Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-05
BASEBALL LEAGUE.
uuaNeE or rHr r,rLr YESTERDAY
R,gu'auuIz Auopttd tor the GuNCrnmcnt
ut hIubs Payers WIN whom Con
uaUts uaNc Bccn signed.

batts taNs neon signed
rhua Record
The Uuiou league of professional base.
bail clubs rCcunyuued at the bingham
house at half past , o'clock Friday
afternoon, with seven clubs represented
10y delegates and Que by proxy. The dele
gates were ~ follows w. G. Seddons aud
Felix |, Moses OF tho Virginia club, of
Richmond, Va DR.. q. W.Massamorc aud
Robert Ferguson, OF the Monumental
ulub, OF Baltimore, Md. w. :. Miller of
tho Active club. OF Reading, Pa; II j.
Duhlmau OF the Allentown club, of Al
lrutowu, Pa; j. H. KIciu and T.. +.
Powers, Of the rrcutOu club, OF Trenton.
y j.; Thomas Porter, Of tho Domestic
club, of Newark, " i. Harrisburg, Pa,
vas represented by proxy. w. G., Scd
Guus, presided
Tho Trenton, Newark, Harrisburg aud
Allentown clubs w,ro Admitted as mcm.
bcrs OF the league. Applicants for mem.
btrShtp from clubs in Kingston, n. y,
and Lancaster Pa, were laid On the
table. The following officers wero elected :
| President, W. &. SCddOns vice president,
/ > keiucmau, oi Trenton secretary and
treasurer, Henry II. Dddlebook, OF Phila.
dolphia board OF directors. w. 5. Miller.
DIR. q. w, Massamorc. Felix |. Moses and
John /. West committee ON schedule,
Joseph Simmons, Robert Ferguson, J. II.
Klein, H.J, kuhlmau and IL. l.. Hershey,
of Harrisburg.
The American association playing rules
were adOPted with some amendments.
Class D. Rule Al, was made to read " II
the side first at bat shall have completed
its NTH inning, and the club having com
potod lis fuu th inning shall have a ma
juri.y of ruus, the score shall stand aud bo
considered As rLmo played" A tiitseu
minute time limit was added 10 Rul0 Il Of
class >, to prevent game boing delayed.
ltuit ii Of Section , was made to conform
with the American association rules, max
luE It obligatory for batsman to run to
first base after thTeo strikes or seven balls
have been called on him. Players must
hgyn been released at least ten DAYS by ono
club before being eligible 10 sign with
another. The salary of the SECRETARY aud
treasurer was fixed ut $500 per anuum.
The appointment of umpires is left with
the board OF directors. There are to be
four regulars and two substitutes, the reg
ulaTs to receive a salary of 800 per month
aud travelling expenses during the playing
season Of the association-May to Octo
Der and the substitutes s. per day aud
expenses when employed. Ia case of non.
appearance OF au umpire the visiting club
shall have the privilege Of choosing one,
but he must not be regular player of
their own club Tue umpres will not be
uniformed, but will appear on the field IN
C.-iEcus' dress.
Alter considerable argument the name
of the organization was changed 10 the
Eastern League Of Professional Base Ball
( llubs, in order t. avoid tue unpleasant
similarity Of name, which has all along
caused the Uuion League and the Union
Association o. be coufouuded.
Il Is the intention of the Eastern League
to sign the National agreement.
All clubs are to be admitted to the
league 10y a majority vote. The annual
fee Of each club C$lOO) must be paid be
fore January Il. An outside assessment
Of SIS per month is also 10 be leviod dur
ing the playing seasiOu. Each club will
play fourteen games with every other
club Of the association, making ninety.
eight games IN all The schedule commit
tee will meet at the Bingham house, Phil
ade Phia, ten days after the meeting of the
American association schedule committee.
The annual meeting of the board of di
IeCtOrs will be held at the same place on
the second Tuesday ia January, 1885.
hearty vote OF thanks was given RO
bert Ferguson for his efforts on behalf of
the E.stern League. A. half past seven
O'Clock the convention adjourned.
TIE following ars the players already
signed by the clubs of the Eastern League
Virginia Club, OF Richmond, Na.-Wm
Soharf, s. s; l.. G. Glenn, If; Henry
Morgan, c W. II. Dugan, c +. J. Du.
gan, p David Cain, c, { +. A. Powell,
10 William Smiley, 2b Paul Larouche,
r. +,
Monumental Club, OF Baltimore, Md
Daniel Eeck, 10 Elmer Roussey, p !;
John T. DrscOll, |. {; William Ritten-
house, p; Samuel Lands, p; Joseph
kappel, c II. l.. Spence, 80 James
Wilson, s. 3 Gilbert Hatfield, % Stuart
Deuham, c. +; John Brill, J. Stanley,
5. 5 John Hauna, J. Allen, 7. (.
Quickstep Club, of Wilmington, DEL
William G.. McCloskey, c EEsanuel Sny
der, 10 Henry Miller, p; Thomas Burns,
3. ); Dennis p. Casey c. ; Charles
j. Bastiau, 2b ; Andrew Cusick, c Jas.
Gay, 35 Thomas Lynch, !. I.
Active club, of Reading, Pa.-James
lIalpin, 30. Harry Jaooby, 2b. ; John
Shapport, p. Henry J. Boyle, Id. ; u. NJ.
Fields, C. {. John Grady, c. Barney
Mclaughlin, 8. 3.
Trenton club, of Trenton, N. flames
+. Gerald, p. George A, Stone, c. Ben.
nett, p. Qulnton, c. John Shetzline,
10. Myers, %. Mclaughlin, 30. !;
smith, &. s. Williams, |. (. James
BrOuthers, +. I.
Domestic club, of Newark, n. J.-D.
Pierson, G. J. DOnuelly, p. L. PiersOD,
90. G.. Weigan, &. S. :: COOgan, 30. ; &.
IlolliubeCk, !. {.
Allentown club, of Allentown, Pal.
j. DeIhman, ID 3. +. Henri, p. J.
GalIigan, /. {. 7. Mcdonald, Q. /; IL.
Mohr, 2b. II. Lang, 5. =. II. Galbraith,
81. J. Alcott, r. (. J. DeVinney, c. {.
Contracts of the Harrisburg clubs
players not yet approved.
By the proceedings of yesterdays meet.
ing there is nothing left OF the Interstate
association. The Harrisburg, Trenton,
Allentown and Wilmington clubs that
were expected to join that association
have all gone into tho league, leaving the
new Lancaster and the Altoona alone in
the Interstate. 1t remains to bs seen
what organization the Lancaster and
Irousidos will get into, il any. Both hay
strong men engaged.