New-York tribune., 1885-03-08
READY FOR The BASEBALL SElSOM

ANNUAL SCHEDULE MEETING OF THE LEA"oH~
GAMES OF THE NEw-yORK CLUB.
The annual schedule meeting of the Natlona!
Baseball League held at the Fifth Avenue ho'o'
Yesterday preliminary meeting OF the schedule COM
mittee was held on Friday, and the delegates were ~
session until o'clock yesterday morning revising '.
schedule so as TO have as few conflicting dates WIN no
Amor,can Association a. possible. Several American
Association directors were present. and the cofroor'
of tbe hotel were crowded with managers'
umpres and players. Much Interest was ic' -
the meeting and interested In DascDan wcfo
from all over the country. The meeting was canou "
order ut 1O45 and remained In session uh' aIoI
o'clock I'm the evening The delegatestwere: j. d. Day
and Charlie. Dillingham;, Of the New-York Cuo A. n.
soden and j. b. Bilinger, of Boston; c. Cronora anu
H. r. Root of Providence A. Reach and Harry "riSn"
of Philadelphia A. G. Spauldng, OF Chicago; sPenoo.
Clinton and George II. Huslin, OF Buffalo; H. b. huo
and Newton Crane OF ST. Louis and j. b. Malohey' VI
Detroit. Among the wel-knowD baseball men prcsen'
were: President II. H. Dddieboch T. j. Cummings D.
Farrow and william Ballard, Of the Eastern League
James Jackson, Walter Appleton j. Remsen. 1onh
Nelson, j. Sweeney, j. Chapman, James mu'ri0'
]. B. Sage, L. Keefe, John Troy Umpires-'ona
Connolly and Bob Ferguson, William schoPpN',
and W. II. Laughlin, and Messrs. Won der Ane'
Bye Simmons and Caylor Of the American Association.
President Nicholas Young was chair and the nrst
business done was the unanimous approval by the ae
gates Of the action recently taken by thc League YIN
mittee In admitting the Lucas ST. Louis Cuo INV ''
League. Much time was spent In revising poruon' v
the constitution and playing rules. The scoring i"e'
were also changed The following was substituted ior
tho last naraeraph I'm Rule 20, Section 9 An assist
shall be given the pitcher when the basman falls 10 hi1
the ball on the third strike and the same shall also pe
entered In the summary under sTucR ou@ ~
Section Z, Of the same rule, was added' WI"
bitches and lpassed balls shall be chargeu "
pitcher and catcher respectively In inc crron
w., IN W,
Section al referring TO League clubs so amended
as to give the president power to fine player III v
where club manager does not take cognzance Oh any
offences committed by the player committee was ap,
pointed by the OF a. sSauIdnS
of Chicago to act rs Conference Committee with sun,
liar committee recently appointed by the
Committee and it II the two Older organizations
wish to freeze hs Ea'osr o h. ec@mee
The important work done Will be appanaeS f %
the homes Of few Il was decided refuse to reinstate
any Of the black-listed expelled PLAYERS ms VIII
oh fno Mr. Lucas was seen after the meeting By TGID
UNE reporter, and was asked II he was satsneu wiz, I
S ssop IT, sS St snd nS that he would the best he
up coed nine Some Of The eTlpseS l Soup@isas paysss
rss Tcesntly APPOINTED with .on6s iss
that after the ensuing season the custom OF giving ad
vance money managers or PLAYERS previous & 10 s ine
opening OF the regular season DC ud The SEASON
dule finally satisfactorily arranged ana o @ be
will in the Ea; and cpse IN ts Yss oaSs games
AT home and abroad will be rs follows:
NRw-YoRK AT HOME.
New-York VS.. Chicago-May IL, II. 10, 1G August l.
g. q. s. . an 90 ~ ,, q, %
81, %. -. ~, ~, ., - -. 49,, :. -,
New.Yori vs BuIalo-May 81, 22, 81 2s July 80, 81
Sew,York v. Boston-May !, 2, O, :; July 10, II :
SewYork vs. Providence-May 4, 8, SO; July Ia, 10
August %, &c. - - q, ,.,,- 70
New-Nork Va. Philadelphia ., % August 80 10
81, - September 3. l.
NEw-YoRK ABROAD.
At Chicago-Juy 3, a. IN. aud p. n, o. september
Al Detrot~June p, %. 30 July September l5'
l6, II, 10. - 40 -, o,oA..a = q IN
Al Buialo-June -, 81, 20, 2Oi septomoer - ID
A. Boston-June &. o. 13, II; August IL. l2 septem'
bcr :. .. 80 =, a. &C. .,., ~ ,s
It neutrality-suspicious. g. 8; August 10. 20, 81 Sop
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