Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-04
The RiUItO


When the members baseball commission
again straighten the affairs Of baseball in
draft rule will be presented and much discussion OF the
% oiass iaegnes a. lea ct will he a unit in supporting
the f proposition Striking illustration Of the Injustice
worked upon class leagues by this sided drafting
rule the Of Esssy who was drafsd
from by Boston few days Berry recently
refused offer from Cleveland Of $500 for ano
land drafted for $1,000 Berry unwilling to sell the
bought BY Seals for $1,000 few weeks ago and Bose
same sum- The drafting rule merely makes farms the
inferior classes and manager who discovers
benefit Of his labor and investment as $1,000 Is
may be working hardship the player abolish the
rule Without T ba he eopa S remeda b
the adoption Of new % the b an
IS not abolished should be amended that major League
ed and permit no player to be drafted until
at with the class club holding ing his
affected be made to suffer and the rule either
viii have some protection against
its star player almost for nothing.
Jacksonville Fla, may profit by the anti-racing laws
D In Nfm sna city
ter racing to supply the loss OF the two New hans
citizens Of the Florida city in the scheme
grounds and there are no a laws
ae e with the state that against
ing laws for years. 1t seems proDape 5ar
winter tourists and Its arm S Mf~
the patronage of many metropolitan stables that not
raced in winter If the city had greater population
from support at the gates 1t would pc an
spot for winter track ana IT'S soccess "ouo We
assured almost from the start.
The Ascot Athletic club that plans be-
ing made for incorporating and stag boxing SHOWS VIII
he staged Tuesday night in each month at the
club house 1900 Fiftyfourth street The first stag
viii be held September A. several four-round bouts
rolls growing and in few days articles OF ncorpoT
ton win prepared and forwarded with an application
for charter to the of state The boxing shows
vii viii be Kept within the ordinance.
Fred Landers and Clarence English fight twenty rounds
tonight at Sacramento Kid Fitzgerald the newsooy
near champ graduated from McCareys "school OF
boxing Maud Junction, will go ON In ten-rouno pre-
lin with Murphy of San Francisco.
Garry Hermann, president of the national basepa
has Incorporated Baseball by Night De-
velopnen company and proposes to try the
believes It will be great and expects 1t to be
adoped by cities and eventually predicts the Io
ra1otionize the game by making it twilight instead
of sunlight pastime
Danny Shay is reported to seeking and rein
statement for himself Moriarty Hackett and HENDERSON
of the outlaws that the quartet can become playing
members of southern Coast league clup: "a
do for or against Moriary Hackett and Henderson ou
! he fs onposed to the plan and will his influence
from Ewing On the contrary it is believed that he will
do all that Is him do to aid In getting THESE
former Coast stars back in good standing Tor the
southern cluo
Freddie Welsh receipt information to the effec
that Jimmy Driscoll the English lightweight scrapper
is one of the the English ghweight fighters ant
his claim upon featherwegh championship is not dis
| puted. He whipped Owen Moran and Jim Bowker ane
should have trouble In getting plenty oI <er
| % n matches he the pond