Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-12
Al LAWSOKS NEW
OUTLAW LEAGUE
INCLUDES NEWARK
Will Raise Ban on Negro Players
and Charge but Is Cents.
Pittsburg to Send Out IL
month Contracts, Replacing g.
month Papers--0ther Base
ball News.
PROVIDENCE. R. /, Jan. u.

law baseball league to comprise
eight clubs, including Newark.
a. Lawson, who is promoting tho
scheme, made this statement yester-
day. and said further thai the new
organization already had its circuit
complete and many of its players
signed.
The league will be composed of eight
cities, as follows: This city, Boston,
Brooklyn, Philadelphia. Paterson, n.
j.; Newark, N. j.; Trenton, N. j., and
Baltimore.
The admittanee fee shall be % cents
for the bleachers and % cents extra for
the grandstand. The league has agreed
to pay no attention whatever 10 the
color line n there will be two or
three negro players on every club In
the circuit except Baltimore. There
race prejudice is SO strong that the
other clubs will be forced to drop their
negro players during their engagement
in that city. J. j. O'Rourke, of Phila-
delphia, has been appointed manager
of the Providence team and has al
ready signed many of his players.
Prominent among them are three OF
last years Cuban Giants, the Walker
brothers and an infielder named Will
Jams.
1t is proposed that the league will be-
gin its games about the 18th Of April
and continue a few weeks into Novem-
Der. The salary limit of the new or
ganization, Mr.. Lawson says, has been
fixed at $4,000 per month. and he de-
clares the league will be as fast as any
class 3 organization In the country.
The grounds in Boston have beer laid
out in Forest Hills and the arrange
ments for the season prepared. Law
son says the new league will play Sun
day ball here and If the authorities in
t~erfere he will take the matter INTO
court. The schedule meeting is planned
for Brooklyn.
A. set of new contracts for the Pitts
burg ball players We're received yester-
day from the National League head
quarters by President Barney Dreyfuss,
and will be forwarded to the players.
a lause of the new contracts provides
for the retention of 20 per cent. of
salaries to prevent players INDUCING
in hockey, basketball or baseball dur
ing the winter.
President Charles A. Comiskey, OF
the Chicago Americans, announced yes
terday that lie had returned three OF
his recruits to the Des Moines Western
League Club. Those returned were
Manager and First Baseman Dwyer,
Catcher Korner and Third Basemah
! Niehoff.
Jack Cheshire. once a great pitcher.
has been turned back TO the High
landers by the Boston American League
Club, and will probably retire frout
baseball to confine his attention to tho
lumber business in Conway, Mass.
Bob Macdaniel died last night. Bob.
though 70 years of age. was an insep-
arabic companion of all the older Ath-
letic players since he vas a boy OF IS
The loss of a loyal and c%ongenial friend
and enthusiastic follower will be SIN
cerely felt by Socks Seybold, Topsy
Hartsel. Chief Bender. Eddie Planiz
and the other Athletics of the older
time. These players, with the late Doc
Powers and others boarded for years
with Bob's father, Charlie Macdaniei.
who died a few months ago.