The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-20

Manager Comiskey will attend the
Western Base Ball league meeting in
Kansas City Thursday, where the plans
for the year will be outlined President
Johnson has notified the members Of
the schedule committee to be prepared
to make their report, as he has num-
Der of important questions to be dis
cussed.
He has also issued a special invita-
ton to the newspaper men of the cities
in the league asking them to attend
the meeting for the purpose of dis
cussing and arranging a uniform set
of scoring rules. Scoring is something
that has been sadly abused in the
Western league. In no two cities Is
the work done in the same way, and
as a result the averages in this league
tell little of the real worth of the play
er. President Johnson wishes the
league to have its own scoring sys-
tenn, and will insist that the official
scorers all use it.
The managers at the meeting will
have the Omaha franchise question to
settle. The committee appointed to
select the eighth city has chosen
Omaha, and if the report is satisfac-
tory, it will be accepted, and Omaha
will be admitted into full membership
for one year.
at the Chicago meeting last fall decld-
ed on reducing the salary limit to $4,000
q month, President Johnson was In
structed to take charge Of the contracts
and sign the players. This was done for
the purpose Of preventing any of the
clubs going over the limit. Some of
the magnates are of the opinion that
the Western league cannot MAINTAIN
its high standard of base ball at the
Ia 1jT11if
have it raised at the Kansas City meet
ing, but this will be vigorously OPP
posed.
The committee appointed to confer
with the National league magnates for
the purpose of making some changes In
the rules governing minor leagues will
be ready with a partial report. The
committee has so far met with little
success.
There may be kick on some Of the
umpires Johnson has appointed.
Frank B. La Porte, who will be Mil
Yankees extra catcher, was a member of
the Twin City club of Urichsville and Deni-
son, O.. which team captured the amateur
championship of Eastern Ohio for 1896. In
1897 he was with the Irwin team of Irwin,
Pa, an Independent club, winning the cham
pionship Of Western Pennsylvania by defeat
ing such clubs as that at Greensburgh He
passed through the season of 1897 with only
three errors His fielding record was close
to the perfect mark and he batted an average
of $50.
Yale will lose several of its best base ball
players this season owing to the rigid en-
forcement of the summer rule clause. Two
of the best men on the squad, Farnham and
Atkins, have been declared ineligible. 1t
seems certain, too, that Henry Clarkson, the
old Harvard player, will not be allowed to
play with Yale this year. He has been here
a year, but a scholarship complication has
made him ineligible. Clarkson is brother
to Arthur and John Clarkson, the National
league pitchers.
Eddie OMeara, the Chicago catcher, who
was signed by Columbus last winter and
afterward traded to Grand Rapids with
Strauss for Buckley, is to manage the Fort
Wayne team of the Interstate league When
Eddie was traded to Grand Rapids he refused
to report to that club and was afterward
released, although Manager Glenalvin could
have prevented him from playing elsewhere
had he desired.
The Yale Varsity Base Ball team will be
coached this season by Dutch Carter 90,
the famous pitcher, who will report on the
18th and remain in New Haven as long as his
business permits. Ex-Capt. Case and Carter
almost the only available coaches that
Yale secure at present.
Tom Burns, the new manager of the Chi
cago ball club, says that Callahans place is
not at second base. He also denies that he
said that Walter Woods is a better player
than Callahan. His idea of an infield from
the material at hand Is Everitt, Connors,
Dahlen and Mccormick.
Both Hulen and Mertes have refused to sign
with Columbus at the reduced salary figure.
For Mertes, who one of the highest
priced men in the league, it means a cut of