Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-06
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
American League Gives Out
the Seasons Schedule.
SENATORS FARE WELL
HORSES GIVEN GOOD TRIALS ON
BENNING TRACK.
Big Fighters Getting Together-Chess
Masters Tourney - Golfers Elect
Oficers-New Orleans Races.

The American League of Professional
Baseball Clubs held its first spring schedule
meeting at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New
York, yesterday. The schedule has been
carefully prepared and in New York city
there will be only two conflicting dates
between the club and Brooklyn. These
dates are August g. when the Washington
Americans and the Brooklyn Nationals are
both slated to play there, and on September
Z, Labor day, when the Boston Americans
play two games there while the New York
and Brooklyn Nationals are meeting in
similar manner.
The new grounds will be opened in New
York on April 80 by the Washingtons,
which will allow about seven weeks in
which to complete the big stands and lay
out the field, ample time, according to the
American League men.
When the American League men were
called to order by President Johnson, the
New York situation was gone over with
thoroughness and President Johnson was
Endorsed In all that he has DONE 1t de-
yeloped that the American League has mar
rowed things down to such close PROPOSE
ton that a lease for one Of two grounds
can be signed at five minutes notice. There
cannot be a hitch over either, as all OBJ
stacles have been smoothed over and it is
now simply a question of dollars and cents
One Of these grounds is on Manhattan
Island and the other within stones
throw of the north bank of the Harlem
river. The American League as a body
has an option on one site while a syndicate
Of local capitalists has control Of the
other.
During the session the corridors of the
Fifth Avenue Hotel were thronged with
base ball men. Clark Griffith, the new
manager of the New York Americans, got
into town early in the day. ready to make
several trades. He said to New York Sun
man:
1.-THE new team will report to me at At
lanta in few days and we will gradually
Chesbro. Tannehnl. Griffith. Wiltse. Howell,
Owens, Wolf and Adkins-so that we will
be strong in the box. Behind the bat we
will have Jack O'Connor and Monte Bevtlle
who is the best young catcher in America
today. The infield will be made up Of Gan
gel, Williams, Long and Conroy, with the
last named on third unless l can make
deal with Boston for Ferris, the second
basenan, in which event will put VIII
liams on third. 1 have not decided how to
arrange the outfeld, but may put Fultz In
left. Keeler In centre and Davis in right
I ahve fine extra infielder In Courtenay,
who Is at Hot Springs already getting in
shape. The team Is well balanced and
think it will play a fast, hustling game
that will have the public by the ears
There are some powerful teams in the
American League, but we will give good
account Of ourselves, I am sure.
1.-THE adoption of the foul-strike rule by
the American League was big mistake
It will hurt the batting and make our
games too quick altogether. Out in Cali
fornia this winter the rule was thrown out
1t Is a mistake"
The American League, by the way, is
likely to abandon the rule even before tho
playing season. Charles Comisky, presi-
dent ofthe Chicago Americans, said yester-
day in New York that the rule was adopted
at the recent conference at Chicago by
trick The minor leagues sent representa-
tives to the conference. who voted with
the National League. making majority IN
favor of the rule. Comisky, johnson ana
other leaders are anything but satisfied
with it and will probably throw it over.
Following are the dates ASSIGNED the
Washington Club for the season. The Sen
ators have Jared unusually well, getting
Memorial Day In Boston, Labor Day In
Philadelphia and four Sundays In the west.
Cleveland plays here July 4.