St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-01
Magnates at the New York
Meeting Finally Adopt
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SOUTHERN CITIES LEAD OFF
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Opening Games April Is at
Baltimore, Louisville, Gin
cinnati, st. Louis. 81
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MORE REVISION OF RULES.
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Mcdonald, Keefe, Lynch, Me-
Quade, EmSlie and Belts
Selected as Umpires.

NEW YORK, Feb. 28.-The schedule
] of games for 1895 were today adopted
by the National league convention.
| The season will open with Philadel-
phia, at Baltimore; Cleveland, at Gin
cinnati; Pittsburg, at Louisville; Chi
cago, at st. Louis; Brooklyn, at New
| York. Boston opens at Washington
April 20. Washington opens at Balti-
more April 10.
The following double games have
! been scheduled:
! On Decoration Day-Games to be
| played at first-named places: New
York, Chicago Brooklyn, Cleveland; /;
| Boston, st. Louis; Philadelphia, Gin
cinnati; Baltimore, Louisville; Wash
ington, Pittsburg.
! On July New York, Baltimore;
Brooklyn, Boston; Philadelphia, Wash
ington; Pittsburg, Cleveland; Chicago,
Cincinnati; st. Louis, Louisville
Labor Day. Sept. New York, Cleve-
| landland; Brooklyn, Chicago; Boston.
Cincinnati; Philadelphia, Pittsburg;
| Baltimore, ST. Louis: Washington,
Louisville.
Mr.. Freedman informed the report
team to Australia next fall had been
/ discussed, but no decision was reached.
The representatives of the twelve
clubs signed an agreement in which
| they covenant and promise that they
will not directly or indirectly relieve
! or indemnify their respective play
| ers from the full penalty of any fines
| imposed upon them by the umpire
under the playing rules of the league
or by the president or secretary of the
| league under the constitution. The
! fines are to be charged to and de-
Quoted from the salary due to said
players. They pledge themselves not
| to refund such fines in the form of
| g bonus or increase Of salary to any
player.
In case this agreement is violated
| a forfeit of ten times the amount of
| the sum refunded by the offending club
shall be paid to the league.
The following umpires were ap-r
| pointed for the coming season: Nc
Donald, Keefe, Lynch, McQuade, Ems,
| lie and Belts.
| There is one more to be appointed
/ and the friends of Tim Hurst are
working very hard to get him the
| vacant place.
The meeting came to an end tonight
| and an adjournment was taken until
next fall.
The much talked of Pfeffer case was
the principal cause of the protracted
session. After a long debate, it was
finally decided to .-, ya
,REINsTATE fPFEFFER, b1ss
with a fine of $500 and compel him to-
play with the Louisville club during
the coming season.
Pfeffer who was surrounded with
numerous friends, heard the result
with a quiet grin. Il have been REIN
stated. 1t was a hardship and a big
one to turn me down, but cannot un-
derstand why Il have been fined, as 1
did nothing to deserve it,
Secretary Young. in reading the min
utes of the day, gave the reporters the
fiat of the delegates, which is as fol-
lows: This board in removing Mr..
Pfeffer's disability assigns him to the
Louisville Base Ball club for the sea-
son of 1895. and he will during said
| season be ineligible to play with any
club. a member of any league or asso-
citation identified with the national
agreement, except said Louisville
club.
"Mr. Pfeffer is also required to pay
| the secretary of the National league
| the sum of $500, said amount to be
| paid in semi-monthly instaHments dur
ing the playing season of 1895. Any
failure TO comply with this require
| ment will render Mr. Pfeffer ineligible
| to play with said Louisville club, notice
of such ineligibility to promulgate at
| ba n Of I,o Oh
board ..
Secretary Young, when asked why
Tim Hurst was not appointed as UNI
pire, said that some managers of base
ball clubs in the league and associa-
ton had objected to him on the ground
of his pugilistic tendencies This led
the reporters to ask whether Tim had
fought on the ball field, or was it be-
cause he had refereed several boxing
contests at the Seaside Athletic club,
| Coney island, within the last few
| months?
| Mr.. Young gave an evasive answer
| to these questions and declined to be
! further interviewed on the subject. He
| then read a letter dated Adelaide,
Australia, Jan. 16, 1895, from George
Il. Kruesler, secretary of the South
Australia Base Ball league. Mr..
| kruesler said that a representative
| team of base ball players should visit
South Australia next winter, as the
game had taken a great foothold there.
| At the meeting today, the chairman
| appointed Messrs. Hart, Byrnie and
Freedman as committee to formulate
plans and see if it were practicable to
send team to the colony next win
! ter. The Chicago manager, speak
ing of the proposed trip, said that he
| thought 1t could be made a success.
! His idea is to select a man from each
OF the twelve clubs in the national
league and to have them play at San
| Francisco, Honolulu and New Zea-
land, as well as in South Australia.
| He said that if the game were well
understood by the Australians there
was a possibility of arrnging some in
teresting international matches in
the future which could certainly be
made to pay. Some of the delegates
left for their homes tonight and the
| remainder of them will go tomorrow
They all agreed that this was a SEN
sational session and one that would
! not be easily forgotten by those who
| took part in it, either as delegates or
| as visitors.
NEW CURLING CLUB.
Judge Cory, George Netflefor, md