The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-05
BASEBALL men
AWAIT MEETING.
important Conference will Be Held
In New York Next Week

New York. Feb. 5.-The annual
schedule meeting Of the National lea =
que, which will be held in the Wal
dorf- Astoria next Thursday will be
something more than simple get
together and a formal ratltioation ~
the playing program rs drawn by tho
committee.
National and American league club
owners will combine their forces to
fight the Federal league, according 20
information deceived here. What this
form of battle will be cannot be said
at present, but it is thought it will be
directed at the new organization
through the civil courts.
The National league scheduled meet
ing is To- be held i'm Gotham on Feb.
-. 1t was the plan Of the younger
major league to hold its gathering af-
ter the White Sox and Giants return
from their trip around the world, but
this idea was dismissed and it was
decided to have the owners Of Ban
Johnson's league in New York at the
same time that the magnatcs of the
other league are there.
This means that there will be six
teen club owners in Gotham at the
same time and that these men will
assemble at one of tho big hotels there
and decide what should be done to
Illustrate the Federals. Millions of
dollars will be represented when six
teen magnates and the two league
presidents, Tener and Johnson, meet
in this conference.
Consider New Rule.
The joint rules committee of the
two major leagues will assemble At
the same time and attempt to reach
some definite conclusion as to the
method to adopt for the purpose OF
abolishing the Intentional base on
balls. When its recommendation fin
ally is made. it is likely to reveal a
revolutionary change in the game.
II has been decided that there is
no possible way an umpire can deter
mine whether n walk" is intentional
or not Even n mind-reading umpire
who could know absolutely when q
pitcher purposely passed batsman
would be in hot water with the play
crs over decisions along that line. So
il has been determined that all bases
ON balls must he treated alike. de-
spite what the umpire thinks of the
pitchers plans. That the case, how
can the intentional base on balls be
punished? The query seems on the
face of il to be impossible of answer
ing. vet there are a number of sugges-
tions already advanced.
one OF the ideas to be considered is
that the catcher's lines be restricted
| further so that he is forced to stand
directly behind the plate, thereby max
| ing IL impossible for him to get off or
the side and let the hurler pitch out
| But that would not bring the desired
results. il is plain To see. Johnnl
King. the first great player to he I'M
conditionally released in some time
| says that pitcher could either sent
! i'm the hall on the first bound to thu
catcher. or could hit the batter. This
last method is the one he thinks woul'
be used most generally I'm ordel
To hit batter with u good eye" SAYS
King. at would be necessary for thu
pitcher 10 use speed otherwise th'
chuck would he lodged: this would
result in many injuries TO players an'
do more harm To the game than good
In fact it might result in somebod'
being killed or crippled badly king
logic seems soundand should dis
pose of that idea.
Still Another.
still another suggestion is that
one or moro runners he on bases ant
the batter receive base on balls. h
he allowed To continue i'm his turn a
bat and some other player put on tn
bases as runner. without necessitat
ing the departure Of either man fror