Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-03
THEY WILL PLAY BALL.
THE LOCAL BALL TEAM LECTURED
BY THE NEW MANAGEMENT.
Officers Are Elected and MANAGE,
Chosen Who VIII Have Full
Power to Enc, Etc.

The new Directors of the Sacramento
Baseball Club held meeting last night in
Wilbur Georges law office and elected
officers as follows: President, WE. Hun.
toon; Vice-President, E. L. Green; Secre-
tary, H. D. Gamble; Treasurer, W. F.
Peterson Manager, Steve Lang.
The Directors then went into execu.
tive session, and continued so for about
an hour. A general plan of action
was agreed upon, and then all of the PLAYERS
OF the Sacramento team were called in and
informed what this plan of action was.
They were given to understand, first of all.
that they had to quit all nonsense immedi-
ately and play ball in earnest. The nine
would remain as it is, and all contracts
would hold good, so long as the men gave
satisfaction. They would be held respon-
slble to the manager alone, and anv ap-
peals to the Board over his head would be
of no avail.
The ball tossers listened attentively, and
at the conclusion of the lecture each man
promised to do his level best to put the
team where it belongs-in the lead for the
pennant. They all appeared to be pleased
with the new deal, and were not backward
IN so expressing themselves. They also
agreed to retire to bed early on each even
ing preceding ball game.
MIR. Lang, as Manager of the team, has
been given complete control over the
players, and will make it his business to
see that they do the kind of work that il
is desired they should do. He will be
with them constantly at practice and has
full power TO fine, suspend, or release any
nd oil lo,tr l. 1. Il
to the bail grounds yesterday afternoon,
and if the manner in which he made them
work then is any kind of a sample as to
what they will have to do right along, no
National League team will have any bust
ness with them. The old Sacramento ia
vorite, Billy Mclaughlin, practiced with
them, and demonstrated that mis- vocation
has not interfered at all with his ball
playing. His friends seeing this, per.
suaded him to go behind the bat in the
game al Snowflake Park on the Fourth,
when he Will be given a rousing reception
1t was at first given out that when the
new management assumed control there
would be several important changes in the
make up OF the nine, but the Directors,
after talking the matter over, came to the
conclusion that as the nine is composed OF
some OF the best individual players to be
found anywhere, it would be better to
learn first where the real cause of the
teams poor work lies before releasing any
OF them. Manager Lang thinks that if
they can only be made to see the necessity
and importance of team work there will be
no more cause for complaint about poor
playing. a close watch will be kept to
discover any disorganizers in the nine, and
should any be found they will be sum-
marily dropped
On the morning of the Fourth the Sacra-
mentos will meet the Stocktons on the
grounds of the latter club in the Slough
City. Burke and Roxburg will form the
battery for the home team, while Harper
and Fairhurst will be in the points for the
Stocktons. On the afternoon of the same
day the same mines will play in this city,
but will be made m as follows