El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-29
FOR THE
PENNANT
The Rules That Will Govern
the Great Base Ball
Contest
FAIR and IMPARTIAL
And All Disputes To Be Set
tied BY Three Fair
And Impair
tiaI Men

The conditions exacted for member
ship in the HERALD tournament art
compiled with the idea of sim plicity
and impartiality. A copy of the
printed Instructions reads as follows:
Ell PASo, March 2S, 1900.
SOUTHWEST.
The conditions for contesting clubs
are given below aad it will be seen
that there is nothing to prevent any
club in towns either large or small
from entering the tournament.
l. The contests shall be for the
HERALD Championship Pennant,
the championship of the Great South
west, and sum of money pooled from
the gate receipts.
> Any base ball club in the south
west is entitled TO compete in the
tournament.
3. The season shall be divided into
three series, preliminary, semifinal,
snd final.
I. The preliminary series will in
clude every club entered ia the tourna-
ment. When an organization loses
two games IL retires from the race,
and one month from date of commence
ment, the semidnals begin with re-
naming clubs. The seminal series
til the number OF clubs is reduced to
six. In the semifuals d club will be
dropped when it hos loss four games.
TIE finals viii be the real night for
supremacy, the clubs playing well
complied schedule, arranged to the
complete satisfaction OF each con-
testant. Games will be played in each
town, full attention being paid to
economy and popular attractions
D. ln the final series between the best
clubs, percentage of the gate re-
celpts shall be placed into a pool, the
entire sum to go TO the winning team
of the tournament.
q. Rule shall be subject to the
writtsn approval of each manager be-
fore the final series begins
I. Clubs may use whatever players
desired, but before the first game of
the finals, the managers OF those teams
must bmit complete list of no more
than fifteen players on their team.
These players must be used IN the tin-
ais although by notifying the manager
OF the tournament two more PLAYERS
may be secured.
5. Club officials must submit full
ia bulated scores directly after each
game.
9. regular scorer aud umpire to be
appointed by club officials in each
town, their names AND addresses to be
for ward ed to tournament manager
10. committee of appeal has been
appointed of impartial aud we'll known
business men OF Ell Psso. i. e. w. G.
Walz, Maury Edwards and w. S Nc
CutcheOn, to whom Gil protests will be
su omitted.
IL. The season ID open April % and
conclude as per schedule of hnal series.
II. Each club desiring to compets will
send in name and address of manager
and captain on their notice OF desire to
enter.
l3. Scores and records will be kept
and due notice given Of each game In
the columns of the HERALD
IA. Address all communications to
Manager HERALD Championship Base
ball Tournament, HERALD Office, Ell
PasO, Texas.
PHOENIX IN THE FIELD.
At last Phoenix Is warming up to
the season of 1900 The city is
still filed with pride over the Ell
Paso team. The Republican, in COM
says under the head OF Southwestern
Baseball
Albert McGrath, formerly manager
Of the Phoenix base ball tea u, received
> letter from Ell Psso yesterday an
bouncing that the FL Paso HERALD ia
about to establish baseball circuit on
An extensive scale in the southwest,
and Phoenix is invited TO become a
franchise holder. Teams of various
towns In the southwest will contest for
, silk pc nnant, TO be awarded at the
end OF the season, which will commence
about April 10. The HERALD hopes
10 include within the scope Of It's pro-
ject Midland, Pecos, Carls Dad, Ros we'll,
Mesilla, Las Cruces, ,Alamogordo, Tular-
oss, Deming, Lordsburg ard Silver
City 10 New Mexico, and Clifton, Ben
800, Tombstone, Bisbee. Tucson.
Phoenix, Gl0be, Stafford and Solomon
vile in Arizona as well a. Chihuahua
and Jua~eZ in Mexico, and some other
towns. Ia order that the compreheu-
sive plans may not seem mpracticable
Of execution the HERALD calls atten-
ton to the success of the San Francisco