St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-28
CHIEF LEAGUE UMPIRE.
"A Soft Berth Made for Veteran
Harry Wright

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-The base ball
magnates were late getting together
today. it being afternoon before they
got down to business at the Fifth Az
enue hotel. The only new face among
the gathering of the twirlers today was
that of Manager COmisky, of st. Louis.
Inc hrSt real work done 10y the league
was to appoint Harry Wright, the for
mer manager of the Philadelphia team,
chief umpire. 1t is understood the DO
sltlor was created especially to honor
the veteran manager. Mr.. Wrghts
new duties require him not only to as
sign Inc various umpIres III the league
To the various circuits, but also demand
that lie sees, 50 tar as in his power, that
the umpires do their duty faithfully
ami honestly. The salary of the
position Will be $1,000 per an
mum and expenses. The appointment
met with the hearty approval of every
player and magnate present The cOul-
mIttee on rules and the magnateS of the
clubs went into session to resume their
considerations of the prOI OScd amend
mentS. The session continued until
late this evening. DuIng the afternoon
it was rumOred that the New York club
purchased the release of Pitcher Meekin
and Third Baseman Farrell, of the
Washington club, tor 1890. This was
confirmed later by Talcutt. At 7:l5
Nick Young came out OF the committee
room and invited the representatives of
the press, base ball magnates, players
and others Interested 10 come inside
About three score persons accepted the
invitation. Glasses were passed around,
and the health Of Harry Wright was
proposed as the father of the national
game" President Young then an
nOunccd tue result of the work of the
committee.
Some Slight changes in the wording
OF rules Al, 81 and 81 were made, and
new rule 80, made yesterday. was made
TO read rs follows: ~ Dunt hit is Il
fair hit if the bail falls in the inlield."
Section OF rule 81 was amended as
follows: 1.-The umpire may remove a
! player for violation of section l of this
rule. Ill lieu OF fine, but under no cir
| cumstanceS shall he remove q player
! tor violation OF section of this rule
| unless upon repetition OF the otfenSe as
! prescribed III sections l, > and D."
Section t, rule GS, was made to read {:
"ln column 4 shall be placed sacri-
flee hits which shall be sacrificed
TO batSlnau who when no one is ont or
| only one is out, advances a base runner
BY Dunt on sacrifice hit which re
! ouito li Putl4I@ Jul llc UdlSllldH, OF
would SO result if handled without
| error"
The secretary was instructed to issue
| q weekly official bulletin showing the
! standing OF the clubs at the beginning
OF each week. The Philadelphia club
| ullhculty was arranged on the basis OF
! 30 per cent OF the gross receipts.
! [. n. Byrne, BrOoblyn club, exhibited
me design OF silver cup valued at
| 5000, which an unknown admiref piO-
! poses to present to the league, to be
known as the trophy cup" and 20 be
! played for in series of three, five, seven
! or nine games by the clubs standing
| hrSt and second at the end of the sea
! son, the cup to be the property or the
CLUB winning 1t three seasons in success
sion. 1t was also suggested that the
net proceeds of these games be given To
the players of the two clubs The UNI
pres for the season have not vet been
selected. The final act of the magnates
was to accept the report of the schedule
committee, after which the committee
ADJOURNED until the latter part of No
| Yember.
1t will be seen in the schedules that
the dates are quite evenly divided New
! l ork gets two games with the CleYe-
| lands on Memorial day, and BROOKLYN
! two on the same day with the St. Louis.
| Chlcago, as usual, gets independence
day, when she will play two games with
the Quaker City club. Boston gets tWC
! two games on Labor day, and PIttsburg
also meets the BOStOuS for two games
on ther home grounds on the Fourth OF
| July.