, 1880-12-09
Annual Meeting OF the National
Baseball League In New =
York.
Detroit Admitted to Membership
ii. In tho Place OF Clncfn-
NATL
Important Changes In the League Con.
stitution-No Hope for Expelled
Players. -,
Reinstatctncnts Ordered by THE National
Tto.ting Association

THE HASE-HA III TEAf1UEs
speefas r,tsr1,th IA ri 6htNae Trtbnns
NEW YORx, Dec. s,-Tho annual business rnGct-
fng 1T tho l,our,l ut DIRECTORS of tho National
Icn9no Ut Professional J,ase- unI Clubs WIS held
tn-iny il, tho Ut. ,1Rtney 1iptti. ". 4. Huibcrt,
OF tho Chicago Ilat Club, presided, and tho othor
Directors present wcru a. II. Solon. of flostol;
j. u. Sf6a. Of iluIrnlo; md j. F. Evans ut Glove.
Iand. 1liA championship was nwartlel to the
Chfcago 1lai Club. tf1at organization having won
n majority Ut Tho Lcague sohoduled gnt1cs Of
lust season.
]scpcnte,! application having tlccn mado to tho
I,onrd In bctaf Of james A. unel1il. George Tntl,
mud 4. II. Nichols for tho removal of tue dis
abilities resulting fr0m their expulsion from tho
1.eaguo for alleged dishonest 1Htll-rlayng. II res
olution wns usIoptc1 to tho cffeG TINT tho Board
of Directors would nover remit tho penalties In
t,}rtest on tho mon ,atncsi. md TINT no appeals
tnichlng their cuses would hercaf-c or be cntcr-
tAInctI.
Fnrtnus reports rcsnting 10 tho finances OF
tho l1oart' nn1 tho schedule Of pafnns wore sub.
inlte'' Hn1 " Il. Young WIS reelected sls aecro.
tnry and Trensnrer tor THO ensuing year. AtteF
tho ''lrcotors had 1Journe'' tlle following dolo.
EatnB III tho nnntnl nlceilrH of thu N4stlonal
Leag,o Of Professional i'ase-Isall Clubs wera
called to order by the President, ". a. Hubert:
=. II. Solen md Hurry Wright, OF tho ltoston
Club; J. II. Smith and james III. Moflat. of the
nutGalo Association; A. g. Mtlls of the chicago
Clup; ). r. Evans, ol fho C!eSe!nad Clu1s u. IL
1tnot, OF tho Providence iAsanctatlon; md Freq
mn'l lfrowt', nf tho Worcester Club.
Two Delegates frpin tho National Easo-l l'alt
Club nf Washington. OF which Prcstdcnt-clect
| GAr'icI' IS MI honnrslry m1moert presented cte-
teninss md applied for the admission OF tint Or.
Rnn'zution to tue Lrat,1ic. The application WIS
rejected nftcr sonie discussion, IN tho ground
| thMt tho geographical posltton Of Washington
| ,yna mt convenient eno,1vh tn nlmIt of yisItn.
| tinn nv tl1e nthor Ieau,,o clubs.
s,,o n.,.r,t. u,,n. t,ni1 t,,.,I x.e otm,.,ed >,
1ho Actrott n"so- 1H'l1 c'eo "as au.httteu 70
membership as n successor or TIC CINCINNATI
| Club, which was Withdrawn, and W. e. Thomp-
pon ~ nctro1t +oot II enat M tte tfclprnf If tha
euss e'.a -" s.s.s.,s,,.u.., '~' N ~
los"cF o!saa'@"uo'l'
|. Several hours were spent In considering
! amendments to tho Constitution. The changes
ntoptcd fnc,]e Tho following:
= 1,rofnss,o,o, nm ,,n,,ors "ro ,rot,o ounro,do
TO tho rules substantially to thc sumo extent As
| payers.
Tt,o nx,,r,x;o., NJ ,,tnntres nm t,o,,ot ,,ronra
.,.,, ,,,o,ou, !. ,..,,"a ~ n,,a ~ as,s ,n.
WIN l'"sers N rto'''ca t''r, u1o III! e"scs '''
'olvtn8 tho forfeiture Of membership by
nr,cr -, ,o ,r,e, rt,v ,ho n1avtny ,cnson n-
.s -, ,.at ',"s.s.e, ,...tu ~ a as,,s'I ..ao.
| sIe'" VI oe'1's "Gler'en uhsi' tuc """ua' n'ee1
tnRt as tins ocun rho rule up to tho present time.
| .. Regulations 4overni1Y schudulo chutn-
nIonshIn wa,ncs. whisI, wero hrrrtoforo TIM
s,,,,i.,t ~ ~, ano,tn, ,,o,ro,a avrno.
| ment bct'Fcctl tto cinbs o. me LcaRho afe no"