Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-04
A NEW ASSOCIATION.
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Stnco tho Altoona baseball club was ad.
mittod to tho Unipn asspui alton, aud tho
new Lancaster team was lott AlDue in tho
Interstate, Manager Ditlondcrfor, Of tho
latter club, has been working earnestly to
form new association. In response 10
bis invitation several gentlemen repre-
senting ball clubs in southeastern Penn
sylvania towns, met iu this city yesterday.
Two places were also represented
by proxy They ut once pro
ceodcd to business, and formed an
entirely now organization, to be kupwn as
"rho Keystone BIs'blll Ass,Uiation.'
Besides Manager Diii 'nderlrI 'sulub others
from the following towns wCro admitted
tn membership Nork, Chester, Carlisle,
West Chester and L,JtleatOwn Tho as
sooiatiOn is dCsrOus It having n club at
Chambcrsbufg also, aud IL Is likely that
one will DO formed thurc and admitted.
Thomas llargravcs, uf Chester, was
elected president of the association with
II. - King, OF York, a. vice president,
and James ID Lands, Of tho Nsic Era,
! secretary, The following gentlemen COM
priso tho board of directors Ghcr Hersh,
York John COPELAND, Lancaster T. w.
| Taylor, West Chester Samuel K,tts, West
Chester, and Thomas Ilrgraves (member
eX,olliCio.)
The playing rules and contract forms OF
! the American association were adopted.
| The president was authorized to sign the
national agreement aud transmit IL to the
| arbitration committee Of tho American
! association.
! All Oftho towns in the uoH association had
| clubs last year. but 'h' QUO in YORK won't
under several times Chester IL probably
| tho best paying town OF tho lot for ball
| games. The other places, with tho exocp
I ton Or York, arc small but are said to
| cOn,ain many lovers Of thu gRmO. Wh0th.
or they will have sufficient tn support paid
clubs remains to be seen IL is believed
| from what ia known Of the people engaged
| by tho Lancaster and Chester clubs that
| tho other towns will have but little show.
! Diamond Notc-
Tho Reading HcrdiR Is publishing the
record OF the members OF the Acliyes
| The bali players think the best JOKE Of
! the season - tho announcement that Co
| lumbia Will have II good club this season
Z3cher, Of last yrlI'U lrOnsdrs, will play
/ with tho Lit,lostOwu club next season.
Swci,zar is III Harrisburg uuengaged Us
| yet.
Sixthsmith, who was engaged by Mana
! ger Dihoudericr, has been released IT his
own request, auu he vii plty 10 Franklin
| Pa.
The Ironsidrs' manager has received
| clPiuet-siza piGturns Of the ten nau en-
/ gaged by him, Thoy aro uoH being en-
larred aud will be put upon exhibition
! shortly.
Joe. ArdGer, who hAd sigucd wirh the
| Altoona club, Icft them As Soon ~ they
/ ipiupi ths Fnigu H., Uas ~ nur., .ipnsd
! by tho Cleveland league team aud they
expect him to do Sumc tall playing.
The only baseball player that has yet
arrived in this oity, Is Frauk Parker, of
! tho Lancaster club, who has been here for
some time. He was with the Qlicksteps,
Of Wilmington, aud the ElstOu last sea-
son, and will play short stop with the new
niuo. Ho Is iiuo player ia the field and
| at the bat