Show r = S UASEBALL LEAGUE tcidlT4 IJr TIll Xatlonal Kasel Lraul McBninj That Or I 3olutloti 1011I011 JOHK U SULLIVAM WILL TURN FARMER ThIS tiilifurnia ijllrcr lelfatioa raaAcicricaa Courrcss I Jl3I KIiInaIillrrl I Cr r10 lbs Xnnj1 xxnoxli jsisiniii < LTJ IS Issttr A IMUS AMrts To 1 lip InMIr rjIlLAllKMJH4 XoV 21 A committee of the National jlaelnli League lot isMied a lungtiiyail threes to tile public defining the 110 pltlon of that oi snization in the iru uut Uiselall controversy The ndcJrttes niorifies the work of the Xatioiia l < eu uc fur Ills lut fourteen four-teen yvnn setting forth at great length lion it has rescued the national na-tional gamu from the slough of cor rujttion and disgrace into which it had fallen in profeaiunal playing prior l to 1S7 Il tell of all the rl fonus the league hasacromiilislicd and how it has brought baseball to a high standard how salaries of IiLiycrs have nwru than tnbled and n higher dfgreo of fklll Ucn attained at-tained l Speaking of the cauws of complaint it says Rio reserve rule was adojitcd for the benefit of weAker clubs as a check upon competition and that thiso weaker clubs might Iiavo tIre jiucleua of Uarn fur tho nest tea sou Tho system proving bencflcial tho reserve list was increased nci dent to reservation arotv rvka tB for rvcuuiary consiJcmtiow but except in toots of this disbanding or retinn of clubs playeishavu never been transferred with the clubs cooperatIon co-operation and content In thu exceptional ex-ceptional case of the bandment or retirement of a League club of which eomplaiutwas made by thc Jirotiicrliood 1SS7 committee of plajcs after a conference was obliged to aUuiit that Miili Involuu tnry ferwaKaltooIutelyeHscntLiI to mite welfare of the League 5 THE AUDKES5 calls attention to the fact that the new playersI < t gue have Ibis extraordinary ex-traordinary power of transferring players with or without content of club dieUiutlment ton central tribunal tribu-nal of sixteen directors and says In view of these flints the use of the terms Slavery fold like tlieep etc becomiabHird ihuannu al inciting of the JIJIRUC InXoVcm j ber IShT the ISrotherhood received recognition on the statement cf its repriaenlntivcs that it wasorganlzwi for Ifiievolent IIlI1 > oteis and ilL a vowing any intention to Interfere with thu butinets affairs of the League Tile contract had never been violated by the League iu the letter or spirit Jle arding the alleged Iliormous pro tils ° of the League rluln the ad dretsrayf During the past five and only prapcrous ytnrs tIme League has know thero has turn iaid in caiii divideiidB to the stock holders in the eight Leigue chibK i leas tliau 1300 < W while during the some time League players have re I miTes in larks over a million an J a half of dollars The aiidreca says the Brotherhood knew when they made the J1KMANU FOIl A COSKEllKXCE hue summer there was no urgency fern consideration of their claim and that the League could not n ith outa sacrifice of ILCIIJlarynml other Interests convene its club in mid suimner They deeided a refusol and cite Brotherhood started the organization or-ganization of another association whIle receiving liUral salaries from their employers They secured the signatures of numbers of this Broth erhood of tayers under tIn faLl promix that they would only secede in the event the Jxaigue refusing them justiceand for some timeafter the imbllcation of their conspIracy Ie J ft on beptember 7th they I sold their l abettors denied there was any foun dation for thelrttorvand rci > eatcdly pledged them that the Lrajruu should have a chance The adJrwa eoneluitcs from all this that an cdi fin Iwllt falsehood has no moral foundation and must perish of its own weight Tho Uague will aid its clubs Iunn enforcement of ron traIL rights rid will continue to do businits as Iievlofo S b ncAIw CjticVo Nov21 KreJ Pleflcr when shown tlieaddress of the Na tional League toulRiit denied there Is anything Jn the Itrolhcrhood coutract as alleged by the League managers compelling a transfer of plaj ers from one club to another I |