The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-18
THE DIAMOND AND TURF.
BUSINESS MEETING OF THE SEIZED
ULE COMMITTEE TOMORROW.
Manager Woods Scientific Manage
ment OF His Team. and His Desire to
Elevate the Standard-Spring Meet
ing Of the Jockey Club--Turf Notes.

The Southern league schedule commit
tee will meet at Birmingham tomorrow.
This time il is for business, and no Wild
goose chase after additional towns and vii
lagos affected with dry rot There are a
number Of other matters besides the
schedule to be attended TO, and Manager
Jimmy Wood is going up 10 work for the
welfare Of baseball. The principal ques-
ton is tho protection OF umpires. Mana
ger Wood is in favor of making the filming
power OF umpires compulsory, and no APP
peal to rest with higher body. In case
the umpire fails TO exercise his preroga-
tive and duty, the club on whose grounds
the scenes occur must notify the president,
and the umpire will Defined. All fines
must be paid. Mr.. Wood takes the cor
rect view that each club is interested in
good order on its own grounds. and will
tolerate no display OF hoodlumism, there
fore there is no liability OF failure to main
tain order. lie also wisely insists that by
this course the standard of baseball in the
south win be 80 elevated that il will be
largely patronized by the better classes,
va" 'h"o pue hohNl III NiN oNcoSiohOh
treasury.
Eleven OF the players signed by Mem
phls have put in an appearance, and went
INTO practice last week. Manager Wood
believes in scientific practice, and allowed
the boys TO engage in no heavy work. For
example, he has young pitchers out TO
amuse the sluggers, and the regular twirl-
ers are getting their arms in shape by de-
grees. He also inaugurated football games
for limb practice. In case visiting league
and association teams visit Memphis for
exhibition games, an effort will be made
to have their weaker mines engage, 80 as
not 10 over-exert and probably injure the
home players so early in the season. The
other six players will arrive either today
or tomorrow. The first game ON the local
grounds, definitely arranged for, is on the
18th inst. with Cincinnati.
The local management Is now gratifed
that no other city consented TO enter the
Southern league. II has been decided
that in making up the schedule, games
will be arranged for Atlanta, Augusta,
Nashville, Mobile, and perhaps Macon.
The four regular clubs will furnish the
contcsting teams, and thus gather in NIL
tho receipts after paying park rent and
other expenses. This will serve three
fold purpose, viz: arouse baseball interest
in the cities named, prevent such long
jumps, and add TO the receipts About
sixty games will be played on each home
ground, and the season will he somewhat
extended. Altogether, there is much for
the lovers OF baseball in the south TO bo
thankful for, and the future OF the sport is
n great deal brighter than appears at q
casual glance.
Birminghams Downcd Again.
Special Dispatch to The Appeal
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 1.-THE
Washingtons this afternoon, while they
made eleven runs, were little kinder To
the local ball players, who scored eight
times. Leach, the last Of the Birning-
hams untried pitchers, had his chance,
and was little too light for
the Capital City sluggen. Cahill,
the local shortstop, was in his
place for the first time and not only COW
cred his section of the iniield creditably,
but batted in several Of the runs
The committee ofstockholdcBo Of IIendcr-
son Steel works, who have in charge the
movement for an increase Of the capital
stock say this will probably be run up
SIS, 900 cash, with authority % 20 TO ST.
O(O OOD whenever Ia thoupht hest