Evening journal., 1913-03-03
NO TRI-STATE
MEETING TODAY
President Carpenter Is Wait
ing to See What Chester
Club Does
NO CHANCE FOR
BILLTOWN ON CIRCUIT

The meeting Of the Tri-State
League scheduled for Harrisburg to-
day has been indefinitely postponed.
likewise the adoption OF the schedule
for the season This information
came from Thomas NJ Brown Will
mlngtons popular representative in
the Tri-stae on Saturday. following
a letter from President Carpenter
The entire matter rests in the await
ed decision of the Chester club. which
is on the top rail of the fence and
liable to drop either way at any time
The schedule already drafted in
cludes dates for Chester. and II that
schedule we're adopted and soon af-
terwards Chester were 20 drop out
Of the league, the league meeting and
work would be for naught President
Carpenter h therefore waiting to
see what the Chester owners will do
i'm the matter before a league meeting
is called Il is expected that by that
time the fate of the Reading club will
be settled too. and a meeting can be
held that will amount to something.
A letter was received from Presi-
dent Carpenter by Mr.. Brown and in
10 he did not even mention the pro
posed meeting. much less issue a call
for one Monday. The schedule meet
ing is sure to be held within the next
two weeks, and probably not until
the end of that time, all depending
upon the steps taken by Chester.
Apparently the Chester Williams
81. .tr.r.
more being heard Of IL from either
end. Whether the Wiliiamsport sup
porters who wanted the game there
could not raise the price asked, $1,000.
or Billtown is too far away for the
Tri-State circuit keeping them from
taking the Chester franchise to that
town is not known, but the reason
is doubtless one or both Of those.
Nothing has been heard from any of
the New Jersey cities either but there
is still chance of Paterson or New
Brunswick stealing into the league
Despite the Chester-Reading sltua-
ton Mr.. Carpenter is pleased with
the outlook and predicts prosperous
season for all the clubs. He says that
the teams that will compose the
league this year are hetter punched
than last year and clubs will save a
great deal OF money which went in
car fares last year He says that the
new salary limit will not he a handi-
cap in securing good, young players
and that all the managers are conf
dent that they will have better teams
than last season. This activity has
had its effect on some of the old fel.
lows, and they are getting just a tri
fie anxious and when the bell rings
starting the season the majority o
them will be back In the game. There
viii be some that will be missing, bu
they will pass from the leagu
through trades or sales.
All the club managers are satishe
with the umplres that President Car
penter has selected for the 1913 sea
son. Tom Walker will be back oi
the circuit and is one of the mel
lined up. The other two are ney
ones and of them is Pat Crisham
a former Altoona first baseman ant
for several seasons with Syracuse
The third man Is Patrick Cravin, o
Williamsport, Dauphin county. ant
said to be a big husky coal miner VIII
has done good work officiating In in
dependent games.
Harrisburg, Allentown. Wilmington
York, Reading, Trenton and Atlanta
City are showing much activity II
the effort TO round up players, AM
there have been a number of men al
ready signed up.