Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-05
BASE BALI, FIELD,
National Baseball League Adopts
 a Schedule. {

East-President Ban Johnson Says
 the American League Is Sure to Play
 in New York.
 New York, March 5.-The National Baseball league met in this city yes terday to prepare for the opening of the playing season. The schedule was adopted. The playing season will as usual open on April 15 with Boston in Philadelphia and Chicago in St Louis, and will close septsrber 27, one week earlier than last year, with the eastern clubs in the west.
 The east opens in the west June 1. with New York tt Pittsburg, Brook lyn in Chicago, Boston in Cirn'f.ratf and Philadelphia in St Louis. There are comparatively few conflicting dates between the American and Ma tiona1 league clubs. Boston has no conflicting games, New York two, Phil- adelphia five, Chicago fourteen and St Louis six.
 Colonel Rogers said he was forced 
 On motion on Hart of Chicago Col- |onel Rogers and MT Reach were elect ed unanimously honorary life members of the league. Mir Potter, the new president of the Philadelphia club was chosen to succeed Colonel Rogers as a member of the committee on constitu ,tion.
 Milwaukee, Wis, March 5.--Manag ger Cantillon of the Milwaukee Associa- ton baseball team has put in a claim for First Baseman George Lechance of last years Boston Americans, and Outfelder Tommy Dowd, who last aea- son was captain and manager Of a for this season has the franchise for the Holyoke, Mass, club.
 The American league will play ball in New York city the coming season according to it's schedule, if it is com- paled to mortgage every ground in its circuit.
 This is the statement made by Pres ident Ban Johnson in the Fifth Ave nue hotel last night, where the Ameri- can league men will have their spring meeting to-day. x With Johnson at the time were Charles Comiskey of the Chicago club and Benjamin K. shtbe of the Philadelphia club. Johnson re- fused to say whether he already had obtained location for his park or whether 1t would be on Manhattan Is land or in the Bronx
 'We propose to wind mp everything regarding the New York situation at this meeting" Johnson said, s'and the public, which has expected us to live up to every declaration we made, shall not be disapp pointed. As to the site for the park, 1t will be made known before the meeting is over. That statement stands. and there will be no further delay. None is necessary, as everything is arranged and we are about to begin the work of eQuipping our grounds. which will be ready for the first game Of the season in New York in May. according to our sched- ule."
 The American league ma gnates ex- pect to go into session at I D. m.s to- day. It will be their first meeting in New York and all the club owners will be on hand to take part in the proceed ings. Despite reports to the contrary, Johnson, Comiskey and shibe said there was perfect harmony in the ranks of their organization.
 Tt has been intimated," Comfskey said .s'that several of our men have been at loggerheads over the New n rSt StYvof Ia,1A i, Ia. All hands have pulled together on this one project, with the result that we have accomplished our task although 1t was colossal und dertaking and many times we were confronted with ob- stacies which 1t seemed almost impos- sible to surmount. But we succeeded. and New Workers will have a chance to see for themselves the sort of ball the American league teams put up.'' Colonel John I. Rogers ana Albert !. Reach, who for many years owned the Philadelphia club and were iden- tified prominently with the National league, have passed out of baseball At the meeting of the magnates in the Victoria hotel, New York. yesterday both men delivered their farewell ad- dresses although both said they expect ed to take as much interest in the game as played on the field as they ever did. Colonel Rogers said he and his part her had been in the National league for twenty years, having entered 1t at meeting in November, 1882, in the Vie toria hotel, "the same hotel," said Rog- CTS, 'in which now say goodby.' The colonel said he left the old organiza- ton with much regret. He had made mistakes In policy many times, but in going out he only desired to remember the pleasant side of the game.
 Baseball to-day" he said, .eis on q netter footing than 1t ever has been. me league has survived three wars. ana the peace Just established must come as a boon to all Tie change in the personnel of a feam is often fo.