Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-20
RlSTATE LEAGUE
Details OF the Baseball Meeting In Harris.
burr ON Thursday slight.

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bure ON Thursday Night
The details Of Thursday nights lri- !
State League meeting,at Harrisburg. Pa,
are told In the following dispatch from
that city.
"lt was well into the early morning
hours when the Tri-Shte meeting fn-
ished It's arduous lahors, but by that
time vast amount oi important work
had been accomplished and o big change
made In the baseball map as il existed
last summer. The rn-Statc Association,
which WAS the official title of the oreani-
zation, was formally dishandcd and the
Tri State League established in its stead
The new organization win comprise six
clubs, instead of eipht as formerly, Sha-
mokin and Wilmington being dropped,
and the new body includes Altoona,
johnstown, Mllamspurb Lancaster,
York and Harrisburg Charles Carpenter
of Altoona was elected president, sccre-
lary and treasurer at a sulary of $1,000
a year for thc three offices. Authority
was given him To settle an disputes in
rogrd to players that remain unsettled,
aud those shat may arise in the future.
/ Tho question of ownership ot Third Base
man William phylc, who Is claimed hv
/ York and Harrisburg. Is left with presl-
/ dent Carpenter. A committee was ape
/ pointed hy President Carpenter to pre-.
pare rules for the new organization. II
consists of Mossrs. nnis, oi llarrishurgi
| Boekel. of Altoona, and liicmenz, of Lam
caster a meeting was held at once and
| report was read and adopted The com-
miltoe presented thirty two rules govern
ing The league. and boz addition recom-
mended that the national rules be adopt
ed 500 far ae they do not conflict with
the thirty two reported This was adopt.
cd hv "a unanimous vote. The rules cover
the division of receipts, which n tlI
future win be 500. with a privilege Of
40 per cent and per cent. to Che league
and at no time shall the amount realized
| from the per cent. be less than 1--WE dol
lars. Each club viii have 90 make casl
deposit of 81 900 that the season will be
finished this money and bond 20 hc de-
posted with n committee of three, and
80 i- understood that Harrisburg will h'
Represented on the committee. The sea
son tickets and passes to each game vii
be limited To- one hundred, and all owe
that win hc charged at the regular rat
of twenty five cents each. The prcsidcn
will have the appointing of the umpire
, and the instructions given them will h
carried out TO the letter OF others will b
appointed 20 take their places. IL is m
dcrstood that former Umpire Kelley, o
: Shamokin. viii be one of this years oi
/ ficinls, and that Smith and List may b
( | the other two. Both the latter men hav
worked in the Tri-State cities Undg
! the new rules only one base will be al
lowed on a passed ball that strikes th
grand stand less than ninety feet trol
the home plate. ANY manager that
q caught tampering with players on the %
serve list of other clubs viii he fined an
e not allowed to sign the player"
a Manager Hamilton of Harrisburg
/. keeping silent on the men DE has signe
b He wants 20 be sure he viii get their Sci
l. vices before making public the name
b He has on his list seventeen men and tn
u number will include the following
II Catcher Sweeney, Pitchers Camphe
g Dorsch. Thomas, Osborne and three ne
- men; first base, Calhoun; second has
10 Bonner; third base, phyle; shortsto
Anderson, of Coudersport, who will
~ given a trial; outReld, Hartman, Blou
J. and Hamilton In reserve, Dyer. shor
he stop; Vinson, ouiheld; Brodorics, thi
base. Tie has also under consideration
western twirler who weighs 200 poun
ln and is a giant.