St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-13
League and Association Mag
mates Make Some Changes
in the Playing Rules.
AnSon's Plan to Publish the
Names Of Official Scorers
Squelched.
Six Old League Players Sign
Contracts With the New
Brotherhood.
Jimmy Griffin Knocked Stiff
by Lindsay, Omaha's Pet
MiddleWeight.

NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-The atmos-
phere at the Fifth Avenue hotel is this
week full of base ball. Tie board of
arbitration yesterday practically accom-
plished nothing. The sight of mike
Kelly talking earnestly with Soden. OF
Boston. yesterday made knowing ones
wink significantly. The ball player
seemed to be on good terms with the
magnate. To-day the great base ball
meeting is occupied with the work OF
the joint rules committee. The MEM
bers of the joint committee are N. Z.
Young, of Washington: A. e. Spalding,
of Chicago; and j. B. Day, of New
York, of the league; and Will
lam Barnie. of Baltimore; Will
lam Sharshig, of the Athletics.
and President Parsons, of the
citation. The base ball men who gath
cred in the corridors of the hotel to
await the action of the committee
found plenty to talk about. The sub
ject that occupied their attention, and
which was the source of some very
warm argument, was rumOr that the
magnateS of the Brooklyn club had de-
cided to
GO INTO THE LEAGUE.
1t was stated that the franchise of the
Washington club was for sale, and that
it was through this vacancy that the
change would. be made. 1t was well
known that Manager Byrne was in
favor of making Brooklyn league
city. Walter Hewitt, OF Wash
ington, said this morning about
the matter that he would sell anything
he had but his wife. President Day, of
the New Yorks, seems 10 have gotten
over his prejudice against Brooklyn, as
he said that it may be league club.
Mutrie speaks in flattering terms of the
condition of the Brooklyn club. Harry
Wright says he proposes to stay in the
league. BYrne and a number of the
Brooklyn boys made their appearance
reticent. Chris Ven der Ane, of st.
Louis, was one of the late arrivals to-
day. He said that Comiskey and Lath-
am had not yet signed with the st.
Louis club. He also stated, however. that
COmiskey will probably play with that
team next season. because he had eX-
pressed himself as better satisfied to take
s., 600 paid him last year than to accept
an uncertainty with the brotherhood.
Latham had not signed yet, because the
directors of the club had not yet re-
solved upon salaries. The players who
have signed with the club are Chamber
lain, StiyettS, Mccarthy. Gettinger and
a new man. The joint rules committee
finished its labOrS this afternoon, and
the following were the changes effected
in the players rules:
Rule position lines) is changed so that
at each corner of the pitchers box there
shall be fixed round rubber plate six inches
in diameter, instead of fiat iron plate or
stone.
that the moment the umpire delivers the
new or alternate bah it should Immediately
come into play: that is. the pitcher must not
throw it to a baseman or discolor it, as has
been the custom, by rubbing it in the dirt. In
other words, it is change TO prevent unnec-
essary delay Ill the game.
Rule 23 section 6, as amended, provides
that game shall be forfeited if a side fails TO
resume playing within one minute after play
has been called by the umpire when a game
has been suspended. The limit heretofore
was five minutes.
Rule %. section Substitutes, is changed
so as to allow the names of TWO extra players
to be placed on the same card, instead OF one
as heretofore. 1t also allows club to sub
stitute an extra player at any stage of the
game. The old rule provided that no ezra
a completed inning.
Rule At, section returning to bases), as
changed provides that a base runner shall
return to his base. and shall be entitled 10 so
return without being put out II the person or
clothing of the umpire interferes with the
catcher or is struck by ball thrown by the
catcher to intercept base runner. This is
the old rule with the words ''interferes with
the catcher inserted.
Rule As section II (when base runners
&c of rod CO. RI yr0rstQ
play when base runner IS struck by fair
hit ball before it touches fielder.
Rule 80. section (power and jurisdiction
of the umpire), is amended by the addition
of the following phrase: 1.-The umpire must
be invariably addressed by the players as Mr..
umpire"
These were all the changes made.
Mr.. Arson requested the committee to
pass resolution for the publication of
the names of official scorers of the
league. The committee deemed it un-
wise and the matter was dropped. 1t
was resolved that the scorers. umplreS
and players be hereafter invited TO at
tend all future annual meetings of the
committee. The board OF directors of
the American association then went
into session. The board was in session
until p. m. Those present were
w. FL. Wheeler, of tine Athletics;
A. S. Stern, of Cincinnati; Ralph
Lazarus, of Columbus, and l.. S. Par
sons, of Louisville. At the close of the
meeting Mr.. Wheeler said that only
routine work had been transacted. The
pennant of the association was formally
presented to the Brooklyn club. To
Eiorrow the board of directors of the
league will meet, after which the an
nual meetings of the league and the as
ISOLATION will be held. Nick Young
will probably be reelected president of
the league, while there is likely to be a
lively fight over the office in the assO-
citation, as Wickoff, Phelps and
KrAuthoff are mentioned for it.