Show BASEBALL AGITATION The Brotherhood May Cut Loose From the National Na-tional LcagaeThe Conferences Special to thc HEIIALD Examiner Dispatch Niw YORK Sept 21There is deep agitation i agi-tation in baseball circles rumors of the new league are flying through the air thick and fast J J Coogan has said that capitalists cap-italists and len interested in the New York club have approached him with offers to lease certain lands just north of the polo grounds for baseball purposes Although I it is impossible on account of conflicting I statements to ascei tain the exact truth of I the matter the most reasonable conclusion is that if the National league does not concede I con-cede certain demands that will be made by the Brotherhood this fall the players will take the management of tho game into their own hands John M Ward said If the National I al bnai league does not grant the l requests we shall make at their fall meeting we shall certainly cer-tainly form a league of our own t But will you form this league regardless regard-less of what the present magnates may do 1 That is a question I am not in a position to answer at the present time was the reply This diplomatic answer of the celebrated cele-brated ball player is significant According to Coogan a syndicate composed com-posed of capitalists and baseball player has been formed in this city and its representatives repre-sentatives have made an offer of 30000 a year rental for a plot of land just north of the present polo grounds Coogan is administrator ad-ministrator of the Lynch estate to which this land belongs He has been in conference with a syndicate for several days and a lease of property for live years I with a privilege of renewal has been I framed in legal form and will undoubtedly soon be signed by tho contracting parties Coogan refused to divulge tho names of the gentlemen who form this remarkable syndicate syn-dicate but said some were men who controlled con-trolled millions of dollars others were players in the Now York club For eleven months past or since the adoption of the obnoxious classification I rnlo by the National league it has been apparent that sooner or later the Brotherhood Brother-hood would class with the baseball monoply According to the current report tho Brotherhood has agents at work in five cities including Boston Chicago aud New York and is prepared in every detail to cenducttlio game on a conservative plan if I it so decides |