Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-13
ON THE DIAMOND.
BASE BALL PLAYERS IN SESSION IN
THE QUAKER CITY.
The Eastern League Arranges q Schedule
Club for Baltimore--The Umpires who
Have Been selected--Recent
Notes of the Field.

There was a ameeting of the Eastern Keague
of base ball clubs at the Girard house, Phila-
delphia, on Thursday. The clubs were rep
resented by the following delegates Rich
nond, Va, by Mr. Moses and Mr.. Simmons;
Norfolk, Va, by Mr.. Graves and Mr. Swan
National of Washington, by Mr.. Scanlan
Newark, n. j., by Mr.. Kline; Jersey City,
N. j., by Mr.. Cummings, and Lancaster, Pa,
by Mr.. COPELAND and Mr.. Murphy Presi-
dent and Secretary II. II. Diddlebock pre-
sided.
1t was voted to readmit the Monumental
club, of Baltimore, to membership, notwith-
standing the protest made by William Bar
ME, of the Baltimore American Association
club. DR.. Massamoro, of Baltimore, was ad-
mitted to the meeting as delegate from the
Monumental club. Last year the American
association gave its permission to the estab-
lishment of an Eastern League club at Balti-
more, and that permission has never been
withdrawn, Mr.. Barnie alone objecting to the
reorganization of the Monumental club. If
association, this move on the part of the
Eastern League may lead to trouble, but it
is more than probable that there will be
compromise.
The following were appointed umpres for
the following season Yves Curry, of Pbila-
deiphia; William Quinn, of New York /;
William Holland, of Reading, and George
Taylor, of Wilmington, Del. They will get
Sl60 a month, and pay their own travelin y
expenses.
Messrs. Seaman, Ballard and Kline, the
schedule committee worked all the after
noon and late into the night in arranging the
games for the coming championship season.
1t was decided that the Southern clubs-con-
sisting of the Washington, Baltimore, Nor
folk and Richmond teams-should com
mence the season on April 25, playinga series
of games among themselves; while the
other clubs-Jersey city, Newark, Trenton
l.a,.. ..,.... r,nI
League and American Association clubs-wlll
not begin the championship season till May ].
Each club has deposited a sum of money in
reserve fund as a guarantee of their inten-
ton of playing the season out.
Notes of the Field.
The appointment OF Jack Holland, of Read
ing, to be an Eastern League umpire, will
give the best of satisfaction. He is an excel
lent man for the position, as he has Q
thorough knowledge of the game and is per
fectly honest. There are other appointments
by the association which are bad
The Eastern League shows pluck in put
ting club in Baltimore even If it does moi
meet with the approval of Barnie, who want
to boss that town, because he fears that 9
league club may be started there next sea
son.
John T. Murphy will have to do considera
BILE " hustling " Ii he wants the Lancaster
club to keep in line with the majority of the
Eastern League mines.
The Lancaster club is disposing of a larg,
number of season tickets none can be had
after April lst.
The management of the Lancaster clul
will find that Denny Mack will make a fa
better manager of their club than player il
the position for which he is engaged. 4
Pittsburgh paper thinks that Denny ha
1allen low in the profession by signing t.
play here, but Mr.. Mack is about as sure o
getting his salary as he was when he playet
with the Allegheny team. He certainly will
receive more than he did while acting as al
Eastern League umpire.
If the base ball people of this city. do no
get their heads together they will have an
=. other war the coming summer and the OF
people benefited will be the players.
The salary for the Eastern League umpire
is set at S160 per month If the coming
season is no better than last year the UNI
pires will receive but photographs of thei
money and will willingly accept trade dollar
at par.
The York people had good club last sea
son, but the players were compelled to sub
sist on wind; and because the management
lost few dollars the skating rink will hav
monopoly of the amuSementsn summer
Reading and Harrisburg can shake hand
with York.
Many good players are as yet unsigned
and they will be glad to play at low price
before the season opens.
Williamsport intends having a club and al
umpire. Between the two they will de
feat visiting teams. The latter will get thei
guarantee, however, as it is a good bal
town.
Ed. Green intends to guard second base 70
the Williamsport club.
The Eastern League people will do well L
keep their eyes on Horner and Warner, tn
splendid young battery of the Trentons
Newspaper tickets of admission to the Ian
caster clubs games will be very scarce.
Farrar and Manning, the two best men o
the Philadelphia league club, refuse to sigi
because of the Harry Wright salaries
Reilly, formerly OF the Ironsides vii
catch and do the heavy left hand hitting for
Williamsport
The Eastern League needs to offer a re
ward for the Jersey City club.
Some of the people at the head of the bal
associations know about as much about tn
game and players as Barnum's elephants
but they are intelligent enough to max
money out of their positions.
HARD CASE.
From the New York Clipper
The case Of the blacklisting of Chris
Fulmer the catcher of the Peoria club, a
also that of Abner Powell, the pitcher of tn,
same club, is one of peculiarly harsh treat
ment Fulmer was almost disabled by sor,
hands after playing twenty successive games
in which he faced very swift pitching, wher
he begged for rest 1t was refused him
and he declined TO play in one game
from inability TO catch. He was then fneC
SIS of the amount the club owed him, and
IN addition, was blacklisted the day betor,
the club disbanded, as also was Powell
These two players were engaged this season
by the National club of Washington, aftel
the club had been informed, by both Secre
tary Wikoh, and Secretary Young, that theil
names were on the blacklist. They were
then paid advance money, and afterwards i
was found that their names were recorded OF
the blacklist This is a case for the arbitra
ton committees action, and it should be ia
vora6ly reported upon, in justice to the Ma
tional club.
HUMPTY DUMPTY ON THE WILL.