At the National League meetings at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York, rumors fly Ban Johnson says the American League has signed a lease on a park in Detroit

At the National League meetings at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York, rumors fly Ban Johnson says the American League has signed a lease on a park in Detroit

1900 – At the National League meetings at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York, rumors fly. Ban Johnson says the American League has signed a lease on a park in Detroit. The Players Protective Association says its members will not sign with the NL.