. What came through these chambers was of course incomplete, and wlun printed didn't ftlwaye please the new magnates. Tho play era and their new owiivra of course know their own bu»i- uess and have a right to padlock their tongues, but I think they have made a tremendous mistake iu sur­ rounding themselves with mystery.

Some of the papers printed more inside facts than others, arid this was 8*id to be lecanso the reporters of th.se papers were open sympathisers with the Broth­ erhood, and were therefore favored a little. This, however, although I thought EO at one time, was not true BO far as tbe uows given out officially was con­ cerned. One thing is sure and th«t peril?[« was only natural under the circumstances all report­ ers ktiDWD to beagainst the movement, or who ivore suspected of sympathy for the League, bad tu do some lively hustling. One story related to me by a Brother­ hood player shows how suspicious players are as a class. A morning paper printed wbat purported to be the details of Monday's eociet conference. George D:ckt!Li9on was the man who got this story, and I happen to know how he got it. lie patched it up from a doztn different sources, and he must have ui;ide a good story, because, as my player iufunnaut tells me, there was a great deal of talk about it among the men at the Tuesday coiif-.-rence. It was charged tbtit Ed Andrews, who id eatd to be a stenographer, reported the events of tho meeting and sold his notea to the patter in question. If lia did he must have baen a pretty bungling short-hand writer to get so meagre a story out of the seven houre of discusaion be was supposed to cover. Of course tlie etory was not true, but I have no doubt some of the players still believe it.

WHO WERE THERE.It will be interesting for the players to know what

men found it possible to attend iho Brotherhood meet­ ing and who assisted in forming the new League. Tbe following list includes about all that were present at different btages of tbe conference: BrouJhera, Ewing, O'Rourke, Connor, Gore, Andrews, Turn D«tly, Ward, Kelly, John Irwin, Mulvey, D. Richardson, Twitchell, Sch river, Fogurty, Uowe, Clark, Guorge WooJ, titricker, Wise, Pf offer, Llaolon, Arthur Irwin, Faatz, Huddock, Jim \Vhitnev, Lafllaton. Crane, fllorrill, Uatfield, Keefo, O'Day, SV. Brown, Slattery, in all 34, which is a very (food attendance, considering that the majority of the 120 Leajtu^ players live at great dis­ tances from New York. Tha absence oi those near by, liuw&Ttr.waa commented upon as being of significance. Thia is part cularly noted of Claikson, of Boston, aud Tioiuai), of the K^w Yoiks, who is living within an hour's ride of the Fifth Avenue Hotel. I have it from very good authority that Clarkpoii has not signed with the Brotherhood. John Ward, however, tuld me a week ago tbat bo had.

FUN AHEAD.There have been somo odd expressions como to light

during the present agitation. Jack Uowe t-.ld a news­ paper maa tbat be felt like "a manumitted slave." The man be said it to was "Micky Finn," of tho San. When it was given ont»tliat the players were to si«Q for three years, "Mickey" immediately christened tuo old contract thy "oclopus clutch" contract, and the new ouo the "manunntied slave" contract. "Mickey" is oot exactly posted on tho reserve rulo, and he thinks that there is no practical difference between tho time limit in the two contracts. "Mickey" is wrong there. The reserve rule held a man as lousr as a club wanted him. The new contract only gives a thrco-year re­ serve. They do not call it a reserve, but that is what it amounts to. The dfubsundor the new contract can­ not release a player during his first season, br.t they ran any time after a year, if they desire to do so. To bo surf the player Las somo protection, inasmuch as the board of directors of iheclnbmu-t p-.s* on his ca-se. By the way, what a lot of fun there will be at some of those boar,! nuetin/a. There are to oe eightdiroclor* for each clnb, and a manager of the team who will be rosjotrsiWG to the board ol directors. Four of the di- rettjrs ara to be players, and four aro to be capitalists. It stand* to reason that the working directors uiU. of course, be the old player.?. Take Hew York, for in­ stance, the directors will probably be Ward, Ewinj, Keefe and O'ltourke. One of thesa four will also bo manager of the team. It will easily be eeen what a variety of combinations will l>e possible under such au-picos. However, it is possible tbat the rules ol Iho new orcanizatioii will be eo made that all frictiou v-ill Le avoided.

