The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-06
The LEAGUE MEETING.
Doings of the Dark-Lantcrn Conclave of
the Maguates at Chicago.

DotnEs OF the Dark-Lantcrn Conclave oil
the Magnstes at Chicago.
The National Baseball league mag
mates, after inishingutheir business at
Chicago, adjourned to meet again in
| New York March Z. To hear them tell
it their work has been arduous in the
extreme, and yet from the amount OF
news given out by President Nick
Young, who was constituted a commit
tee of one to gull the reporters, it
would seem that they did little else but
smoke good cigars and discuss the pos
sibilities of prosperous season next
year.
One matter was taken up which is US
ually handled at every meeting of the
league when there is a dearth of bust
ness on hand, and that was the revision
of the constitution. That poor consti-
tuition, picked to pieces every year, was
handled again with soft gloves and the
following amendments were adopted:
Each club viii be required to pay its annual
dues of 800 before the first day Of April, iu-
stead Of May as heretofore,
Tho clause compelling clubs TO furnish dia-
gram of their grounds was cut out
IuS Tuic competing a uOu1e CiuD 10 COLL y
game earlier in order TO allow a visiting club
10 catch train was changed so that either club
can demand that the game be called earlier
Then the fine for failure OF Official scorers TO
send in their scores promptly was reduced from
$40 10 s. and the changes were complete.
The real business transacted, however,
was the dealing of death blow to high
salaries. 1t was determined that next
year the salary limit of each club should
not exceed $50, Geo, and from that they
will dwindle down to s24.OGe. Tine New
York club, as shown by its letter to its
stockholders few days ago, expects to
get out with So, 900, and many of the
others with less. Boston will probably
go to the limit, which will be cut about
40 per cent. on the salary list started
with the last season. A new difficulty
presented itself when the ieague began
its work 1t was found that the Pitts
burgh club had already signed ten of it's
men at amounts which would bring its
list away above the limit. It was
learned after the meeting that the
Pittsburgh club had been hauled over
the Goals for its hasty action, as it was
understood at the last meeting in New
York that no players would be signed
until after the meeting here. That was
the agreement, and most of the clubs
lived up to it.
One good point obtained at the meet
ing was the establishment of the double
championship season. The season VIII
open the last Thursday in April and
close the last Saturday in September.
During this period each team will be
scheduled to play 1872 games. 1t was
decided in future that no postponed
games shall be played until the last Sc
ries unless there is vacant date.
Brush, Won der Horst and Soden were
appointed committee on rules, and
will report at the spring meeting. Zach
Phelps, of Louisville, was reelected at
torney Of the league, and George w.
Howe, ex-treasurer of the Cleveland
club, was made an honorary member
The new directors of the league are:
Hart, Chicago; Won der Abe, st. Louis;
Brush, Cincinnati; Soden, Boston; Won
der Horst, Baltimore, and Day, New
York.