Show I NATIONAL LEAGUE TANGLE I A G Spaldings Speech at the New York Meeting The situation in the National Baseball Base-ball I league is still in a snarl and there Is not likely to be any change until the courts have decided whether or not A G Spoldlng was legally and properly elected to the presidency of the organization or-ganization Pending this decision and while the Injunction against him Is still in force Mr Spalding has wIthdrawn wIth-drawn from the leadership Ho wants It distInctly > understood however that he IH mill In the light and will have the mater brought lo trial a soon as possible The speech made by Mr Spalding when he entered the National league meeting at the Fifth avenue hotel has Just betn made ImbUe I Is an Interesting Inter-esting bit uf baseball history and Inhere In-here presented Gentlemen find myself placed in rather an awkward position by the announcement an-nouncement that has been made during dur-ing the last ttVf day weeks and months mentioning my name In connection con-nection with the presidency of this league J have just learned that my name has been placed In nomination before this league for thc olllco of president pres-ident I understand that I was nominated I nomi-nated Inst evening The gentleman > iho placed my name In nomination I had no authority to do it from mn I sad J have been Informed that It Is now before thin mating and baa called forth some discussion und I fool und un-d r the clroumtantfr that 1 am on I tlllrd to Insist on this leagues coming to an ennly vote on tills mater I dont ask you to yot for me I have not asked any on to vote for me nor 1 hH say ow boon Hfkl to do so in my behalf t far D 1 know I If you will mop for a moment and I think sou TV Ml rAdllr e thnt I am I l3ctd in a rather v < ulnr position before I be-fore the public I might go onandj way In connection titli this matter that a prominent president of one of the league clubs here assembled a gentleman gen-tleman for whom 1 have the highest regard and in whom r place great confidence con-fidence asked me as a special favor yesterday morning before this league I assembled to refrain from making any comment or withdrawing my > name through the public print as It might tend to Injure this National league and might be used us ammunition by the American league with whom you are at war I told him that In deference defer-ence to his wishes I would comply with his request dJ mention this that you may fully I understand that I am not seeking thist J office I dont want It and to comply t with Its duties would cause mo great personal Inconvenience I and from what I 1 hear there Is little chance of my being be-ing elected but now that my name has been placed In nomination without my knowledge consent or direction I Insist that you gel It out In the same way for I am unwilling that my name shall be footballcd around this room and through the press of this country and held up for the purpose of trying to pass other legislation I would not feel I was doing what I ought to do us an honorary member of this league If i I did not state my views on this matter and enter a protest against any further efforts in the same direction I have no personal feeling against any man In this room In fact some of the best friends I have In the world now sit In this room but I think more of this old National league than I do of any one of you or all of you I hope that some kind of argument some word may bo uttered here that will bring you gentlemen to a realizing realiz-ing sense of the serIousness of the sit natiOn lbn You have been In a fight with the American league You have lost manor I man-or your players I I understand and It scorns to mo I Is about lime something was done to bring back the proflllgc that this National IPUKTJO formerly enJoyed en-Joyed and place It In the position where it properly belongs at the head of the baseball procession j |