The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-06
Thirty-four Managers Meet
in This City and Perfect
Organization to Protect
Their Teams.
USE BOOKING SYSTEM
Records Kept in Each City
Intended to Eliminate Slow
Mines Asking Dates in Cir
cult.

Thirty-four managers and represen-
tatives of semi-pro baseball clubs OF
this and surrounding states met at
the Commercial club rooms yesterday
afternoon to complete organization OF
a booking and protective association
for the benefit of teams in this section
of the country.
Although no formal organization
was effected, the plan promises to be
the biggest thing that has ever been
attempted in semi-pro ranks OF the
state. The organization is the out
growth of the attempt of travelling
teams of the larger cities to boost the
prices for games. AS these teams are
asking twice the sum asked in other
years the semi-pro mines saw that an
organization to combat the trust
was necessary.
Eliminates Poor Teams.
The circuit of teams will have an
other good result; that of eliminating
the possibility of poor teams being
booked for a home game. Formerly
when a club booked a game with an
Sther nine, the calibre OF the latter
was often misrepresented. With TINS
circuit, however, this will be done
away with as each team OF the circuit
will keep the record Of all teams that
have been played. In this way team
that desires a date with some fast ag
creation can refer to member OF
the circuit for information on the cal
ibre Of the team to be played.
BY this organization travelling
teams will have to come to city OF
the circuit for the same price as In
other years. If the teams that have
raised their rates do not care to come
to terms with the managers OF the CIR
cult teams of the protective assocla
ton cannot secure other dates, the
plan is to play games between the
members Of the circuit. In this way
the trust" will be forced to come To
terms or do without dates.
Optimism over the prospects OF the
new circuit we're expressed on every
side at the meeting yesterday and the
success Of the league is assured. Man
ayers Of teams, represented at yester
DAYS meeting, were called on for an
expression Of their sentiment. ex
pressed themselves as strongly In IA
vor of the organization. Managers
that were not able to be present nave
sent their views on the question and
the opinion of the majority OF the
men that have been heard from Is tnat
the organization should be continued
throughout tnc cuIl Q SOoi'
Twelve Register.
The principal teams that were rep
, resented at the meeting and register
ed for booking dates are as follows
Muncie, Ind, Hugh Cunningham
1901 East Seventh street.
Hamilton, O., Harry L. Page, 55l
Heaton street.
Newcastle, Ind, r. W. Harding.
Connersville, Ind, Jack Remington
Indianapolis Reserves, Andy Rhine
hart, q Kentucky avenue.
College Hill, Cincinnati. H. w
Bauer, Second National bank.
Dayton Lily Brews, Oscar Franks
! 40 West Third street.
Cincinnati Shamrocks, Joe Smith
| Brendemours, Cincinnati.
ST. Mary's Cadets, Dayton, All Cess
| Ter, IS East Fifth street.
Blue Licks, Cincinnati n. Field
! w1sch, 1908 Linn street.
GreenviIle. O., Floyd Fowgle.
Winchester, Ind, H. o. Carroll
Beside these mines many other anna
teur aggregations of this and sur
rounding cities were represented Al
the meeting. The Richmond club was
represented by Harry Patti, George
Reid, Charles Eubanks. L. M. Shaw
George Brehm, J. Steinkamp and
George Brushef.