THE NEW CONTRACT.The new contract of the players has within Its

amplitudinous phrases all the agreements between the men and their backer*. Apropos of thU It is signifi­ cant of tbe waiit of rout faith by the baclitra in tho players that they insisted oa settling all the details ui iho contract before nuyihiog fclso WHS done. Another thing which shows tbat these geutiemen want a little more than what Jlis. Frank Flint calls "honor aud glory" out of the new venture is the manner in which they monkeyed with Mr. Ward's financial scheme. Ward's idea of making his League a success by arrang­ ing for the pnyiug clubs to p<n4 issues with the losing clubs was all right wben the original agreements wore signed by the players In September. Alter tho players had put their foot in it by breaking away from the League aou could not retrout, tho philan­ thropists discovered that the agreement signed by the players and themselves in September, aud considered the correct thing then, w:ia not quits so good in No­ vember, and so these wealthy men who are instigated only by motives of sympathy fur the "slaves" 1 \vho have been wriggliug so loug Iu the "clutch" of the "octopus" proceede.1 to suggest the alterations wbich knocked the bottom out of Ward's scheme aud made the players threw years'"slaves" at any rate, and ruado it possible that there may be individual losing teams in tho new League, where before, under divisiou pool, all hands suffered equally in case of disaster. The argument made was thai a division of grand stand and gate away from huuio would more than niuke up any loas',3 tlmt might accrue at home. It Is fair to pre­ sume, however, that the capitalists didn't propose that tbe player should have all iho best of it. Said one ol these capitalists to uie: "Of course, we bad to insist on a long contract. I'm not a clown. 1 do not care to KO ahead and build grnnd stands and grade grouuds aud tbeu rim) be have these fellowi slump ou us, oi have them chasing around and wanting the earth 4n salaries before we get our uieuey back. Well, I guest not."

I did not see much of these capitalists who are back­ ing the players, except from a distance. Most of them a/e Hoe appearing im-n and seoui to be very much ir earliest. I believe that; they menu biwUiees and will put up their money both to (-tart the Players' League aud to 5*Ut the laWiU wbkU will surely follow tlie

rteaertfon of the players In doe time. Onethfrglo cocuH'Ctkm with tho new League Wutthy ef ante is ihe tremendous amount of enthusiasm shown by every- b->dy conueMel with it. If fnihusJHgm and conmlooc* will make it a success, thon success it certain.

THK NATIONAL LEAGi;K*S ATTITl'DB.The League people do nor appear to be worried.

This is largely bin IT, however. It stands to r<;nson that they have not received tha "break away" with, auv degree of iluasiue or satisfaction. They tira warm clear through and will make a stubborn ft^ht to re­ tain the iiiiinonsu prostiga they hnve wun by yours of good bu-inesa tntuiajfemeiit and an upright jurisdic­ tion of tbe great naikni.*! game. Tlie Lva^u^ has made lU mistake, b'.it on the whole they have made a pretty good record. Suid A J.oague official ia JUjuss- iug tbe matter:. "The pluyera s^y that they are *tho people,' an<l that the public g«> to >es them play, A mi will go wherever they are. This is largely true, but the conceit that most of tin so meu enterUin ti;;U they are tha only real brtll plarera iu tho country is likely to receive a rn>ie sh.ijk In a few in^ntba. The League may not bo able to fill their places for a season of two, but they cm get together good toaius of youngsters who will plt*y gojd bil! ami interesting tail, and ii will not ink* ninuy seasons to mike stum out of tl*e best of them. Mean­ while it is just possible that a few people will go and soe them play in spite of the immense counter attrac­ tions offered by the PI iven' Leajruu."

This is the belief of Mio Leagiie people, and it seeaia to be a reasonably one at lea«r.

AN ECHO OF THE WORLD'S SERIES.One of tlie echoes of 1ho,rect5nt world's series is that

M.inager Mutrie did not share in the profits of tho receipts Hlonp with tho "New Yo'-k plnjers. Iv.ving wanted Mulrie to have his share, but the other players would not hive it. It seerued tj me tlmt Jim had doae something toward winning the two champion­ ships aud ought to have Imil a littlo of tbe money which came from thoso Hchievom-ut*. I tol.I my ide*a to O'Kourke. Ho contended that Mutrie w:is paiJ by tho club as manager, and that lie received a pcrceritngo of the season's receipts ami was also a stockholder, which barred him out. Jim also paid thnt Mm tie bad very little, if an.vt!ii;ig, to o!o with winning tho peu- nf.nf. Some of the players nmdo a bijj kick at> <ut the division of iho receipts, claiming that they should have on«-1ialf of the gross receipts and that the New York Club ought to pay all expends. O'llourke thought so too, but he (Mid thit when Mr. Day a-tiu that il- thcugh he had not specified that fact he expected the players ti shave the expenses, ho (O'ttourke) was per­ fectly tattsfied, and so informed Mr. Day in behtlf of the plssyew. While uiMMis-in^ the matter Mr. O'llourke told me that he co!isiderej tlmt the pluyrrs had been very generous ia allov.-;ug the NHW VorK Club to Uava any part of the World's sene** rt-cc-ipis, as tlie pluye^s, not bring umlar contrac 1 , mi^lit hive pluyetl tlie games on their own account find l.tkesi the whole boodle. EXCUJB me, O'Ruurke di lu't s;iy boo lie. I have forgot'eu the worJ, but it meant the saviie thing.

