Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-09
NATIONAL LEAGUE
MACNATEs ASSEMBLE
Every Club Represented in Meeting
at Hotel Waldorf, New York.
Several Rules Adopted.
TENER READS HIS MESSAGE
Pennant Awarded to Boston Braves.
Action on Federal League Raids
and Methods to Stop Them Not
Made Public.

NEW YORK, December Sat a late
hour tonight the national commission
OF organized baseball Is In secret ses-
sion at the Waldorf, dcvising ways and
means OF successfully combating tho
opposition of the Federal League
There is possibility that on adjourn
ment the commission will announce
greater probability that 1t will adhere
to a policy of utter silence.
The same reticence with Regard to
mind marked the sessions in the after
noon of the board of directors and club
owners of the National League. The
former body held Derfunctory meet
ing, at which 1t adopted the treasurers
report and formally awarded the 1914
remnant to the Boston Braves; Then it
club owners got into action.
Every Club Represented.
at this ;, meeting so the clubs were
Boston Braves-J. l.. Gaffncy, Herman
Sickerson, r. H. Dnyis. John c. Toole
II Kesstts d HSaEo
Charles H. Thomas. Harry Acker-
land ], clngin inn, IA; Hergmann, Harry
Lloyd, c. ]. Sullivan. Philadelphia-W.
II. Baker. c. L, Ruck. Pittsburgh-
Barney Drey Irs st. boinisschaEler
BY the time these owners got through
n two-hour session they had reached
several minor decisions and one of
more Importance than all the rest put
This was the adoption of n rule low
ering the limit on the number of play
ers each team may carry on it's pay
roll and lengthcning the time during
which such limit is effective. Until last
season, when the rule limiting players
was suspended, the rule had been that,
from May r to August 90. no National
League team. might carry more than
twenty five PLAYERS on its payroll The
shall begin on May l, 1915, and extend
until September /. and that between
those dates no team shall carry more
This rule will work hardship on
two Interested classes. the players
themselves and the. rich teams. which
can afford to carry large payrolls from
the start to the close of every season. In
this classification the New York Giants
easily lead But the rule Tul. will be of
clubs, and 1t was on their behalf that
the new. rule was passed,
The club owners also adopted rule
providing that no team may report to
training quarters before March 1. This
rule seems to be pretty much OF q
joke, even to the magnates: and Sec
less would not interfere with the time
honored practice of allowing battery
men a little longer time to. get into
training than Is required by the other
Tinker Cnsc Not Reached.
II had been expected that the famous
Tinker case, in which c. II. Ebbets
Is attempting 60 get back $4,000 from
Garry Hermann. paid as part of the
purchase price of Joe Tinker. would
be taken up, but the magnates didn't
get around to 1t. They did find time,
however, to elect n new board of di-
rectors.
The new board OF directors is the
same as last years board. with the
exception of Charles ii. Thomas, presi-
dent of the Cubs. Mr.. Thomas was
voted off the hoard and J. E. Gaffncy,
president OF the Braves, was given
his seat.
The club officers also decided that
transforming trips are bad--that Is,
transforming trips which follow the
close OF the regular playing season
This subject was referred to the COM
mittee on the constitution, with orders
to attempt to reach an agreement with
the American League. by which such
away with.
The sporting writer's were handed
one concession in the announcement
that President Tener had been In
way in which the umpIres could be-
persuaded to send to the press box at
the start OF each game an OFFICIALLY
attested line-up OF both teams. The
concensus OF opinion was that IL Press
ident Tener took this up diplomnticaliy
no might be able to persuade the UNI