Evening star., 1897-03-19
THE EASTERN LEAGUE.
The Annual Schedule Meeting Now
in Session in New York.

The Annual Schedule Meeting Now
in Session in New York.
The annual schedule meeting of the East
ern League of Base Ball Clubs began Yes
terday afternoon at New York. The repre-
tsentatives Of the clubs present were: Prov
idence. w. H. Draper. J. M. Beatty, F. A
Johnson, w. ]. Murphy; Rochester, J. H
Buckley. c. A. Leimgruber; Toronto, Ar
thur Irwin: Buffalo. James franklin syra
cGse. G. NJ. Kuntzsch: Wilkesbarre, E. j
Bogert. Charles Tammany: Scranton, San
dy' Griffin, Thomas Brookes; Springfield
Thomas Burns
In addition to the discussion of the sched.
ule the question of appointing official scor.
ers and some amendments to the constitu.
ton will take up good deal Of the time OF
the meeting.
There will be an amendment proposed
which. if adopted, will prohibit playing
managers from taking any part in the
meetings OF the league 1t will also be pro-
posed that the president of the league shall
appoint all the official scorers instead OF
their being named by managers of indi-
F.dual clubs, as at present. The first busi-
ness transacted today was the reading OF
the reports of the several committees and
the appointing of new committees
The Kendall Green Games.
The Baltimore Sun says: There seems to
be some dispute about the Johns Hopkins
Gallaudet game The report was sent over
from Washington that Gallardet had won
by IL to g. Manager Dieffenbach of the
Hopkins team said yesterday that the
agreement was to stop the contest at 9 pm.
to let the Baltfmoreans catch a train for
nome. and that the score was to count from
the last complete inning This put it back
to the sixth. when the score was Hopkins.
8: Gallaudet. I.
NJ. A. G. base Ball Schedule
The following schedule of games has
been arranged by the baseball management
Of Maryland Agricultural College:
With Gallaudet College, April 3, at Col
lege Park: Western Maryland. at College
Park. April 10: Central State Normal
School. at Lock Haven. Pa. April 18: Penn
sylvania State College. at State College,
April II; Gallaudet College. at Kendall
Green. April 21; Episcopal High School, at
Ale5andria: ;S April a; University Of Mary
land. at College Park, April 2s: Washing
ton College, at Chestertown. Md, May 5;
ST. Johns College. Annapolis. at College
Park, May II; Western Maryland College,
at Westminster. Md, April Is; Washington
College. at College Park, May q: ST. John s
College. at Annapolis. May 26. April and
May l, and 10 are open dates.
GAShtb Oh uhe 1A0me0.
Both the Oxford and Cambridge univer-
sity crews are now at their quarters on
the Thames and hard at work for the
coming race Saturday. April 3. The Ok
ford crew is the same as last year, with
one exception-G. o. Edwards at No. 9
has been substituted for E. c. Sherwood.
who occupied that seat in 1896. The Ok
onians are being coached by Mr.. NJ c.
Mclean and C. c. Bourne s. D. Muttle-
bury is performing the same Office for
Cambridge.
j. j. Burke Chosen.
CINCINNATI. Ohio. March 19.-Secre-
tary J. Gratz Hanley Of the Queen City
Jockey Club announces that J. ]. Burke
will be the presiding judge at the Newport
spring meeting. Burke has presided at all
the eastern tracks and is now at Oakland,
Cal.