Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-28
AT THE LEAGUE MEETING.
Disputes About Several Players Settled and
Many Changes Made In the


of the various baseball clubs making up
the National League went into session a
| the Fifth Avenue hotel to-day. There were
! present: NIessrs. Soden and Conant, of
| Boston; Chris Won der Aho of St. Louis;
| DIR. Stucliey of Louisville; John T. Brush,
| of Cincinnati; Andrew Freedman of New
| York Charles Byrne. Of Brooklyn; James
| A. Hart Of Chicago; w. w. Kerr, of Pitts
burg. II. A. Vonderhorst, OF Baltimore; ;
John l. Rogers, of Philadelphia and the
| Wagncrs, of Washington.
| Al $50 this evening after the delegates
| had been in session over six hours. an ad-
| iournment was taken. and Secretary Nick
| Young met the reporters and gave out the
| following account of the meeting:
| At a meeting of the national boarl, COM
| posed of Messrs. Young, Soden and Byrne,
| held this morning. the treasurer,s report
Was Vas re-eie@ted reel ,.i SECRETARY and Treasurer,
| The following claim was acted upon:
claims from ,MInneap9lls and Lincoln, was
awarded to Minneapolis. This finished the
work of the national board,
| At meeting OF tho board of directors,
| held to-day, the arpeal Of John 7. Brush,
| Of Cincinnati in reference to Pitcher Gum
bert, for whom he had made a dea! with
! After hearing the evidence, the board dis
| allowed the claim. on the grounds that MIR
| Mack had no authority To make the eX
| change for Catcher kinslow. The meeting
| Of the league was called to order AT J. 20
a. m. and President 4. II Soden. of Bos-
| ton presided. The changes suggested by
! the rules committee wore first taken up.
/ Rule & has tetN changed lNat the nltrn-
ers plate will be 2iXG inches instead of
Rui" "A, section .. has been changed.
| The last sentence has been stricken out
and the following added:
"Tho new ball delivered TO the pitcher
| may be dscolored by him, but by no other
| player. IN So doing, however he shall re
! sort 70 no other means than rubbing it
| with his hands or gloves and shall Use no
| said hall shall not be rolled or passed from
( Rule II has been amended 10y substituting
! the word "cutirely" for wholly, and the di-
! ametor Of the bat is increased from two
| and one-half Inches 10 two and three-qiar-
The much talked Of, glove or mtt aues-
"The catcher and first hasoman are per-
| mttol to wear a glove or mitt amy size
| shape or Mo'Eal' ~" 9'n'E n,aEerS t.t att
| Weighing NOT more than ten ounces and
measuring IN g1rru,mI'rSntSe., g1rrr,lni, around the
Rule 40 is entirely stricken out and the
| following a1optcd:
A bunt hit Is a deliberate attempt on the
| part of the hatsman to hit a ban slowly
| Within tho iniiell so that ii cannot he
dcided by any indelder in time to retire the
Il Rule RUE i$-Add new section six: "The UNI
| pirc will call a strike on all foul tips
caught by the catcher within the ten-foot
Rule Is, section Strike out words fair
| hit has been made and insert time at
only the batsman who plays ont Of his
| turn will be declared ont Is the substance
| OF another amendment,
! Rule 49, section D. has been changed TO
| read "First and second bases must be
! occupied TO declare the batsman out"
Ruie 52 II II N, tGe nrst line, insert Insert tn.
| "shall not" for 'are not"
Ruie 59-Insert "$25" and 800" in place
! Of "Sl" and ''S25," which are stricken out
| ana replaced by the following: "ltnme-
| diately upon notification 10y the umpire that
| n fine has been imposed upon any manager.
| captain or player the secretary shal forth
| with notify the person so lined ana also
| the club of which he is member, in the
! event of the failure of the person so fined,
! To pay 10 the secretary the amount Of said
| fine within five DAYS after notification, he
| shall be debarred from participation in any
| championship games until such fine is
section 5-First line insert after word
/ player from the playing field" and in
| gtitute the words lin addition to-"
| Amendment 10 section 30 of constitution
"As umpres have, on several occasions,
| failed to enforce the rules because of per-
| 10 the league that the following amend
| ment to the constitution be adopted:
"It shall he the duty of an umpire TO
/ enforce the rules as they arc written re-
| gardless of his personal opinion as Ia
| their merit. This shall especially apply 10
| rule 81 and section of rule 90. and in
| event of his failure to enforce these rules
| the sworn statement OF the captain OF one
of the opposing teams and two reputable
! witnesses which atiidaytt, however, must
| be forwarded to the secretary of the
league within twenty-four hours of the Of
fense."