The or*tor wan wrong about hu facts, as I told him. The players could not have played the seii^-a without Mr. Diiy auy more titan be could have phiyed them without the player.*. Mr. Byrno would never have ua*n a party to suc'i an arrangement. Ic Is worthy of note tbat the Brooklya players were gone-ous enough to include their manager In the distrib;itton of the spoil* to the exteiit of S3SJ and some odil C'Mita. The Xew York pl.iyen might have emulated this ex­ ample. Wltbo-.it Muir'e's aid and counsel in that 1 wt week the championship \vouM never hove boen w-.m. On that eventful dny In Pitlstmrg, two davs before the season closed, I have Mr. Day's authtnity f'ir stilting that Ewiiii; was running around completely rattled'. Keefe and Welch had "sore arm," and Kwing Jidn't have the courage to put Crane in in fact didn't kuow what to do. In the emergency Ewing called on Mutrie. and Jim, who, whatever else nuy be sp-hl of him, has courage and coolness in an emergency, for once at leasf, took up the reins of management', which Ewiog had almost throughout the season bceu allowed to hnn'llo, an:l or­ dered Kwlnjitoput Crane into the box. "He's cot

mu pluc**,'' s:\i-i Jim. "I kuow he cnn \f in." Tilts conft'lence inspired Crane. He said eimnly "Givi mo the ball." KuiugdH, and Ciune went iu and pitched one of the entries of his lifo »nil saved *"*» rt*y, *'T knew you'd win," said Mntrie to his pitcher. "I played for you, Jim," responded Craue. ''Youthought I could do it. i-ioue of the rest were wil'ina: to trust me."

inisht ?ay here that Slutri&'tt stock in tho New Tork Club, If he hi:8 any at all, is infinitesimal comparatively, and even though he tna»', and probitbly did r.ssert in convivial moments tbat he received a percentage of the gate receipts, common aeusa should tell the New York players tbat there was nothing in it.

For five years Mntrie has led Ihe Giants. Twice hnve tltoy been champions an1 champions over ctmtn- pions, and if ever a manager was entitlod to a share of tbe spi-'ilu of victory be WHS, stuck or uo etuck, per­ centage or no percentage. Apropos of this it is a f:ict that after the benefit for the champions, K«>t up t>y the actors, hot paid for by the public, the receipts were so divided thut Mutrie was ignore;). Tbis happened in 1SS9 and it happened in 1SSS also. Ami what H also worthy of note I have nevtr heard Mutrie aMiitie to the matter or heard that he ever complained of the tueatment accorded him by tbe New Yoik plnycrn.

W. I. II A a HIS.

CO3IISKEVS SNAP.

The Start Made on HU Proposed Far Western Trip.

Captain Comiskey and his team left St. Louis last Saturday on their long Western trip, play­ ing the first game at Kansas City Sunday, Nov. 3. His team for the trip will be made up of King and Chamberlain, pitchers; Boyle, catcher; Comiskey, Crooks, Pntsey Tebeau and Lathaui in theinfield, and O'Neil, Danny Stearns and one of the pitchers iu tlieoutfleld. Tha chief interest In the came centered in the work of Nichols, tbe crack Omaha pitcher, who waa in the box fur the picked nine. Ho easily proved that he ii fast enough for any company by btrikin^ out twelve of tho Browns, though be had only an amateur catcher to snp:-ort him. Crook-} covered second for the Browua ami led tbo bat­ ting and run-getting for \i\ts team. Scure.

ST. LOUIS. AB.R. B. P. A El KAS.CITT. AB.R.B. P. A. BLstham, 3b.. 4 1111 OiO'Bricn, 3b...3 21 0 10- Or«jka,2b....4 3 2 4 1 I'Stearn*, lli...3 1 1 11 01O'Neil, lf......4 0 1 4 1 0, Manjcll, If... 4 0 0 0 00Comitkey.lbl 1171 OiSiianuon, r2b.4 02121) Tebeau. B6....4 0102 0|Nicol, as...... 3 00 0 04Boyle, C........3 0172 liHcCartr, rf..4 01201KiiiR, cf.......4 0000 OiNichol*. p.... 4 10010Oham-bei'n,p3 0111 0!.d>nw, c...... 4 02931Arnold, rf... 3 0 0 0 0 0:MHnunijj, cf.4 1 1 110

ToUl...... 33 S ti 24 9 Si Total...... 33 5 10 24 85Kansas City..................... 2 300000 0 5St. l.ouis........................... 0 030101 0-5

Earned rung Kansas City 3, St. Lou«a 2. Two-base hit Mansell. Threc-baso hie Comiskey. First on balls Off NichoU 1, off Chumborla'n 4. Struck out ­ By Nicb-.'la 12, bv Chamberlain G. ParaeJ balU Jones 2. Boyle 2. 'Umpire liling. Time 1:45.

