The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-14
CHOICE BASEBALL DATES.
Manager Watkins Pleased with Those
Allotted indianapolis.

Manager Watkins, of the Indianapolis ball
club, came home last night from Milwaukee,
where he has been attending the meeting
of the Western League directors. He feels
highly satisfied with the treatment Indian
apolis has received in the way of choice
schedule dates The three holidays, Dec
grafton, Labor and Fourth of July, will
find the club playing on home grounds and
this means a great deal in the way of
profits. Out of the twenty-one Saturdays in
the season Indianapolis secures ten
for home games, and out of many Sum-
days, fifteen will find the Indianapolis club
as visitors in other cities. The question as
to whether Sunday ball playing will be
permitted here prompted other clubs in the
league to allow Indianapolis games abroad
on that day. In May nineteen games will
be played at home and ten abroad; in June,
six at home and twenty-one abroad in
July, thirteen at home and twelve abroad |;
in August, seventeen at home and eight
abroad; in September, eight at home and
twelve abroad. The season will begin in
Indianapolis Wednesday, May l. the Grand
Rapids men to be here on that day. The
season will close Sept. %. In filling the
dates on the schedule the Indianapolis club
will travel 9,S0S miles.
Mr.. Watkins says the Reach ball will
probably be adopted, and while of the same
quality as that to be used in the National
used in the Western League last year. All
. the Indianapolis players, except Wittrock,
have written to the manager, informing him
of their good health, and have promised to
be here March 26. The management will put
a new roof on the grand stand and furnish
chairs. The entrance is also to be changed
so as to afford better facilities for ingress
and egress. The club has not yet de-
termined whether it will attempt to give
Sunday games but If such a conclusion is
reached. the fair grounds will probably fur
nish the park for these occasions
The four umpireS selected by the league
are Sandy McDermott, John Sheridan, Tim
othy O'Brien, James Hoagland. They will
league will probably adopt the suggestion
of Mr. Watkins that any manager who
withdraws his club from the field upon a
provocation arising from some action of the
umpire, be fined 800 and forfeit the gate
receipts of that game
Kansas City has recently secured three
good players in Tenny, the old Yale player.
and Connaughton, botn with Boston last
season and "Jiggs PARROT, Of chicag e
league on the national board. Under the
new order the club will receive 5000 for
every player that is drafted from the
Western League. Last season the clubs re-
ceived, under the rules, only $500 for each
player drafted.
The directors also acted upon the charge
of ringing in soft balls by the management
of the Minneapolis club at Minneapolis last
season. 1t was voted that every ball used
stamp of the president of the League, other
wise the Minnea polls club would be liable to
a forfeiture of the game. Another impor-
tant point was the agreement to divide
This was done in order to satisfy the de-
mands of the Western clubs, the latter
being entitled to two of the holiday games
which scheduled in the East.