, 1877-12-02
BASEBALL.

THE LEAGUES TASK.
The event of the week will of course be rht
meeting Of the Lcague,-thut is tue Nationa
League OF Professional Baseball Clubs, which
| will take rlacc in the kcnnard House, Cleveland,
Q. The Directors will meet Tuesday evening te
| pass upon number OF questions. and the League
! itself will convene ar noon Of Wednesday, The
Board drawn ut the last League meeting, consist
cd MeEsrs Soden Of Boston; Chasc, OF Louisville
| Hubert, OF Chicago: Fow1e. Of st. Louis; and
] Bulkcey, OF Hartford. Whether Mr, Chase will
! nc present no one surely knows, and Sir. Bulke1ey
| is sure not to be, he having given Hp all cnnnec-
| ton with the business. The BOARD will no doubt
be made mp Of Messrs. Solen, Chase, Hubert. and
Fovle. lis business will be the Important Of
| tho League session, it will have to pass upon
! several cases likely to come up. Anon. them
may be named tEe following: Whether Craver
shall be reinstatcd after his Louisville expulsion
it being understood that he has an appeal ready.
Also whether Walker shall be rurycl OF
his expulsion by the Red Caps Of ST. Panl.
also to decide upon the status Of the Hartford
Club, or, rather, upon the franchise which that
Club once held in the League. One Of three things
mist be settled on: Either the Hartford Club has
lost its franchise, OF the franchise remains with
the city and falls upon the new Club, or remains
in brooklyn and raay be assuncd by some new
Club on the Union Grounds. The awarding Of tho
championship Is merely formal. Possibly Louis
VILE may press for the forfeiture Of snnle games,
but 1t would make no difference to the result ii
they had their way. The applications for member
shin will also be heard. Who will make them is
not known except in the case of indianapolis.
phat cuo VIII ; ne py ITS 5
Milwaukee, which has arranged for II very
st. ong team, seems not to have settled upon it's
future and no one seems to know whether it will
apply or not, Syracuse is also probIematical, to-
sia, es nay NOT appy, but probaby viii in case III, Is
S an M enfey quant so ar
wr;t.r is ronrerned n .rcns nrettr c1enr ri thnt
1hiug better than the latter haI this wear, which
WIS rhiftlcss enough. God knows. The considera-
ton Of these subjects, especially of the expulsion
The Leacue viii be n,ade M At it's first reheriur
tocethey of reurcseu1atiyes oS Boston Chicago II
I.ouia, and Louisville To these viii be added ut |
once Cincinnati and Indiunauolia with Of conrsc
the chances Of the otLer cities spoken Of |
abnye The work IN he donn hv this |
Doly will be The revision to euct ap extent AZ NAV
BE- necessary, Of tho report OF the Board Thoy |
will also have to 20 over the constitution and the
playing rules, but that need not take up much |
time; The fewer changes they make in the latter
the better, There few things, however, !
which must have careful attention; and away
nous IN It's workings IL W 1t least two cit Cities, .. and a it
n.nst be tossed oyerboard. The system Of 1875 |
not 30 BAH. and, in default Of better scheme.
might be revived. The TN1EUSE has, Of course,
its own plan. which may be stated in the form Of
a I amendment to Rule VII, as follows:
SEQ. I. At the annual fneetine OF the League tho
vote IN every case-twtnty honorable and rompe
tent gentlemen % aSs as I'M @a,,pscs ~ games sos the
ns rcsi,e h anv c,tT wG-rn iherr - icsene XIX
Al least th-ce fays before every champ!nnshfn ramr
A. set down IN the schedule, the Secretary Of tic
shall select an umpire for such game and notify
ht b letter Or 10 " tdc G'ty Eere.
=! ne IS sT ~ 20 p r s1 &c 19 exe @ ~
unlrtre or umprcs ior any Earnc. nu!nbcr of ranes
series Of gaes provided said agreement be reduced
to wrttins signed aad sens to re secretary or ie
which itrcfers:
5anosr ~ 1n,rner;nu WIN mn;rns hv ether n1,w.
- tanf., - -. ] s- 49, s ,i ~. ,. p ,. ~ N'1N. p., |
2Es. managers. os pool"tooul kceFeth. II no one !
knew, Or peed know before Iplay" was called,
you|d be almost no danger of corruption. In
,oint Of fact. however nearly ali the managers
y Soulu aEttc VI tie41 Nu4plteo "AluouL t1oupllAe