Captain Comiskey and Manager Gleason, of Sacra­ mento, have been corresponding recently in regard to tbe trip of tbo ex-Asocial ion chamnions to tbe ccast. Satisfactory arraniienieuta havo b-en made for two game*. If C'oiniskey can como to terms with Jim Hart he may bo able to play a few panics in 8au Francnco, otherwise he will not bo able to show there at all, Hart having a contract which pre­ vents California League clubs phvriog with any visit- it -g club without his coint-nt. While in Kansas City Comirtkey said tbat he miifut not take tbe team to the. coa^t at all, bat illicit trtke them for a trip through Texas a:id the South after playing at Denver ami Salt Lake City. ^

GOOO ADVICE,

Which the American Association Should Weigh and Heed.

From tbe Cincmua'i Times-Star.There ia just one feature of the Brotherhood plan

which is univarsully voted a mighty good thing, nn<\ tbat ia they propose to operate under that excellent plan fathered by Editor F. 0. Rich tor, of THE SeoftTiNO Lira, and calk'd *'the Millennium." The pUyera know the value ot now faces, and they say they will change the personnel of ench team t'f evtry year. In theta day* baso ball is loo.«ely coii'lii'-ted nod id run on a scnlc ot* extravagance aud at a puce few cities can stand.

Tr.ke Cincinnati for instance. There i* a howl every year for the expenditure of money running into the thuiisiinds for new blooJ strengthening nmt-rm!. That baa been the bane of baso tail in Louisville and other towiH that cannot »rford to i ut out the money which Cincinnati, Brooklyn, Baltimore or Kansta City can. Whac hope Is there for Louisville? It 19 folly to btOiere thatthe Colonels have 8-0,000 to sueuU for new facss.

if tlie Association Ia sensible, it will look carefully into that feature ot tho Millennium 1'lan which Pre-i- dout Spcaa will advocite btrongly week after next. Cincinnati for three yc;xrs has l;al the pennant wiu^ nt-ra in AprH, and tho Reds have iuvariably trailed along behind the carriers of tho banner. A shake-up would be a guod thing all around. It would do away with thia u e'esa outlay of money for tal­ ent by which the strong become btronger and tho weak weaker. Under the preat-ut moJe Baltimore ami Louisville have degenerate 1 fr;*m. good ball towns into morgues. It would be the sou-, sible thing to adopt a plau which would keep every­ body guessim?, aud tlu players have been quicker to. pee the a-lvantuge of such a plan ihau the magnates. The Association players are ivetlews. There are fevoral hi Cincinnati yho want to get away. There i. na douiit of that. Columbus WHS in, favor of tho pooling plan a few weeks «jjo. Now they think they IIHVO tlie greatest hitting aggre-. gation on eartb. There ia no tolling how many of their sludgers will lose tht-ir battfn^ eye under the K.lare of ttie electric light* this winter. With the fond' id«a that they are invincible, the Columtai Club luny^ ivcc-de from its position and want t;> continue in thft " old way. And yet Ileilly, their wonderful tin. bas 3. man, who hit sj well when he nrrived at B-ibyland fc made but ono bit iu the Ohio race and Ha I a b'titt-ns; average of .CH)6. Will the Association go blindly ahead, or will it heed tho (lunger *ig:ials?

A Pitcher With a Grievance.

S\N FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 5. 1'itcher Cl.irke, of Omaha, now pitching for the SHII Franciscos, sayg ibat when he wag transf»-rred to Oir.alui he was promised by the nittiiaxement §500 in addition to hia silary if ih club Ifindtd in first place. The Otnahas won tliocliniii^ pfonsTiip with a large rercentage to spare, and when, Clarke at th« close of the BOSSOJI reminded President UlcCormicK of tho proposed gift, tho latter Beetnod much surprised and excLvmed: "Well, if I ever pro-. mis*<l yon J5LIO I miiBt have bfeo very liberal." The twirler did cot g^et the anticipated jmrse, un-l says he will uw.;rdon au Omaha uuifurm until horecaivt-s :he niouey promiQcd him, as uc did his Le.it to aid tUo teum to wio.