Show THE BASE BALL FIGHT another faction win in the national league tho wistern leacue consists or the old clubs des falls to get in the track 12 8 0 yesterday the corridors of the auditorium hotel were this morning with babeo ball men of high and low degree and cossia of the diamond predominated the uppermost topic ot the morning was the tie voe by which john T brash the indianapolis and magnate was temporarily thrown down in the matter ol 01 approving the minutes of the first meeting of the leacue the point at was whether the action of the national board in delegating itself the power of amending the national agreement by a unanimous vote in increasing its membership from tour to five including president nick young cx member should stand an amendment found at the end of the national agreement reads this agreement may be altered or considered at any time by the unanimous consent of the board this amendment ahall become operative after february such a clause practically gives unlimited control to the board the minutes read yesterday indicated that the league has approved of the action of the board in asserting the amendment and furtner ratified the increase of membership from four to five immediately there was a question as to the correctness of the minutes brish and one or two others asserted they remembered the approval of the amendment in question quee tion at the league meeting several did not know and the reet were positive no euch action bad been taken boldly announcing they would have opposed it at the time it it had been under consideration the pet pl in generally credited mr brush waa thus to elve the whole power to the board rather than to the league itself there is also a clause in the league constitution which provides amendments to the national agreement ceball be adopted only by the unanimous vote ot the league the two claudea were the following in direct contradiction to each other but the league virtually waived its right in favor of the board it the minutes were granted to be correct both sides lobbied all the morning over the board granule and neither would admit defeat the national league at 2 had become split into two factions which held meetings far part in the hotel and behind closed doors the one under the leadership of dr stuckey of louisville went to a room on the top floor and the big five remained in the regular meeting place on the parlor floor at that time the situation was chaotic with louisville holding the coveted balance of power and stuckey making all kinda of demands for crack players the fixed demand of was for hallman of philadelphia catcher clements and right fielder sam thompson in exchange tor chick frazer and me creary the deal for this trade was started yea erday but the arbitration board wrangle complicated mattere at 4 the factions came together and the report which obtained most credence was eliat stuckey had been won over to support his old colleagues by a liberal transfer of players dr stuckey said before the meeting 0 each faction at 2 1 I want something eom ething the louisville club wants for once the louisville club is in a position to dictate there must be concessions on both sides no matter how I 1 act if I 1 remain with toe small faction the tie vote will not be changed and louisville will be in lice for representation on he national board of arbitration for years wo have been mulched mulcted ted and I 1 firmly believe we have been squeezed with the intention of getting rid of ue we will demand the strengthening of our team I 1 am for mr byrne of brooklyn for the board of arbitration lie has stood by louisville when we sorely nei dej help and I 1 never go back on n man who stands by me 1 I dont care anything about the brush feature of the case I 1 think the men connected in a minor league franchise should be a member of the national board the report was circulated in the hotel rotunda that andrew freedman of new york had offered certain members ot his new york team as a peace offering ta dr stuckey for the vote of louisville bill clark connaughton and stafford were the players mentioned chicago iov 12 john T brush of cincinnati woe the factional fight in the national baseball league when the climax was reached at the late afternoon dr stuckey of louisville became his alley and the faction which has formerly been hunsuc AL opposed to the biff ave minority beaton chicago philadelphia new york and Pil became the big Ee the american Ame ican national came the coup waa recorded during the delayed meeting which began at 4 and ended at A motion was put to record the adoption of the minutes of the previous meeting this was carried by a vole of beven ta five and tho minority realized that mr brush bad outplayed them in league politics dr stuckey voted with the six on the adoption ot the minute which leaves the national board of arbitration practically without authority the national league except as to minor league matters the old members of the national board were then elected and the remains at tour president young not having the to vote this question of membership and authority of the board will be brought before the eprime meeting of the league by the five club combination and another lively tussle is promised fd brush robinson byrne and others of the majority were chatty and bailine over the situation while freedman soden biart and their colleagues were glum and reticent after the meeting the following board of directors was elected freedman 0 new York Soden of boston wanner of washington robison of cleveland von der aho of st louis stuckey of louisville in voting for the arbitration board the combination of beven clubs held together against alio five and that ended the struggle for the present it developed today that vice president Leble the louisville club and not dr stuckey voted at yesterdays meeting in keye absence with the big five when the amendment to the national management came up this made the tie vote and necessitated hard labor with stuckey on barnea part today this delayed the meeting eix boure sunday ball it is said on authority tho rity was used is a club to drive into the brush camp brush robison and others said they would not play sundays in louisville or make sunday dates with louisville in their cities soden of boston eaid he did not believe anything except arguments bad been bcd on stuckey to win him over eaid he bad either been wheedled or coerced the league will meet again tomorrow morning the western league chicago nov 12 session of the western league was called for 11 but the magnates evinced no disposition to hurry and it was noon before president Toh nEon rapped bis associates to order and the leagea got down to business the first thing done was to decide that columbus and grand rapids should remain from the league for another there were applications from acs melnea and toledo but as no opposition developed to a renewal of the columbus and grand kapias franchises there was no chance for the other cities which were accordingly ignored sues to secure his Helea chicago nov 12 failing to secure bis release from the new york base ball club at alie bands of the national league amos rusie the indianapolis player filed a bill for an injunction in the federal court this morning in order to ee cure his release by legal process incidentally application to the court means than hie personal release if granted it meana hat tho right of reservation exercised by the bie ball club has no legal standing and makes an open field at the close of each for the contracting 0 players for the following season in addition ruail began a suit at law for the recovery of damages by reason of the conduct of the new york club in depriving him from following his profession he track AT NASHVILLE nashville nov 12 results eleven sixteenths mile idle hour I 1 won jack busby second susie hawee third three fourths won santa cruz second hailstone third time thirteen mile elyria won beware second billy fiscner third time three fourths mile sister lone won second eleanor me third time short course somersault won time AT LATONIA latonia nov three fourth mile liberati won lester second katie G third time one won earth tec ond grey eclipse third time three fourths mile al won bromo beconi bell bramble third time three fourths mile bill ellisea won wren second yellow rose third time 1 20 five eighths mile discipline won calculator Eti cond falah third time |