The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
BIG LEAGUE MAGNATES
IN SESSION TO CONSIDER THE
SCHEDULE AND NEW RULES
Chief of Umpires and IL Staff to BE
Selected Also at the ST. Louis
Gathering-New Story Out Re
garding the Sale of the Browns
Board Meets.

garding the Sale of the Browns
Board Meets,
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 2S.-With the
exception of Andrew Freedman, presi-
dent of the New York Base Ball club
all the National league magnates are
here to attend the annual meeting,
which convened today at the Southern
hotel. A. H. Soden, of Boston, held
the proxy of Mr.. Freedman.
Those present are: N. E. Young, ma
tonal president and secretary, and r.
III. Young, secretary national board;
A. II. Soden and w. II. Conant, Of
Boston; f. A. Abel and c. Fl. Ebbitts,
of Brooklyn; a. ]. Reach and John 1.
Rogers, of Philadelphia; Edward Han
lon, of Baltimore; ]. L. Wagner. of
Washington; w. H. Watkins, of Pitts
burg; ]. t. Brush, of Cincinnati: F. De
Hass Robinson, of Cleveland; j. A.
Hart, of Chicago; II. c. Pulliam, of
Louisville, and Chris Won Der Abe and
b. S. Muchenfuss, of ST. Louis.
A number of minor league officials
are also on the field to look after their
respective interests and to make what
ever dickers for players they may be
able to do Among them are President
Hickey, of the Western association:
Tom Lotus, president of the Column
bus, O., Western league team, and c..
b Power. president of the Interstate
league. Jimmy Manning, of the Kan
sas City club, is expected here tomor-
row.
There is considerable work to be done
by the league meeting. The adoption
of the playing schedule, the drafting
of new rules, especially one looking to
the doing away of rowdy ball and the
appointment Of a new chief of umpires
and the selection Of his staff, are the
m a
Ned Hanlon. who represents the
minority of the rules committee, will
report the following to do away with
rowdy ball playing:
Rowdy Rules.
If a manager, captain or player use any
obscene, foul or loudly profane language
to or within hearing Of either umpire or
commit or threaten to commit any violent
act against the person umpire, player or
spectator, it shall be the duty of such
umpire to order such player from the field
and out of the grounds for the remainder
OF the game.
1t shall also be the duty of such umpire
to report in full such language, or an ac-
count of such violence or threatened vio-
lence to the president of the league by let
ter, Immediately after the game, and in
fragrant cases to telegraph briefly the facts
to the president. and it shall thereupon be
the duty Of the president to punish such
offender by suspension prohibition from
as he may deem proper.
Inc president may, upon receiving tele-
graphic information from an umpire of
such ofense. suspend the player temporar-
lily. until he receives the full Information
and can act thereupon. In case the state
ment Of the umpire is denied 1t shall be
Ine auty OF the president to investigate
and learn the truth Of the matter and act
accordingly. wv
There is some speculation as to who
Will be appointed to fill the place on
the national board of arbitration made
vacant by the death of Charles FL.
Byrne. Ned Hanlon, John I. Rogers
and c. H. Ebbitts are those most prom
1nently spoken of in this connection.
There is another story out to the eff
feet that outsiders are after the St.
Louis Browns. r. c. Pullman. of Louis
vile, had this to say of a report that
prominent distillers Of his city had
formed a syndicate to purchase the
Browns:
"A millionaire distiller of Louisville
met me just before leaving for the
league meeting. He told me to investi-
gate the condition of the st. Louis club
to see what a clean bill of sale of it
could be secured for. He said that if
after investigation the property was
found worth buying and that it could
be secured for a reasonable figure, he
would buy it, if only on speculation.
Arson at the head of it. That is all
there is to the story. I am going to
look over the ground, find out just
what the club can be bought for and
then report to my friend in Louisville
Should he get the club it will be a good
thing for the league, for he is a man
with unlimited capital and would be
sure to put a first-class team in the
field"
Board of Arbitration.
The national board of arbitration
held a meeting which lasted without
lntermission from 1890 a. M, until al
most o'clock. Considerable business
was disposed of.
1t was rumored, while the meeting
was being held behind closed doors,
that it had taken upon itself the selec-
ton of a new member to fill the vacan-
cy caused by the death of Charles II.
Byrne, of Brooklyn, and had chosen Al
Reach, of Philadelphia. This was later
found to be untrue, as only the Ma
uonal league has such authority.
AS it is the duty of the board to