The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-13
BASE BALL MAGNATES
Meet in New York To-day,
Changes in the Playing Rules.
A FORECAST OF PROBABLE. ACTION
On Various Matters shat VIII DO Con,
sIdOrod-aIcyslO Record BrokOp at
LouIsYille-pe,eF AIahcr Issues q
Challenge to tho wofld-rhs Races
At BaI'lmoSe-Last Nights Rowling
Ganps-o'hor News ct sport,

The tWenly'arst annual meeting Of
tho National League Of Base Ball Clubs
will convene In the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
New York, ut noon to-day. Ia tho pro.
ceedingi which will follow tho entire
profession Of the United States will be
much Interested. Representatives will
be present from Chicago, ST. Louis,
Cleveland, Louisville, Cincinnati, Pitts
burgh, Washington, Baltimore, Phila.
dSlphIS, Boston, BROOKLYN aud New
York, The outside, or corridor, attend.
anco promises to be unusually large, o,
7. CSylOF, the we'll known base ball au,
thority, thus Views the probabilities Of
the meeting,
The playing rules are never revised
a, the annual meetings, But II Is Gus
t0msry TO appoint = rules committee,
10 reyie the code and report am0nd-
meats 10 the schedule or spring meet.
inG. The playing rules rs they stand
have glven so much satisfaction that
very little, II Ruy, changes in tho tech
Riqus OF the game will be made, Tho
authority Of the umpire and tho llmIta'
ton oicoaehing are probably the only
important change, NhiGa will be suR'
Gsited, but they are go important that
both topics aro likely to DO discussed
aud possibly determined at this meet
ing.
4 compromise Il probable on tho
coaching question, President Robison'a
proposition to wipe ous coaching alto
Gether will not carry, but noisy work
on the lines has become so unpopular
that the coaeher's mouth will DO muz'
zled into decorous usa Of that privi'
lege. Tho manner OF eaeCting this re-
form is to be one oil the surprises OF the
meeting, and the mAgnRts who fur.
nIshes the potent idea will have tho
thanks Of every base ball patron.
AIR, Byrne, OF brooklyn, will offer a
resolution TO take away the poWOr OF
hninR players from umpires, In It's
stead he will propose that on any
odense from u player the umpire may
warn the offenders captain that any
repetition oithe fault will subject tho
player to removal from the game, and II
such repetition DO made the captains
player may be sent IRON the field. The
rule seems to be an excellent one,
The moSt important proposition to DO
made at this mestingi is to schedule the
umpiTes through the season with the
scheduling OF games. The league staff
next year may be Emslio, Hurst, KsSis,
0'Day, Mcdonald and Lynch, six in all,
Each club Is scheduled TO play sixty.six
games on the home ground. That
would be eleven games for each umpire.
II would be impossible TO divide NJ tho
home series in exactly eleven games to
M umpire IN each city. but just dis.
tribution could be made The idea Is to
give each club the benefit OF It's proper
ton otan umpirs'sservice, also to make
an umpiTs'a dates fixed and unchaugoa'
bic.
An amendment to the constitution TO
prohibit Sunday playing will be intro.
duced. Such prohibition was part OF
thu National League constitution from
1873 till 1891. when the indianapolis
consolidation occurred tho no Sunday
playing section was repealed, and any
CluO WulCl uttlTeu ouHuAl kuuluh WAS
granted permission TO play them. Un.
less that section DO restored there is no
chance to keep tho ST Louis or any
western club from playing on Sunday,
aud it takes nine votes TO amend. II
Baltimore. Washington. Cleveland and
Chicago Join the non.playing clubs in
voting for such an amendment 1t can bn
carried, but tho probability o; such a
vote Is very si!ghi.
Probably the mua. important outcome
Of the meeting will bs tho Grades" or
"dickers" which are sure 20 come up.
The delegates will resolve ihcmsoves
into sort Of players exchange. New
York has German, Doyle, Burns, But.
Ter and Bannon for disposal. Brooklyn
can spare Tredway. Boston is willing
10 swap" Tucker. Ryan and either Har-
rinSton or Collins. Philadelphia would
exchange Boyle, IlGllmau, turner or
Hamilton for Ru Gqnivaent. Manager
Ewing has a bunch OF Wil;si iriiI which
lie will oder for trade, Including Nor.
gan Murphy. Latham, Holiday,
Vaughn and ParrolL Baltimore. CiGye.
land aud Chicago NrO tic only clubs
which have no goods for this market,
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