Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-09
American League Assemblies
in Chicago Wednesday.
WILL BE A QUIET AFFAIR
President Noyes Will Represent the
Local Club.
LEAGUE MEETS ALSO
Cyclists Start on Long Grind-Golfer
Travers Breaks Another Record.
Racing News.

The annual meeting of the American
League is set for Wednesday of this week
in Chicago, and President Moves of the
local club. will leave for the Windy City
tomorrow. 1t is more than likely that Mr..
Noyes will go alone. although it was ex-
pected at one time that Treasurer Rapley
would accompany him.
Speaking of the meeting this morning.
Mr.. Moves said that he expected a quiet
gathering of the magnates with few
trades of players and still fewer changes
in the rules
He will meet Manager Cantllon at the
meeting to talk over the general outlook
for the coming season. and to be on hand
should trades be suggested from other
clubs. OF course. there is a chance of
something surprising turning up at any
time. as there is no guessing the average
base ball magnate. but certainly from
present surface indications the American
League meeting will be a milk and water
affair.
President Johnson will bring up some
routine matters for the consideration of
the owners. and unfinished business
may give rise to a dash of spice Thurs
day, when the session is supposed to come
10 an end
There is some chance for little excite
ment when the American Association
committee is heard in it's prayer for adj
mission to Chicago and for more liberal
drafting laws. 1nasmuch as the American
League executive thinks the association
Is getting all that is coming to It now, a
deaf ear probably will be turned to the
petitioners.
Two of the managers who are always
casting about for a new star will not
be present. They are Connie Mack and
Clark Griffith. who are now in the far
west
The election of a vice president to
succeed Charles Somers of Cleveland, will
he held. Mr.. Somers usually succeeds hing
self. and no doubt will do so again, if he
cars. The board of directors will meet at
noon Wednesday, award the pannant Off
Cially to Detroit and adjourn.
President Johnson will appoint a rules
committee to confer with the National
League rule-makers. and other commit
tees will be named. In all reliability the
club owners will ask Mr.. Johnson to as
sumo the responsibility of making out the
schedule when the time comes.
1t is possible that a resolution will be
passed changing the headquarters and all
future meetings of the league to New
York. BY going to Chicago the American
Leagues men feel that they are allowing
the National Leagues meeting to monop-
ollie the space in all the eastern newspa-
pers.
Tomorrow the National League will hold
its annual meeting in New York, and Sec
rotary John Heydler left Washington last
night to be in attendance. This meeting
will also be of the peaceful sort, but it is
more than likely that several important
deals will be pulled off
President Pulliam will recommend that
all pitchers boxes be on level with the
rest of the diamond; that batter advanc-
ing a runner by means of fly ball be
credited with sacrifice hit, and that
change be made in the rule under which
the umpire may call time in the course of
a game.
For example, when base runner falls
and is unable to make his base that is
his own fault. and the umpire shall not
have to call time, but should two felders
run together and one or both of them be
laid out. play shall at once be suspended.
Concerning the raised box practice. Pull
liam says: 1T has been contended that
the box must be raised in order to drain
the field, but that is nonsense. A little
mound in the center of the diamond
doesn't drain the field. All it does is to
give some pitchers an undue advantage,
and there can't be any uniformity in
diamonds if this practice is allowed
Charley Moran, the well-known short
stop haling from this city and who was
with the Rochester team last year, is
wintering in the latter city His friends
up there are booming Charley for the
management of the Rochester team, and
the newspapers are doing everything pos
sibe to land the clever boy in the place
Moran is old Georgetown boy and
played on the Washington team under
Lotus. He is one of the brainiest play
ers in the business. and it is foregone
conclusion that should Charley be given
full charge of the Rochester Ponies next
season he will make a splendid showing
The players of the Eastern League re-
Gently in Washington spoke in the high
est terms of Charley's playing last sea-
son, and every one was plugging" him
along for the management of the Roches-
ter club
Several of the western papers have been
hammering Manager McAleer without
gloves for the trade he made with New
York. wherein he turned over Glade
Niles and Hemphill for Williams. Ferris
and Hoffman. The scribes should give
Sir James the benefit of doubt and wait
until the season is we'll advanced He
has done so well heretofore in the matter
of trades that it wouldn't surprise his
eastern friends if he turned up again as
the distributor of lemons 1t is a fore
gone conclusion that the veterans secured
by McAleer will play better ball for St
Louis than the ones he let out would have
done. Glade was the man Griffith was