The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1910-02-11
Directors of Blue Grass League
Meet.

President w. &. Ussery, of this city,
called to order the meeting of the
directors of the Blue Grass League in
the parl, rs of the Elks building. this
city, Oh Wednesday, at ! o'clock p. m.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved. There were
twenty directors in attendance. the
following doing the voting in the pro-
ceedings: jeff Stewart, of Winches-
ter, Tommy Sheets. of Lexington, A.
B. Blanton, of Frankfort, j. E. Bald
win, of Shelbyvilie, ]. j. Greenleaf.
ef Richmond, and j. w. Bacon, of
Paris.
1t was from the start.that the di.
rectOrS meant TO transact business
while here and at once took up the i'm
portant matters they were called here
to settle.
cashier c. K. Thomas, of the De-
posit Bank, was elected treasurer of
the league.
An increase of ten games were added
to the playing schedule of the 1910
season in the Blue Grass League, MAX
ing the total number of games to be
played by each club 100. The season
will begin Thursday. May 5, and close
on Tuesday, September 20.
| Tbe schedule as submitted is to be
revised in order that all possible fric-
ton with fair dates may be reduced to
the minimum and is in the hands of
special committee which will report at
a meeting Of the league to be held in
Lexington within the next two weeks.
| A motion was made and seconded
that the salary limit be raised to 81, 900
which was defeated by vote of 4 to 2.
The salary limit, which last year
was effective May 10, was EXTENDED
It'll June /. President Ussery, by
unanimous vote. was empowered to.
settle all protested or forfeited games,
subject however to an appeal to the
league directors.
BY unanimous action retiring presi-
dent George i. Hammond, of Lexing
| ton, was given pass to all games in
the league with grandstand privileges.
!, Representatives from three different
baseball supply houses were present
and submitted bids for balls and sup
plies for the season.
! The league accepted the bid of the
| Sutcliffe company, of Louisville and
officially approved the A. j. Reach
ball which will DO used in all scheduled
and exhibition games.
| The lineup of the teams for the
opening games, while not officially sc-
copied. probably will be: Winchester
with Richmond, Paris with Lexington
and Shelbyville with Frankfort.
| The meeting of Wednesday was in
great contrast to that of last year
when less than dozen representative
base ball men were present. Twenty
two plates were laid at an elegant din
ner at the Windsor Hotel the visitors
being guests of the Paris Base Bali
Club.
NOTES.
| President Ussery stated that he had
reports from all towns in the league
and that the outlook for the coming
season was fiattering. Every CLUB, in
sumo manner or other. he said, would
make improvements. at their respective
| bail parks, and that unusual efforts
were being made by officers and mana
gers to strengthen the teams, and that
q noticeable feature of the opening
games would be the large number of
new players that would be seen in
action.
Winchester was repi esented by Sec
retaryJeff Stewart and Business Mana
ger II. H Phillips Frankfort by Presi-
dent A. B. Blanton. +. q. Stagg and
w. H. Posey Lexington by Tommy
Sheets and Hogan Yancy; Shelbyville
by j. e. Baldwin /; Richmond by Presi-
dent j. j. Green;eaf and Directors T..
&c. Stockton, A. G. Scanlon and J. H.
Dean, and Paris by w. Bacon. L. +.
Moore, Pearee Patton and William
Shire.
| President Baldwin,, of the ShelbyvilIe
club, stated that Manager Anton Kuhn
was in full contro. as manager and
owner of the tea and that the alb
sence of the latter from the meeting
was due to the fact that he was scout
ing around the circuit and would line
up q lot of players when the season
opened that would make someone sit
up and take notice.
President Blanton, of the Frank fort
team, said that, with practically new
management. they were marshaliing an
organization that would make the fur
fly when play was called, and that he
felt it his duty to notify fans to be on
the lookout for the Frankfort special
as it was headed for 'Pennantville.
Tommy Sheets was of course enthu-
siastic about bis bunch of Colts and
said: They rae cutting all sorts of
shines and will be soon put into train
ing Off the opening start, which will
be hummer.
Stewart and Phillips have lest none
of their confidence in the HustIers and
were apparently much pleased with
the way things looked to them.
j. w. Bacon, the modest little Presi-
dentsof the Bourbonites, of course, had
to chip in with a few words. He said
that while the Bour bonites were poor
starters they were strong finishers.
and they were going to introduce sew
erai stars this season that would play
bail from start to finish and expected
to finish near the top round of the lad
der