The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-04

protection in Glass ID of the National
Baseball Association, this placing the
salary limit within $3.50 a month. and
making it possible to successfully con-
duct the league during the season.
The schedule committee, consisting of
Messrs. Irwin T. Jones, of Raleigh. Otis
III. Stocksdale, of Durham, and Charles
l.. Stevens, of New Bern, after much de-
liberation, agreed upon a schedule of
games which gives each club sixty games
at home and sixty in all the other towns
of the league.
Under the schedule arranged the North
Carolina League season opens on Mon
day, the fifth day OF May. and continues
through Tuesday the 9th of September
thus providing for four months of bali
playing and the consequent entertain
ment of the people in many sections
during the dull days of the summer sea-
son.
The question of umpres is vital one
in the success of any league. In 1901
those officiating in North Carolina did
not give satisfaction and only one pulled
through the season, this being Harry
Mace, Of Washington. President Bus
bee. who has the appointing of the UNI
pires, has named as the staff Harry
Mace of Washington, ID. c.. Thomas Nc
Namara, of Pittsburg, Pa, and George
| Dudley Proud, of Philadelphia. They
are all reported as being reliable men
and good baseballists, and Mace has al
ready established himself in this league
For this weeks games the umpires are
| located as follows Harry Mace at New
| Bern, all week. Thomas Mcnamara at
Wilmington. all week, George Proud at
Charlotte first three days and at Raj
eigh last three days.
The games scheduled for this week
are as follows:
Raleigh opens in Wilmington for three
days with Wilmington and returns to
Raleigh the last three days for games
with Durham.
Durham opens in Charlotte for the first
half of the week and plays in Raleigh
the last half.
Greensboro opens the season for three
games in New Bern and the last three
days of the week plays in Wilmington.
Charlotte opens at home for three
games with Durham and closes the week
in New Bern.
Wilmington opens at home with Raj
eigh and finishes the week at home with
Greensboro.
New Bern opens at home with Green's
boro and closes the track at home with
Charlotte.
THE RALEIGH TEAM.
The outlook for all in Raleigh for the
season is excellent. The Red Birds of
1901 took the pennant and on the open
ing day here next Thursday this will be
run up to the mast head at the bail
grounds.
The day will be an eventful one here
A parade has been arranged in which
there will be music, baseball teams.
gaily decorated floats, handsomely
adorned carts and buggies, all making a
spectacular display.
In the parade will be many ladies and
large contingent is expected from
Durham TO cheer on Captain Otis Stocks
dale and his Tobacconists in their contest
with the Red Birds and Captain Bar
ley Kahn.
The Governor and other State Off
Gals are expected st the ball grounds,
where either Mayor Powell or Clerk of
the Court Russ will toss the first ball
over the plate.
Raleigh has a team that is an unknown
quantity in the State League, as with a
few exceptions the men are new players
in the State. Captain Barley Kahn is
good baseball man and his team will
surprise even the knowing ones. 1t has
done good, snappy work in exhibition
games and there is pennant winning ma
terial in it
Over twenty men have been tried on
the team here and those not found fit
have been dropped. AS the team goes TO
Wilmington for the initial games the
line up is Pastor, SIS; Soffel. 2b: Kahn. If;
Hook. 3b; Smith, 1b; Traegar or Grant
CT; Sherman. IF; Myers, c; Leonard p.
With the team also goes as pitchers Roy
and Charters, while a new man, Childs
a pitcher, who comes from Jenkinsburg
Ga, with a good record, will join the
team in Wilmington. Manager Rivers
and perhaps some Raleigh fans will ac-
company the team to Wilmington.
THE CHARLOTTE TEAM.
Reports from Charlotte say that the
outlook was never brighter and that the
exhibition games there have drawn
crowds of from three to seven hundred
people,
Mr.. +. NJ. Ashenback is the captain
and first baseman of the team of the
Queen City and Herr Ash is jolly
good one with a fine record. In the team
which he captains are the following
players: Duff Lehman formerly of Tar
boro, who does the stunt behind the bat
pitcher Frank Queen, nearly feet tall,
Thomas O'Brien, a left hand pitcher
from the Western league, Eddie Person,
who pitched so we'll far Raleigh last year.
At second base is Frank Hempleman. who
is brainy player, Champ Osteen is the
short stop and is a good left hand hit
ter; Brothers is at third base, Cooper
In left field, Buck Weaver holds centre
and Archie Graham, from Charlotte, now
at Chapel Hill is to care for right field.
AS a utility catcher Armstrong has been
added to the team and Long John
Bishop. the star pitcher of Richmond S
team last season, has also been signed.
Charlotte proposes to have a live day
tomorrow when it opens the season with
Durham and a great crowd and a big
parade are expected.
THE WILMINGTON TEAM
Wilmington is alive with baseball en-
thusiasm for Manager Edgar ]. Bear, full
OF go, has collected strong aggregation
of players and is directly in charge of
the management of team.
The opening with Raleigh is going IN