The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-03
SPRING MEETINGS
nr6 LEAGUE CLUBS TO ARRANGE
 THEIR SCHEDULES.
ouert,o,. of TerrstorAai Ragh1s, Wlll be a Biz One Before the Baseball Law
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Says Tim Murnane in The Chicago Record-Herald:
 "In two more weeks ,the baseball magnates will be headed for Chicago to hold the regular spring meetings and adopt Q schedule. Each major league will be called on to ratify the work of the National Commission at Cincinnati early in the month. where several changes in the national agree ment had been partially aBreed " mostly afgectlng the Class A teaausa as Xell ss liberal ,Encp IssgSss Sy the msiST .:Syery change In the national agree ment must not only oe rattned py ,l1 1ns t,ooaI t%o % %Association as well through the national board, which has tuA ss President M. H. Sexton will De .aL Chicago to sign the papers Ihe .nSs tiTne to clear up the slate for the com. ing season, as this would pc tne pIOg ar time and place to cement tne p1 fs,,s hall Interests of those wi.ltng to sv nst ,n rbich means as much to orSsnazeo baseha1i as the Constitution or JeHIssLs soss to fine Government of the OHltou states Without such doe9nS5"s sh1n . haacon light the old basepail sAlx wo',Id S % soon be foundering in q seq or or 'r"TGS Finder the present national agree ment the game has iourisnea .ha as Iaw. hsTore and, for that reason tne teM .s
 makers should ever be apRfenensslxS, s iss 's, for every change maoe VIII the structure. -,- .es..s
 ..rho ouestfon of territorial rtghts ,s the most Important one today peLoaaS tbe iswmakers. As the law now slsaoS Ie,, tt could not be more perLeSt. 4s,. have invested their money all ever ,,,t1h tfS country in the smaneTI a ,n IooT % to' For example. the Eastern League. asaity lea gue in-every sense as the .ss nSseSLss Lss nf a small salary limit VIII prove, ,Its,. rSe constantly fought gtorn TOT .ne rom she four stronk leagues that surround tnen SIX ciubse located in the United SlAts1 nameiv: The New England. EonnSstt ats cut. New York State ana
 ieagTsS aNot one of these well-managesSi r,,ss can count on their strength rem year to year, with speciaa, ss,an tShreaten to take one of the cities rom snv one of these organizatlons' s...s. snS s,aS there ia not one city in the touI | ieagues that could live In the a,ssr Tas cs eS,1e one year. and make aoltaI [. 1e+ inc red flag of destructiOn IS ever hsfora the ewes of the four leagues m Glass B. By granting the coneess,Us, s Y, z s sS<ed for by Class A leagues snS sSna1 sI,a,.
 IIII he dealt the most severe oioWenES5s s,S5 tan,1n fo fine game. In time u Woulu asort Averv club and league In pess %o;I TO appreciate this stuppoLu sts, lItst' l one must have some conneet,TThh Tha us.-
 seSs sorFHnste part of this phase of ene los l'a,,,a Js the power invested m tne h'as ss ss.. 1es s,,es which are in no position t9 appreciate the danger or . .TIiS Ippifs even in the hands or q chiiu. ..ss.-a-
 kn.S n,,t nolitIcs, that palfish ingre-
 ,.St horn of Human nesh. and you
 s,,SI1 Ana the terTitorla1 rignts pn pIoDlstE' t.' solved in the present law: sa, ,v- ".
 6nis nns ia to~ get a clear title to his invest
 menr the present time no less than than ] & 900 young men look rswa to 0u fheir | pastime for money Co | conditions in life.
 "cambridge. Mass: is the 9niy ciSy z, In thi, country with a populASoll 1 oa | IF onn or over that has not at some l .ir,ee tiT,VoV fnrnished a baseball club to or | sanized baseball, and todaySis the !S oniy | citv outside of Paterson; J;. Wltn ! | . 1opulation Of over 9O,O0O wltnoul l ot,,h in some minor or major league
 TtIs is inc more interesting from the | Sact that but twelve cities In the eoon-
 tTv with SO 900 or over are now out. side of organized ball. Tne peopie .S 2.
 coIlege games played at Soldiers held hv the Harvard boys. and yet know | of no city where there IS more M s,a m terest taken in the sport than in cam
 "Csmbridge has turnished three play. l CTS to the game--ln Tim Keefe. Jon, Jonr
 Clarkson and Joe Keliy-tnst nnna n0 oIn1. a,1.
 ro1nd performances in the field. From 1 'Ss to i900, or the advent of the Amer ican League. eiEhteen' years In all
 Cambridge had a representative m
 champioffship team thirteen times al
 follows: Bertie Hackett with Bostoi
 in 'sS Barney Gilligan wth Providenee l in 's4 John CIarkson with Chicago II
 'S5 and Ss6N Tim Keefe with the NeS
 York Giants in '9s and 9. John Clark
 son with Boston in '91 and '92. Joe kel
 ley with Baltimore in '94. '95 and 'sf
 and Brooklyn in ,sS and 1900.
 "The Players League. was looked o
 as outlawed in 1900. During the sprinl practice the University of Virginia va the only team that ventured to pla one of the brotherhood teams-@