, 1876-02-13

AL tie rules and regulations Of tho League
| will shortly be published in pamphlet form, TO-
gether with the constitution, by the Secretary,
| and tho books will be copyrighted TO tue
| League itself. In this way it will be possible to
obtain book which will not only be accurate,
but will be frea from the amazlnG and be"'idcr1
! ing comments which have been used to swa Il
| former publications Of ruics. ...
Without dwelling further upon the aspect ol
the rules in general, it may ba sufficient to oame
the baseball managers by whom they were orig
mated, approved, aud adopted; and perhaps
the character OF the men who have been ut tue
bottom OF the Lsagua may convince ca7iilefs
that nothing more than the good Of the national
| game was intended.
When assembled at the Grand Central Hotel it
was found tha. the following gentlemen we're
present:
WA Hubert and Charles A. Fowle, representing
the Chicago, Louisville, Cincinnati, anu st" Louls
Clubs.
n r. Apollonio, for tho Boston Club.
NJ. G. Duikelcy, for the Hartford Club.
G. ". Thompson, for the Athletic Club.
". II. Cammsyer, for the Mutunl Club.
Besides these gentlemen, Me8srs. Reach aud
Cragin, Directors of the Athletic Club, and
Harry Wright, Manager Of the Bostons. weEo
present and in consultation. The latter acted as
Secretary OF tho meeting, and to his r1pe o1pe-
iience and wise couascls the League owes many
OF its best features.
THE NEXT MEETING
OF the League will be held in Cleveland IN De-
cember. On the first Monday in that month the
Directory will meet and pass upon any questions
which may have come up for them, and the fol-
lowing Thursday tho League will meet to vote
on such matters as mag come before it.
The effect of the formation of the League may
be passed upon briefly and fayorably. 70 sum-
marize, then, it will make frst-class games mora
frequent, and will tend to more evenly match
the clubs, because within year almost evory
superior aud honest player in the country will bo
in one OF the League organizations. and when
that time comes there will be- noarly an even
person person Interested can have certainty Of
seeing n sI,arn. hardworked game whoneyer tyo
Ie.pne cluhs comc touctber. As it now IA oyarv
nrofessional or semi-professional club in the
conntry has in il one or two good playerg. bnt
t|,oC an too nnch scattcred to nron1isa ANYTHING
iike an eoual GAME in auy meeting.
Aca;n fha hose-ha11 infarest in fhe Centennia,
vaaT vii he heirl,tenea Nv having the West in a
ma,,nar r;ttod acainst I'm Eaaf and tha 5)d
r. IL f,a noiics 1T thn I,saora IT, c;va tho hoat
oonae II can ~ H. anoc+atoIa and tn;a can navar
g 49, =, ,,a,, th acetora ~ Jra1n1 ~ rorar
~ ~ t,ro ;nto earh a,nn11 cinh ;s carr;ad MT
Fnrthar ti,a nav + .oegua c;v.a a1conraoon,snt
n rssnactah1a and fonaet NAV, tn taka naTt in
~ ~ - atTa;rs - +h s~n r. hoo
baan ~ ~ noat +hst tha namo of 1ra,a1in0 q
go han - nae aI ns -Ao ,,,;a1t sa1ii+x
nan rarv 1;+t,a hatfar tban camh1ar
11ia 4.as u:ho. ~ S7cWshnn 1saa in eharaa
- +1,o l;++ln ,a&t
the Il, "a athiatics Th;a Kind - snnervis;on has
hao, no;ro tf,a othsr vsv nnt;, noY IN 1sTf the
D.a;55".S a- af;.ars - s.ana-"i iornrohio
1,a-s r. +hara ~ nv - a9cant,on. snd thav
nartoi,i1 .ro not ~ ~ WastMtbav r;1i daan
noar na1+ raar N
a. = GO rooeo,, ,rh7 .ba <,ara ehor,d mt
bo 90 tonora no -nonooai ~ . hanIr md nerha ~.
~ 70 -, - ~ .a .n ~ -. 5n,a r. 49,,
~ tna m.+tar, ona tha nTonbacr 10 harawith
nant1,Te1 I th.t /, vii he sncceesfn ' 40
sn+e5ai Gar1tsuo,,dtnce Of Txe c1icaao r1;ounz.
Rncrropn I'll Fab 1f-In yier of the fact
that ao nonch ,ntcrest hos heeo manifest hv the
tha ant;ra conntry. in tha foTmation of tho Ma
tional Loarue OF Baseball Clubs. your corre-
epondent deemed it would not he embarrassing
II tbe readers Of Tur Tn1nnyr to knny how 1Ir'
Al gnnId;nr the monaoer Of The Chicaoo nine
felt upon the subject. Acting 10 accordance
viii, this idea. THE Ta1gusE representative
calied NJ Tim residonea of the rreat baseball
ntcher vesterdny. and by way Of a talk-opaner
rnferred tn an interview nunlahed in TnE TnIn-
~ Nav ~ uThat article. ~ said Snnfding.
;. E,e rs,d rnora than ,nv haao-hsIl a7ticia nnh
1;shrd since and was coned into a nnmner nj
Fn.tarn nonara with yur;ona comments sono ~
Which ware hv no means comnlimentary to ma.
Howavar N mt cnro whot waa said at that
tina las nnrv turned out m ha frue The
Taa1,,o fiat uaa tIon hinted nt Ina nnvv haen
FORMED and those who are lett in the cold at
conTae fcei as tho,ich they vera aerrieyei. y
"SIay + AK. II an sgestcd tna reDorter. :. what
vorr on;nion is raln.iva to this nav dannrtr,re
VT ia nv oninion u said Nr Sna,dinc ssthat
this new departure OF the leading ciubs in die
co,,,trr vii bara a ,vondorfrliv henafcent efract
n1nn tha whole bus;negs. Il vii have ten
dencr to rnisa The ea1no in the ostimation of tho
nr1b1ic and hase-hsiI will be jonke3 unon in tho
rirht lcht as an honest, MANLY s6ot. Chant
nionshin matches viii draw q battor ayerace A.
tenda,cn and Ubon a regular cI,amnionshio
match ia annonncod tha puni,c vii, feel confident
TINT stronr men will meet. and that thor viii
see no mora of the Atlantic, Red Soy. aud wash
ineton element"
e.Do you think the clubs and nlayers will nav
s.rict attention to the rules and regulations NJ
the League?" was tile next interrogalory thrown
out by TIE TRIBUNE man.
ut is my firm opinion" earnestly answered
his companion, "that both clubs and players
Will have greater respect for tue laws and reEu-
lations OF the new ASSOCIATION than any one ever
had Tor the olo IL Is 10 DC hoped that the League
wili make CONSISTENT laws ahu that when once
made they Will compel the clubs aud Players to
1--we up to them $500.
- You arc aware OF course thss teW changes
have been made III the rules that regulate the |
game; 40 those changes meet your approva! Z"
n4uired the reporter.
"IAe low changes suggested IN the PLAYING