New-York tribune., 1910-02-15
SPORTS OF THE DAY
FINE FOR PHILLIES.
7'7co NezC Men on National
League Umpire STAFF.

Baseball owners baseball managers and
p number Of fans gathered in force at Tue
Waldorf Astoria yesterday in anticipation
/ OF the regular spring meeting OF the Ma
! tional League which will be held to-day to
/ ratify the playing schedule for the coming
/ season. Preliminary to that. the board OF
! directors of the league made up Of John l.
! Brush. New York: Charles w Murphy.
! Chicago: August Hermann, Cincinnati;
! Barney Dreyfuss Pittsburg. and Charles H.
! Ebbets Brooklyn, met yesterday. and. an
! addition TO transacting some routine husl-
/ ness, fined the Philadelphia club S27o 1or
| forfeitng a game to the New york Giants
| late last fall. The William j. Murray case
! was not discussed. inasnuch as Horace fo-
gel the new president of the Philadelphia
! club WAS unable 10 be present 10 state his
| side because of the fact that he was con-
fined 10 his room with the gout.
Murray. the deposed manager of. the
Philadelphia National League club. claims
that his contract, calling for Si.5V0 sea
son. has two more years to run, and thar
the club owes him ST. 500 on last season.
He carried his case TO the national commits
sion. but it was referred back to the board
of directors of the National League for set
tlement Mr. Fogel claims that Murray did
that consequently he must look 10 the old
owners of the club for payment. Murray,
who was at the hotel yesterday waiting to
be called on said that If he failed to get
satisfaction from the board of directors or
the National Commission he would carry
his case to the courts.
On the last day of the season at the Polo
Grounds last year. with Mullen, a new UNI
pire, in control, two or three Philadelphia
players tried to run the game, and when
Knabe. Doolan and Moran refused to go off
the field when ordered Mullen forfeited the
( game 10 the New York club by score of
to 0. Under Section 81 of the National
League constitution the Philadelphia club
/ was open TO a fine not TO exceed $1,000.
! The board of directors fixed il yesterday at
/ $3.50, which the Philadelphia club must now
pay to the New York club. and also fined
I Doolsn s100 in addition to the $50 imposed
! by the umpire on the day of the game last
! fall.
Thomas J. Lynch, the new president Of
the National League announced the ap-
/ pointment OF eight umpires. who will work
! under the double umpire" system. for the
! coming season. The men named were
Henry CEankD ODay. James T. John
stone. Charles Riger. William J. Klein.
Robert Emsiie. Steve \. Kane. Gus Moran
/ and William Brannan
Brannan and Moran are newcomers in the
National League. Rrannan unpired in the
Wisconsin Illinois Leagno last wear and
was highly recommended to Mr. lynch
Moran was barred from the grounds of the
Chicago National League club several wears
ago by James A. Hart. and was released
by the president Of the National League.
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Southern League. where his work was SO
good that MIR Lynch decided to rearnoin+
him on the National League staff. The
Sin other men are old hands and were re-
appointed.
Mr. Lynch announced yesterday that he
would follow the work of his umpires
closely this year, and spend most of his
1i'he travelling over the circuit, if the hope
that there will be less trouble than formerly
between the umpires and the players
None of the owners would commit him
self yesterday the schedule question.
Two schedules will he presented when the
league convenes to-day. one of l6S games
as voted at the annual meeting last Decou7-
ber. and one of f54 games which will he
submitted by Barney Dreyfuss as a min
ority report There appeared TO pc a gen
eral feeling about the hotel that the Ma
fionsl League would rescind its previous
action and adopt the shorter schedule
but nothing of A definite nature could hA
learned.
Stanley Robson. of St Louis is strongly
i'll favor of the longer schedule and said
that he believed 1t would be adopted He
Is depending on MesSrs. Ebbets, Murphy
Brush and Fogel to stand with him Drev-
fuss. Hermann and Dovey. of the Pitts
h11r- In D.
lively. are said TO be in favor of the shorter
schedule
Word came from the West on Saturday
that Murphy had made a deal with August
hermann to vote for the shorter schedule
on the condition that Killing, the hoid-out
catcher OF the Cubs, should be reins:ated,
but Murphy was not disposed to throw any
light on the story vest erday and smiled
broadly when asked to confirm It, as If it
had been manufactured out of whole cloth
John j. McCfraw, manager of the Giants:
Blli Dahlen. Charles Doom and Fred Lake
the new managers of Brooklyn Philadc!-
phia and Boston. respectively. and Roger
Bresnahan. who is trying to build Up a
winning team in st. Louis, were at the
hotel. but no deals were arranged, so far
as could be learned
John king, the hold-out catcher of the
Chicago Cubs, who has applied for rein
! statement to the National Commission, &c
MED in Kansas City yesterday that he would
bring suit for $4,000 against the mem
| bers of the commission if they refused to
act favOrably in his case. He is quoted as
saying. There is absolutely nothing IN the
report"
Charles V. Moran, of Washington, for
merly Of tho Washington and st. Louis
Americans, and the last two seasons with
Scranton, has signed a contract to manage
the EimiTa team OF the New York State
League
James j Jefres closed his theatrical
tour a. Virginia, Mimi, on Sunday even
ing and is now on his way to San Fran
CISCO TO begin hard training for his fight
with Jack johnson on July l.
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