Arizona republican., 1908-04-03
PHOENIX BASEBALL
 LEAGUE BOOMING
Permanent Organization and Rules and Regulations Were Features Of Last Nights Session.

] The Phoenix Baseball League at the
 city hall last night effected a permanent ! organization, and elected A W. Galpin president, R. NJ. Dawson secretary ] treasurer and an executive committee 1 cf A. n. I.eyhe. 4. Herzberg and NJ. | Rudolph and the president and secre- | tary eX-officio members. Something really worth while was accomplished by the meeting last night which was : enthusiastic and well attended. At the 1 close of the session during which many spirited and interesting discussions were entered into the outlook for mak- [ ing the league a success both from Q | financier's standpoint and a baseball | ists point of view was very bright and
 encouraging. Members of all the teams, 1 the MaroOns. the Woodmen and the Fraternals were pretty much in evi- ! dence and took an active part in the ! discussions. They showed the animus | toward the organization and its pur 1 pose of true dyed in the wool sport and appeared willingly to abide by the l decisions of the majority.
 4. D. Leyhe presented a draft of d constitution and bylaws which the eX ecutive committee has outlined, which was adopted with minor changes and suggestions which will be incorporated : therein by the committee and several i copies will be issued. A copy of the contract which the players will be re 1 quired to sign was also accepted. and l the executive committee was charged with the duty of making out a schedule | of games as soon as possible. Two of
 the teams will play each Sunday and ] occasionally double header may be held. Out of the members of the three teams, will be picked a nine which shall
 compete in games with outside hines i The power to choose the nine which will be designated as the Phoenix City
 team. is couched in the hands or the
 executive committee three of which are the managers of the three hines. in the
 city league. The bylaws further pro-
 vide that other teams may be admitted
 to the league with the consent of the
 executive committee.
 In a general way the bylaws provide
 that each team shall have F players and each application for membership shall be voted on by the executive com
 mittee. In all the games the players shall play with the team with which
 they are signed. unless otherwise plac- ed by the executive committee. Each team shall have a captain and secre- { tary. manager and assistant if so de- sired. Moneys collected at the games
 between the league teams shall be re-
 ceived by the secretaries or managers of
 the contesting teams and after the eX- . penses are paid turned over to the ! treasurer of the league and this money
 will be divided between the players of ' the different teams at the end of each
 month. It was however provided that , a reserve of $3O be kept in the treasury till the end of the season. A number ! of other minor provisions will be added i by the executive committee when the final draft is made ana at another meeting of the league the entire will ] be read and explained so all may know what rules they are playing under The
 managers will begin at once signing members. The league will meet upon call and will necessarily meet once
 a month to receive reports, audit bills
 and accept the secretary -treasurer's re- port and attend to such other business as may come up.
 If all the players enter into this league in true sportsmanlike spirit it
 can be made a go. Tucson has set the
 pace and this year the second season
 of the city league has started off sat-
 isfactOrily with four teams and two
 games each Sunday. Its rules and reg
 ulations are somewhat similar to those
 adopted by the Phoenix organization.
 As soon as other matters are arranged permanently some business houses have
 signified their willingness to put prizes