Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-17
American League Decides on
Playing Dates Today. !.
VERY FEW CONFLICTS
COMISKEY PREFERRED CHARGES
AGAINST PRESIDENT HART.
Interclub Golf Ticket - Racing Dates
for Coming Season-Racquet
Finals-Bowling Battles.


Clubs convened at the Hotel Bresin, New
York. yesterday.
When President Ban Johnson called the
meeting to order the clubs were represent
ed as follows: New York, Frank J. Farrell
and Joseph Gordon: Boston, John /. Taylor
and Clay NJ. Greene; Philadelphia. Benja-
min Shibe and Connie Mack; Washington,
3. s. Miner and T. c. Noyes; Chicago,
Charles A. Comiskey; Cleveland, c. w.
Somers and ]. F. Kilfoyle; ST. Louis, Rob-
ert L. Hedges; Detroit, F. J. Navin.
The new owners of the Washington club
| were introduced and they received a fran
chise In the usual formal way. The rules
for the worlds championship series were
discussed and the minor leagues PROPOSE
ton was also talked over in an informal
manner. Then an adjournment was taken
for several hours to allow johnson to at
tend meeting of the national commission,
at which Hermann and Puliam. both Ma
tional League men. were present.
The American League went into session
again, at o'clock to hear at length the
minor leagues demands as presented by
representative of them who came prepared
to talk all night If necessary.
Hart Backs Down.
During the day John M. Ward counsel
for Pitcher Jack Taylor. found out that
there were no charges against the player to
be taken under considerable by the COM
mission after all. James A. Hart who had
originated the stories of alleged crooked
ness in connection with the post-season
series in Chicago in 1903, had made COM
plete backdown. But Owner Comiskey of
the Chicago Americans was not satisfied to
let the matter drop, and he proceeded to
file charges against Hart, which the COM
mission will review at another session to-
day. Hart will be asked to be present and
make a defense. AS Taylor. is indirectly
implicated in these new charges, Ward will
also request the right to be on hand to look
out for the interests of his clients.
mat the National League men are wor-
ried over this Taylor case there seems to
be no doubt. Hermann, who hung around
the American Leaguers the greater part of
the day. finally succeeded in cornering Tay-
Tor and proceeded to lay down the law to
him in the most vehement manner. While
Taylor refused to. talk of the matter, it
was said that Hermann had warned him
to keep quiet and to refrain from making
any further trouble for his accusers on pain
of dire punishment In regard to the Tay-
lor case Comiskey said:
The whole case is one of the biggest
outrages ever heard of. The National
League looks to be in pretty hot pickle.
Here they have been talking about a player
in their own league, calling him a crook
and intimating all sorts of raw perform
ances, but when they are asked to toe the
scratch with proof they throw up their
hands and quit. l have filed charges
against Hart, and demand that some sort
of punishment be handed to him for injur-
ing the reputation of my ball club, and
also hurting the game itself. The idea
that man can accuse aINther of dishon-
esty in base ball without being able to
show the slightest proof is preposterous
and must be stopped. l will push this case
against Hart to the limit"
The magnates are meeting again today,
and the playing schedule will be an
nounced.
National League Dates Out.
The National League base ball schedule
for the coming season was adopted yester-
day, after which the league proceeded to
finish up the business of the spring meet
ing After President Pulliam of the Ma
tionaI League and Ban Johnson, the Ameri-
can League president, had exchanged sign
ed copies of their respective schedules the
National League delegates, who had been
cooling their heels all day long in the Vic
toria Hotel waiting for this formality, got
together and quickly adopted the schedule
which had been framed by President Pull
liam. There are only twenty conflicting
dates in all this season-three in New
York one in Philadelphia. nine in Chicago
and seven in st. Louis. The New York
conflicts come on September and 4. the
latter Labor day. when there will be dou-
BILE headers. The Boston Americans play
in New York on that date and the Phlla-
delphia Nationals at the Polo Grounds.
1t was agreed By the two presidents that
no char ge of date that would work hard
ship to the rival club could be made in
either schedule without the proposed change
being first submitted to the other president
The National League season consists OF lo4
games for each team, the pennant race be-
ginning on April with Boston in New
York Philadelphia in Brooklyn, Chicago in
81 Louis, and Pittsburg in Cincinnati. On
Memorial day Philadelphia Is in Boston,
Brooklyn in New York, Chicago in Gin
cir nati and st. Louis in Plttsburg. The
Fourth of July allotment of plums is: New
York in Philadelphia, Boston in Brooklyn,
ST Louis in Chicago. Cincinnati in Pits
burg On Labor day Philadelphia is in New
York, Brooklyn in Boston, Cincinnati In ST.
Louis and Chicago in Pittsburg. 1t VIII be
noticed that Pittsburg is at home all three
holidays. The New Yorks have six Sunday
games in the west and the Brooklyns five
To Regulate Post Series.
The regulations for governing the worlds
championship series of games as drawn up
by the natioral commission were approved
by the National League. All that remains
for them II become binding is for the
American League TO ratify them, which will
probably be done today.
The terms of the worlds championship
series have to do with the division of re-
Ceipts among the players the per cent to
each league and to each of the contesting
clubs. Instead of a cup for the victorious
club II is probable that there will be pen
ne Mt for the victor and memento in the
shape of a gold button for each player of
the victorious team The national commits
sion is to name the umpires for the series.
The National League amended one of the
provisions of its constitution, so that. in
the event Of any club not waving claim to
a player whom another club wants to dis
pose of to minor league, the former pays
the latter 1000 for the player or else an