Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-12
BASEBALL CONFERENCE.
The League Magnates Hold Lively
Meeting in this City.


The League Magnates Hold Lively
Meeting in this City.
The Board of Directors of the Californis
Baseball League met at the Golden Eagle
Hotel in this city, last evening.
1t was the adjourned annual meeting
they having met and partially transacted
their business in San Francisco last We'd
nesday.
President ]. ]. None called the meeting
to order shortly before o'clock. On mo.
ton, it was decided that the meeting
should be a secret one, and all outsiders
were consequently excluded.
| The session lasted until after midnight,
and was an exceedingly lively one.
The first business transacted was the
formal awarding of the championship
| pennant for the season of 1889 to the Oak
land club.
Then the question of the number OF
J teams which are to compose the League
| during 1890 came up. 1t was promptly de-
cided to continue with four clubs as usual.
Director Henry Harris then moved that
| team from San Jose be taken into the
League and that Stockton be dropped out.
He stated that the persons representing the
year by not finishing out the season.
Further than this, the franchise really be-
longed to himself, as it had been turned
over to him while he was manager, and he
finished the season.
Director j. @. Shelley, representing the
Stockton people, disputed this. He said
that they had never relinquished the fran
chise aud that he (Harris) was nothing
more than the clubs manager-an en-
ploye.
A heated discussion followed, in which
Shelley and Harris lost their tempers and
it was with difficulty that President None
could maintain order.
Colonel T. P. Robinson of the Oaklands
was taking down notes of the discussion
and did not hear the motion of Manager
Finn of the San Franciscos to the effect
that as a compromise, the Oakland team
be dropped, so that San Jose might be ad-
mitted. The motion was put and the ayes
and noes were about to be called for when
the Colonel became aware of what was
going on.
Then there was war. The Colonel made
furious speech, that made Firms hair
stand on end
The two then got into a wrapgle, which
lasted over an hour.
The compromise motion was finally re-
jected, and the Colonel was victorious.
More discussion then followed on the
original motion made by Harris. A vote
was eventually reached, and it was decided
to retain Stockton in the League on condi-
ton that certified check for $1,000. as
bonus, be placed in the hands of the Presi-
dent on or before the LIST of February.
1t was decided to open the season of 1890
ON March 23d, and close it on November
30th.
The President was given power to ap-
point a committee on schedule, and also to
select umpires and scorers for next season.
The annual election of officers resulted
as follows: President and Treasurer, J. ].
None; Secretary. NJ. E. Finn.
1t was decided to play games on each
Friday, in Oakland; also that games should
be plaeyd in Sacramento on Fridays and
Saturdays, every other week, and on Sun
day of the intervening week, thus giving
Sacramento a guarantee of baseball for
every week in the season.
In order to prevent repetition of the
difficulties encountered last season. IN the
matter of signing Eastern players after the
close of the Eastern season, it was agreed
that any club violating the rules of the
California League in that regard should
be fined $500