Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-21
BASEBALL


George W. Heckert, manager of the
York team, has made public the agree
msnt which will govern the clubs of
the Tri.State League during the
season Of 1906. This agreement was
entered into at Lancaster at the recent
meeting of the league. II is as fol-
lows:
% 'First-That from and after the date
OF the execution of this agreement aud
during the season of 1905, none of the
parties hereto shall in any manner,
either directly or indirectly, by its
owners OF manager. or by any repre-
sentative, agent or person acting for or
on account of such club, sign or en-
ploy, nor offer or hold out directly or
indirectly, any inducement TO procure
the services of any baseball player re-
served or claimed by any Of the other
clubs of this league.
Seoond-The fact Of the reserva-
tion o. a player by any club Of this
league shall be determined by a list Uf
the players 80 reserved by each of the
clubs parties hereto, which said list
shall Immediately after the execution
OF this agreement be prepared by the
manager or proper representative of
each OF the said clubs and submitted
to the president of the Tri-State
League OF Baseball Clubs and by him
placed on file and preserved among the
archives of saId league.
"Third-It is hereby mutually
agreed to adopt in addition to the re-
served list aforementioned . claim list
for the purpose of protecting the own
ers Of each of the clubs PARTIES hereto.
Ihe conditions governing said claim
Il If0kt uhalI he N-l1
or manager or representative shall i'm
mediately notify the president Of the
: league by letter or telegram of any
player at liberty or not under contract
with any other cub of this league
whose services are desired by such
club; of the signing Of such player or
players or of negotiations with such
| player OF players and the club having
made auoh notification shall be entitled
to have period OF 20 days from the
time such notification was received by
the president Of the league to conduct
negotiations with the player or players
claimed; failure to sign said player or
/ players claimed, OF TO terminate the
negotiations In contract within said
period Of 20 days shall operate as a
release Of the claim, in which event
another club can enter into nsgotia-
tions with such player or players upon
the condition and stipulation above
named. It shall be the duty CT the
president Of the league, upon receipt
Of such claim, to Immediately notify
the manager or proper representative
Of each club of such claim.
"Fourth-If any club violate any of
the provisions OF this agreement, or Of
any Of the rules governing the Tri-
State League of Baseball Clubs, in
addition to the penalties prescribed by
said rules, the club 30 offending shall
be blacklisted and all games scheduled
to be played with said offending club
with the other clubs OF the league
shall be cancelled, and no game OF
games shall be played with said offend
ing club by any other club or cluhs
of this league until the matter shall
have been adjusted TO the satisfaction
of the president, who shall have full
power, and whose judgment and de-
ciaion shall be final, to discipline said
offending club or clubs.
It is further understood and agreed
that In the event Of two OF more clubs
entering negotiations for a player or
! Players, at or about the same time,
the notice of such Legotiation reaching
the President first shall in all cases
| give such club prior claim to the ser
vices Of such player OF players.
lt 10 further agreed that the pEesi-
dent shall notify the proper manager
or representative of each club repre-
sentinR the league of the blaoklisting
Of any club for any violation of this
agreement, which shall be the Official
notice to each and every club Of such
violation. -
o. +. Haueroamp, Chester photog-
rapher, has on exhibition IN the dis-
play window of Jeiferis' Cigar store in
that city, n handsome painting Of the
late Jesse Mcclure FrysinReE.