Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25
TO- ADOPT THE SCHEDULE
Several Important Trades May Be Put
Through.
WINNERS AT NEW ORLEANS
English Fighter Here to Battle-SeV-
eral Journeys for Florida Coli
ers-Base Ball Notes.

President Moves OF the Washington club
left last night on the o'clock train for
New York. where he will attend the meet
ing of the American League. MIR. Noyes Is
q member of the rules committee but there
will be very little doing along that nne as
o ma jority of the committee favor letting
the rules stand In their present form. Man.
ager Cantillon left Chicago Friday night
with President Johnson and Manager Com
iskey and will be in conference with MI
Noyes during the meeting.
A special from New York this morning
says: With the snowfakes last night came
the most of the owners OF the National and
American League clubs. Fine weather for
New York" said Charley Comiskey, who Is
the present head of worlds championship
organization.
"If this were out in Chicago l should
think nothing of 1t. but l have heard New
York advertised as, spring resort. ana
didn't expect to attend a base Daii hiee'is
In a snow storm
Incidentally Comiskey announced that he
had all arrangements made to take MS team
to the City of Mexico for training purposes.
81 am only second to McGraw, Wneh l.
comes to taking trips around the world, ana
IL had known that he intended to take ms
former worlds champions to tailtortla
should have arranged to take the preseni
worlds champions across tRe ocean anu
play before the crowned heads
Ban Johnson. the American League presi-
Dent said he did not know of any particular
business which the American League would
discuss other than the schedules some
Dlayers NAV be shifted" he added. but the
deals won't come off until after both SIDES
have found how much they can expect u
Get from one another.
Held Tea Party.
Most of the National League owners held
q tea party at the Waldorf-Astoria. ana
said that they were all looking for players
and the best dates on the schedule. Until they
found what they were likely to get they
weren't going to say word Barney Drey-
fuss and Charley Murphy. respective owners
Of the Pittsburg and Chicago clubs, SAID
they hoped that the New York CLUB would
not send the team SO far away that II would
not get back In time to play for the cham
piOnship.
Look out that you don't wish that they
were that far away before the season Is
over was the comment of Garry hermann
Both leagues will run through lot OF ue-
tailed business before they take up the mat
ter of the schedule.
In n measure the schedules will follow the
arran cement of two years ago. the leagues
reversing the order of procedure which was
In effect last summer That Will bring the
Giants to New York for the Memorial day
game while the HIighlanders will play at
hone on July 4. Both teams will be in the
city OF Labor day.
:. There is some discussion in the American
League in regard to providing a pension
fund for aged and infirm ball players. Ban
johnson. the league president, says that he
Is In favor of 1t and will talk the matter
over with the men with whom he Is asso-
ciated.
While the leagues are in session the rules
committees of both organizations will meet
ia joint conference. although II Is not proba-
bic any changes to amount to anything will
be made in the rules for the coming season.
There may be some slight alterations in
wording in one or two minor cases. and
II is just possible that the Chicago Idea
of marking the front of the batter's box
with q rubber plate will carry. Outside
OF that the owners will decline to take
any radical steps Each year the opposi-
tion to the foul strike rule grows less and
less. and II is not likely that the sub
tect Will even be as much as taken up at
the meetings the coming week.
Possible Trades.
Before the owners depart 1t would not
be surprising IL there were some trades
made of players. There are still three or
four teams which are In the market for
promising men. and three. or four. well.
which would like to swap some of the men
they have for others If they can induce
rival managers to agree to 1t.
The Philadelphia National League Club
would not object to making any kind Of a
deal which would help out the pitching
STAFF. but the rumor that Gleason would be
traded by Philadelphia has been denied by
"Billy" Murray, the new manager, who
says that he will keep the veteran at Sec
ond this year to balance up his infield
If il IS true that CHESHIRE will not play
ball this summer. 1t Is just possible that
the Highlanders will have to hustle around
to get another pitcher. but Griffith does not
believe that Chesbro is serious In his de-
Termination TO stay out of the game. While
II Is a fact that Chesbro did not do as we'll
last year as he did in the summer proceed
ing. Griffith believes that the big pitcher
has still much cunning left in his arm and
hopes to have him with the Highlanders
again.