The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-10
THE AMERICAN LEAGUE.
President Johnson Has Been Given
Full Power 10 Invade New York.
SAME PLAYING RULES WERE ADOPTED
"Pap Chadwick is to Edit Them Before
They Arc Put IN the Guide-The
List OF the Players.

Ban Johnson received the official sanction
Of tho American league magnaics at The
meeting at Detroit to conduct the Invasion
Of New YORK In his own way aud to remove
his hcndouartcrs TO Gotham whenever he
thought II wise. Tho meeting was rati.
hca,ion Of tho policy pursued by President
johnson and his views have dominated com
p!ctcly ON every question where he ny.
pressed himself The magnalcs have shown
their appreciation of the work of thcir
Lender by raising his salary and l'a,ing
everything in his hands regarding the III
ture expansion policy OF the league
The league leader was we'll satisfied with
the results. The action of he maEpatcS ef
fcrtuallv stops the story of AN cnlugcd
rttcult tor 1902 Regarding the rcmoyll 20
Sew York Johnson knows AS little now IS
he did before going 10 Detroit except that
II is loft 10 his option to 60 or stay
The adoption Of playing rules was the
only business Of consequence Outside that
given above and II was docid. \ &c MS, -hc
same laws as governed the game in ihc
young lcacue last season. with few minor
changes IA drtion Tho So ion of the con-
ference meeting " Bnhalo was rejected and
Instructions given 50 get ont a guide which
shan contain the rules ~ the LEAGUE. cod.
ned by tho veteran rule mlkcl. PA" Chad
W'vk Of brooklyn.
An official list Of the ban players that
have been signed to make UP he di1cr,n-
teams in the league was Giy'u out aud Is as
follows.
baltimore pitchers. hughes. McGInty.
Howell. Foreman, Shields and propab'y
Dunn; catchcrs Robinson. Rpesnahan ana
Erickson: hist base. McGann on Kelly: see.
ond base. Williams; third base, McGiaw
tuanaGrW. Shorstcp, Gilbert: lrfj Held
DonliD or Kelley; center, Sclbacn: right,
rniadelphia Pitchers Frazer. Bernhard.
Wilstc. Plank aud nugrrsby: catrhcrs,
Steclman and Powers dst base paws,
second base, Laioic; third Lave Cross.
sthortstop. Mont Gross; loft hold, Hart,cl,
center, Felta: right tnck: utility mt,ldcr,
Robinson; utility oudeldcr Scyhoi
Cleveland Pitchers Wigh Moore. Wa,
binder. Funhbnom kenn0 aud Snrlt catch
erS Wood and Bemts, hrSt b0sc, Schrcck,
ley; shortStor Gormaur: lcf Held Me
Garth! rculcr Pickering: right Harvey:
utility n6elders. Thomcy, Mattress utility
ou fielder. Ilemphll,
trouW. Nulliu and Mcrccl catrhcrs. Hue
low and McAllistcr: first base. Dillon. sec
ond; Gleason; third. Ca@cr: shor stop T..
herdeld: loft field Harley: ccutrr. Barrett
right, Holiness captain viii he ri hcl td,cy
or Holmes.
81 Louis Pltchcrs Powell Harper. Sud
hon. Rridy, llusting and DouoHuD. On ,h.
cis SuGdrn. Malon"y ana puanhuc. hrSt
base. Anderson; second Paddcn ,rnptalm.
third. Mccormick; short Wallace: icfi field.
hiTikcu: center, lIoidrick; night. lone,
utility. man Friel
Washington Pitchers. Or!h Carrirk. r..c
Paticn and Townsend; catchcrs. Tim noun.
hue aud Clarke; first base Carey. SECOND
Coughlln: shor Ely third. Wolvortnu. lcfI
hcld DclrhantN: center. RYAN: right Kic,
ter: utility. Gcttmnn.
Chicago Pitchers. Griffith. Callahan. Fat
trrson, ,iarvin. katoll and Skuu,'. catch.
ets Sullivan. and Mcfarland; nrst h8-c.
lSbcll: second, DAILY; third. Stlang: shnr,
Davis: left field. Mcr.rs: center Green:
ght. Jones: utility. Herman ud McFuI
HoNon Pitchers. YCrng. Ulncru WI.
tels. Prentice. Mitchell ana Nelson: catch
eIS Warner and Criger; hrsi base. In
tain: short, Parent left. lllckman: rcItrr
Siahl: right, Freeman; utility ouuieidor,
DouEherty: mheder, Gleason