Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-10
BASEBALL.
National League Annual
Meeting to Open Today.
DoVey Takes Tenney Along With
View Of Probable Deal.
Catcher Browne Of Boston Under
goes an Operation.

New FORK. Dec. Club owners of
the National League are arriving here
for their annual meeting, which begins
TUESDAY at the Waldorf Harry Pull
liam. the president. has established
headquarters in the hotel. AN; George
Dovey of Boston. Garry Hermann of
Cincinnati. Henry MeuicuS Of Brook
lyn and Stanley Robinson of st. Louis
have ,,ut in an appearance. With
Dovey was Fred II. Tcnnev, a stock
holder in the Boston club and last
wears manager. Dewey expects to meet
Joe Kelley while here and to come to
terms whereby Kelley will become the
manager of the BoStonS. AT DovcY's
request Tenney came along in order to-
be on the ground should a deal be
made with some other club for the
noted first haseman. Asked if he had
any plans. Tenncy replied:
plans? What plans can a ball play
CT have? Mr.. Dovcv wanted me to be
on hard. in order that any deal made
might bo as advantageous to me rs
possible"
The question of manager is VcXing
one or two other National League clubs.
and there are promises of Severa!
changes in this regard during the week.
At the meeting itself there is little to
do but recommend changes in the rules
and to attend Ia routine matters Rules
cannot be changed at this meeting.
They can be discussed and recommends
ed and then must be submitted to the
Joint rules committee Of the two big
leagues and if reported on favorably
adopted at the spring meetings.
President Pulliam will recommend
that all pitchers boxes be on a level
with the rest of the diamond, that a
batter advancing runner by means of
fly bali be credited with q sacrifice
hit. and that a change be made in the
rule under which the umpire may call
time III the course of game. He VIII
suggest Il change in the last named
point i'll Sec. : Of Rule II. to the effect
that it shall become compulsory for an
umpire to call time. in case of IN ac-
cident to the player. only when the
fielding side is involved in the accident.
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 can time. but should two field
them he laid out play shall at once be
suspended. Concerning the raised box
practice. Prllliam says:
1T has been Cont"nded that the box
must be raised in order to drain the
field. hut 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 advan-
tai;e. ard there can't be any uniform
ity in diamonds if this practice is al
lowed"
The official averages Of the Tri-State
League for 1907 shows that Delahanty
of Nilliamsport is the leading batter.
with q percentage of .355. Leaders i'm
the field are: FIRST basemen. Schriver.
Harrisburg: second basemen. Gleason.
WIlliarlsport: third basemen. Magoon,
Trenton: %hortstops. Johnson. Will
mington; uutfield, Beard. York Read
ing; catchcrS, Ross. Trenton York !:
pitchers. Wolfe. Wilmington. Sallee of
Williarsport has the best pitching rec
ord. with % games won and lost.
Griffith; rev pitcher. Manning. won 1G
games and lost ..