The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-03-12
THE ATHLETIC SPORTS.
Important Business Transacted by the
Baseball Magnates.
The Eastern League Given Its Reserved
PIayers-The National League Series
Football in Salt Lake.

The national game promises to be as
popular as ever in the east this season,
and the League teams are in shape to do
some fine work.
The most important business transacted
by the national board at the meeting last
week was the action in regard to the pro-
test of the Eastern League against the I'M
warranted signing of their players by
National League clubs. The National
League board listened to the arguments
of the Eastern League men, and they
adopted the following resolutions:
1t appearing to the board that the East
tern league of base ball clubs has COM
piled with the provisions of the national
agreement, and has duly furnished the
secretary OF the National league with its
list of reserved players, and said list hav-
ing been duly promulgated, the board
finds that the right of such reserved
players services remains with the East
ern league. All clubs identified with the
national agreement desiring the services
of such reserved players must comply
with the provisions of the national agree
ment, or make satisfactory arrangement
with the club with which any such
players are held IN reserve.
This is victory for the Eastern league.
will lose the following players:
breckenridge.
Baltimore - Wadsworth, Motz and
DAILY.
st. Louis-Pietz, Dolan, Barnett,
Griffin, Clarkson and Cahill.
lphia-Taylor.
Cleveland-Boyd and Schellerman.
WashingtOn-InkS.
Cincinnati-Lynch.
yh0 pr1f fol 10 Pol
timore, is not claimed, nor is Wise, who
went from Binghamton to Washington.
The effect of the action of the major
organization on the minor leagues cannot
be otherwise than invigorating. 1t will
inspire confidence in the smaller leagues
and tend to arouse enthusiasm.
John B. Day was made an honorary
member of the league, and several dele
gates paid tributes to him for his en-
deavors in behalf of the national game.
Mike Kelly has not yet been signed.
There is little question, however, that ne
will eventually become a member of the
New York team.
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE SERIES.
The entire National league series con-
sists of 1872 games, which will begin the
latter part of April and end the latter part
of August. 1t will be a short season, and
patrons will not be asked to come to
games in the spring before the warm
weather has set in or go to the grounds in
the Iall after the cold season has begun.
New York has Cincinnati on Decoration
day, and is otherwise well taken care of.
The indications are that Nick Young has
made a good job of the schedule.
The St. Louis Browns will have their
best attraction on their home grounds in
the New York team on the Fourth of
July, when the Giants are down for two
games at the new Sportsman's park. The
Browns will havea big welcome in Wash
ington On Decoration Day, May 80,
weather permitting, as that is one of the
best observed holidays Of the year in the
national capital, and the Browns are
prime favorites there.
AS usual, when a throw-doWn is made
IN baseball the clubs OF the American as
ISOLATION were given the worst of it. The
four old Association clubs-St. Louis,
Louisville, Baltimore and Washington
lose total of eleven players (six of them
from St. LOUIS by the leniency shown the
eastern people in permitting that organ
ization to reserve its players after having
disbanded last season, fifteen days ahead
of time, and without completing it's
scheduled number of games. The eight
original league clubs now in the circuit
lose only three men, and the are confined to
two western clubs-the Cleyelands and the
Cincinnatis. Such old and strong league
clubs as Boston, Brooklyn, Philadelphia,
Chicago, PIttsburg and New York had no
eastern material in their ranks. Had
their strength depended as largely on
the new material as did the st. Louis.
Louisville, Baltimore and Washington
clubs, it is safe to predict no action
would have been taken by which such a
loss of players would have been sustained.
1t is the first time in the history OF base
ball that minor league has been shown
any mercy under the national agreement,
after having violated the letter and spirit
of that instrument. 1t will be difficult
for st. Louis to find good players TO take
the places of the half dozen brilliant
youngsters Mr.. Won der Abe will have to
relinquish claim to.