The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-26
A Meeting Of The League Managers TO
HO Held Here EOOl.
SCHEDULE COMMITTEE 70 REPORT.
Number of Improvements At the Park.
Police Protection and No Fence Pirates.
Fender to Play with Richmond.
Wells Hard al Work.

been greatly raised. Ills discipline anu
honest. persistent work did much Tor
baseball here. and ne will do his best
10 keep the pennant in this city.
THE schedule committee appointed by
the League will hold meeting I'M this
city ON February 10th. and arrange the
schedule of games for the season. This
will Doe submitted 90 meeting OF the
League managers 90 Doe held on February
nth in Richmond. and the report OF the
schedule committee viii then Doe adopted
IL Is thought that an effort VIII he maze
20 throw as many saturday games as Us
practicable iu This city. II Is argued that
Richmond is the best baseball city IN
the Lcacue. and that as the saturday
half-holilay system prevails here the
patronage ON those days viii Doe larger
here than anywhere else in the state.
10 ls also expected that as many games
on legal holidays as is consistent with
the wishes OF the League managers VIII
be- booked for this city.
no MORE FENCE PIRATES
A number Of Improvements VIII be
made al the ball park before the season
opens The 0ut-hcld viii DE maze
smooth. 10 will be lovoled and rolled
and better suited for field work. Ihe
enclosures between the hleacheries ana
the grounds win be made stronger so as
down at times OF excitement Besides
this the lower seats ON the hleacheries
will De raised hy means OF platform ia
front. thus enabling the spectators 10
see over the heads OF people standing
about ON the edge OF the grounds. ana
also dispensing with the old familiar cry
Down in 'front.'
The manacement of the Richmond club
have perfected arrangements whereby
.NH4.i4
the most approved ladder systems ~ or
der 90 witness the games viii be de-
prived Of their previous privileges. For
"a long time the managers Of the ciuD
were at work on this problem, but ihey
did not own the land outside the fence
and were helpless to interfere. Mean
time the fence pirates made ladders ac-
cordine 10 the requirements, ana reVeieH
in the sport. They sat nap there as serene
as you please. held their umbrellas over
them 10 protect their compleNions, ana
smiled at the baseball people WIN
smile of defiance
GOT AHEAD OF THEM
Every time the game was called there
eat the fence pirates. People made re-
marks about 10. and the general impress
sion was that 30 was nothing more nor
less 1han stealing. morally speaking.
This class of enthusiastic rooters' al
first numbering only about a dozen, in-
creased 90 such extent that when the
season was well under way the entire
enclosure from the southern 10 the north
en slice of the park out In left heid
was literally lined with them. advertis-
ing TO the world that they were dead
beats on Tho crooked scale.
DO is au over with them now. and they
win nc conspicuous for their absence
when the season commences in Aprii
next. The management have made ar
rauremcnts for the pirates 10 bee kept
off the fence ON the northern side OF the
grounds. Just outside the enclosure runs
"a street. and the county officers Will see
that this is kept clear ON the western
side of the enclosure the land has been
rented by the baseball people, so that
the ladders Will not Doe allowed space
there. This plan Will break up the lad-
der system. and Dr. the pirates want 90
root next season they viii have to pay
for tickets and enter no the gates Ike
civilized people.
POLICE PROTECTION.
For several seasons the police protec-
ton at the bah park has been entirely
Inadequate. and as a. consequence there
lave been disagreeaole wrangies. fights,
and general disturbances that might
have otherwise been easily avoided. The
visitors at the tall park have been anN-
ious 10 have proper police protection
and the MANAGEMENT this year viii make
every effort to- get IT, Two or three
county authorities are hy no means aple
10 quiet down am excited crowd. AT each
game there are a number of police at the
park. but they have not heretofore had
the power 90 arrest anyone or put an
obstreperOus individual out OF the gate
without requests on the part OF the
county officers.
Senator Maynard OH proNluihs TOT
ponce projections az ace -.
parks am" o'"'I alil'''"i P"'''N
u passed. VIII meet 'ht Necessity il '''I9
respect Inc hase-nal Hdn"s 'i"'"' Oh
very anxious that thls OH he pasSeu,
and they are doing what they can TO be'
IL through the Leslslall.e. ne eng, ~.
VIII not DE put TO any tN''" 'Nf'''',
tfis ABRAMS me" "7 'ii'ie a. rsn
number oil ponce oinctI7 az ."e ..'
park when a game Us going on ana '''ey
VIII simply nave enldIse4 poWris
.-, 800. 10. 5l,orst,,r,, would moi
h. ,n rbe League this season and that
DanvUle or Newport News would take
tho vacancy are eroundless. as the Peters
burr Climb has already beensicned. as re-
r.,rted i'm Tho Times The names OF
no Portsmouth. Roanoke. and Lynch
f,,,,. nia,crs were also ni blished in The
rimes
Proprietor O'Nem of the Norfolk club.
has given out the official list of players
signed by the Norfolk team for the
coming season. OF the eighteen men
signed there are Feven pitchers and