The age-herald., 1902-04-01
Baseball News and Gossip.

The first real game of the season will be played at West End Park this after noon, when the leaguers and team made up of professional players and Howard College boys will try conclusions. Play ball" will be called at o'clock. An ad- mission of 10 cents will be charged. Man ager Haller with several of the best of the Coal Barons will join the college men, and some fast playing will result The players were out at the park for 1 two hours yesterday afternoon. A crowd of the most enthusiastic fans watched Haller and the Barons as they chased the | sphere and trotted about the bases The men are slowly recovering from the sore ness of the first three days work and will be in proper condition to give rus caloosa a run for her money.
 The team which will meet them Is now being coached by Stouch, the Atlanta player. and Is working hard to make the contest with the Barons interesting. The following from Tuscaloosa gives the strength of the college team
 Tuscaloosa, March 3l.-(Special )-The university baseball team is hard at work since the arrival of Coach Stouch They are practicing daily and much interest Is being manifested, though the regular team has not yet been picked. It Is thought, however, that the team will be strong. The regular team will perhaps be selected by next week. Manager Powe thus far has secured the following sched- A,rilC and 3, on the campus; Auburn, April Il and 12 in Selma; University of Mississippi l April r, IS and 19 on the campus; Central of Kentucky. 29, 30 and May 1 on the l campus; Sewanee, May 5, 6 and on the campus; Tulane May 9 and 10 in New 1 Orleans.
 President J. B. Nicklin has just received the following letter from the president of the National Association of Professional | Baseball Leagues:
 Auburn N. r., March 26 1902.
 On the eve of the opening of what we | predict is to be the banner year in base | ball. we take occasion to issue this mani festo, setting forth the policy of the Ma | tional Association of Professional Base ball Leagues, relative to players who re-
 
 do not respect their contractual obliga- | tions.
 For the benefit of all players we here with quote Article 27, Section of the National Agreements:
 Section 8, Article 27 of the National | Agreement reads as follows: Any player under reservation to a club. party to this | agreement that will contract with, or play with any club or association without Nf4 41n prao af | the club he Is under reservation to, shall | be disqualified until such time as he shall | pay to the Secretary of the National | Board of Arbitration a sum according to the class his club belongs to, which is as 1 follows:
 Players leaving Class A must pay $10GO
 Players leaving Class 'B" must pay $600.
 Players leaving Class "C" must pay $4OO.
 Players leaving Class ID" must pay | $3O0.
 | Said payments by players of such sums | (which must be in fulD must be paid | to the Secretary of the National Board, | who will receipt for same, and due notice I of termination of such disqualification | shall be given by the Board to the club | m embers party to this agreement. | From this stand there will be no back down.
 To this law the Presidents, Club-own- CTS and Managers of the following 1 Leagues have pledged allegiance: The Eastern League, the Western | League, the New York State League, the Southern League, the T. I. l." League; | the connecticut State League; the New | England League, the Pacific Northwest | the Western Association, the Texas | ha tho Pennsylvania League.
 In addition thereto five leagues until tied, in the process of formation, have filed applications for membership in the | National Association thus covering all most every league in America.
 They have placed the operation of this instrument in the hands or their officials as represented by the National Associa- tion. | These leagues furnish employment to l about 1900 players.
 | We bespeak the hearty cooperation of l the intelligent player in our earnest lef- | forts to foster and perpetuate this grand family of league baseball interests The moment a player is missing at the open ing game of the championship season of his league, from that moment he belongs to the National Association; then the in- l dividual club loses jurisdiction. His name | is then placed upon the ineligible list to be penalized as above.
 We feel that the player who shall re- | pudiate by his action the governing 1 power of the National Association is not and never shall be entitled to considera- | ton at the hands of the leagues the club | members or the officers of our organiza- l tion Very respectfully. P. T. POWERS, President. I. IT. FARRELL, Secretary. After the return of the local team from Tuscaloosa a series of three games will he played with Anniston April 10. Il and 12 These games will be followed by two eames with the Cleveland team, which met defeat at the hands of the New Or leans club Sunday.
 Pitcher Popp of Little Rock will go to St Louis for a trial with the big league. The cause of his jumping from Finn is given by the Gazette as follows: .sThe trouble is over the salary ques- tion. Shortly after the close of last sea-