Kansas City journal., 1898-02-25
NO SCHEDULE YET.
LEAGUE MAGNATES DISCUSS AR
RANGEMENT OF GAMES.
SAINTS AND MILLERS OBJECT.
DETROIT FREE PRESS CUP SERIES
ARE ABOLISHED.
The Cup to he Returned to the News
paper That Gave It-Conference
Committee's Work at Buff
faIo RatIied-GeneraI
Sporting News.
SAINTS AND MILLERS OBJECT.

The Western Baseball League magnates
are in a tangle over the proposed schedule
for 1895. Objections TO the arrangement OF
games have been made by Charles Comis-
key, of ST. Paul. and Gus Schmelz. of Min
neapolis. Their contention is based on the
fact that as the schedule now stands they
would open and close the season away from
home, and as St. Paul is getting together
a splendid lot of men, who will be up there
reaching for the pennant, it is natural that
Comiskey. at least. should want to close
the season on his own grounds. He is also
opposed to the arrangement that sends the
Saints to Detroit on Decoration day. He
wants to meet the Hoosiers on that date
Manager Manning is scheduled to play in
Indianapolis Decoration day, but as he
would soon play in Detroit as in the
Hoosier town il is probable the Blues will
go to Detroit and the wish of the Saints
manager will be gratified by allowing him
the Decoration day task Of trying to
trounce the Hoosiers.
Kansas City will hardly fare as well in
the schedule this season as last. The Blues
will open at home with Minneapolis for a
series of four games, to be followed by four
games with St. Paul. Then they go North
for twelve games. return home for four
games with Omaha, after which they will
swing around the Eastern circuit for six
teen games. The Blues will be at home July
4 to meet the rivals from up the river
Omaha-that town having been paired with
Kansas City in place of milwaukee,
Omaha became a full fiedged member
of the league yesterday, three years
franchise being unanimously voted to
Messrs. Schuman and O'Brien. Mr.. OBrien
was present at the meeting and made
favorable impression on the other mag
mates. all of whom had good word for his
businessrlike methods Tommy Tucker. a,,e
up the river team. which will be largely
made up of eX-National LeaguerS. The an
cient spirit of rivalry that characterized the
old-timers of Omaha and Kansas City has
already manifested itself, and the one loud
demand heard by Mr.. O'Brien on the
streets of his new home is:
Give us a team that Will beat out KAN
sas City and We will be satisfied.
Just what Mr.. O'Brien told the Omahans
in this connection deponent sayeth not.
getting together a pretty. strong team and
The Blues will have to jog over rough
road to keep ahead of them.
The Detroit Free Press cup series were
abolished yesterday. The Free Press gave
the cup TO the league two years ago with
the stipulation that after it had been won
three times il should become the property
of the team first to accomplish the task. In
a letter to the league magnates the Free
Press says: Last year the poSt-seaSon
games ended very unsatisfactory for all
concerned. The teams contesting for the
was finally recalled into the possession OF
the league directors. 1t would seem that
the players cannot handle such a series of
games satisfactorily. even when in their
Under the circumstances, the Free Press
is. of course. concerned as to the final dis
bers of the league that, unless they can
arrange for what will seem likely to be
some satisfactory and beneficial contest for
the trophy among their own members, they
return ii to the Free Press to be used in
some other way in the interests of the game
for which II was designed and where the
efforts of the paper to build up an interest
in clean sports will be more appreciated
The cup will be returned with letter
of thanks for the interest the Free Press
has shown in the game. 1t is hardly prob
able that the magnates will establish the
proposed post-season games with the East
ern League champions, as time has demon
strated that baseball players when work
ing with themselves as managers ar,
thoroughly incapable of benefiting- them
selves or increasing respect for the fairnes!
of the game
The magnates last night ratified the ac
tion of the committee that conferred will
an Eastern league committee at uffalo OF
the proposed amendments to articles 13 anC
il, whereby player could be drafted from
a minor league and If, at the expiration O
thirty days. he was found to be unsatis
factory, could be returned to the club from
which he was secured. The two commit
tees decided that the proposed amendment.
were unqualifiedly unfair and would worl
hardship on every minor league manage
and lessen the slight protection now af
forced from the grasping hands of th
major league magnates. If it were posi-
BILE for a player to be returned at the eX
piration of a stipulated time many hi;
magnates who might otherwise hesitat
about paying out $500 for a player woul,
Use the draft to gobble up men who CAV
some little promise of developing and afte
stripping the small leagues return the mel
thirty days after the season had begun an,
wher the minor league managers had mad
their preparations for the season, thus, il
effect, causing a rehabilitation of teams. a
we'll as much unnecessary expense. TIL
matter will be laid before the Nationa
League at its meeting at st. Louis mex
weeE.
The president of the league. B. b. John
son, Matt killilea- of Milwaukee; Gus II
Minneapolis: Charles Comiskey. of st. Pau
and q. A. Van Derbeck. of Detroit, reache
the city yesterday morning. They all tax
a rosy-hued view of the coming season.
will be one of the best years in the his
tory of the league. both at the box offic
and in the quality of baseball that Wi
he given the patrons. II is not believe
that the new salary limit will have
de,eterious effect upon the game. as a
the managers seem TO think that the me
who are holding out for National Leagu
salaries will be very glad TO sign befor
the season begins. The fact that there /
almost a unanimity among the manag ger
would seem TO indicate that the salar
limit will not be tampered with.
President Johnson will to-day talk I
the magnates about the rowdyism uues
tiou. He intends 10 do everything in hi
power to suppress the rowdy element an
10 check the flow of profanity on TIL
field. He is empowered TO line or suspen
players for infractions of the playin
rules and will do upon requests fror
unlpires. He believes that suspension
The quickest way TO repreSs the rowtl,
Iic is well satisfied with his umpires-
Nannassau. Cantillion. Haskell and Sher
dan-and thinks he has four of the sta
men of the country
Effort will be made to finish UP the bus
ness of the meeting to-day, but unless be
ter progress is made than on yesterday II
meeting will last until Saturday nigh