New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-09
Limit of Players for Each
Club Set at Twenty
one.
CUT DOWN TIME
OF TRAINING, TOO
James Gaffney Takes the Place
of Thomas on the Board
of Directors.

Economy is to be the watchword Of
the National League next season, for
at the annual meeting OK the league,
which began yesterday, the limit Of
players for each club was set at TWEEN
ty-one The limit will go into force
on May /, and extend to September
/. In previous seasons the limit was
twenty-five, and last year there was
then was TO keep the players away
from the Feds, and many clubs carried
as many as thirty-five men.
Harry n. Hampstead, owner of the
Giants, fought hard yesterday TO have
a more liberal limit placed upon play
ers, but he was defeated. The Giants
have more than fifty men under con-
tract, and McGraw will need scythe,
rather than an axe, to get within the
limit in time.
Another move toward economy was
embodied in a resolution that no club
should report at its training camp be-
fore March /. In times past there was
no date, and many a club started for
the South in the middle of February.
The resolution, as interpreted by most
of the magnates, does not cover the
/ case Of one or two players going to
/ Hot Springs, or some such resort, to
/ get into condition before the opening
B of the season.
The League expressed its dsapproval
! of transforming trips at the end of the
regular season, but no action was taken
| in this matter, except to refer it to a
committee which should frame proper
/ legislation. Before the meeting of the
/ league the board Of directors convened
/ and awarded the 1914 pennant to the
Boston Braves. This motion was passed
without a dissenting vote.
The first business before the league
was an election of directors. Barney
Dreyfuss, Charles II. Ebbets, August
Hermann and Harry n. Hampstead
were returned to Office, but James +
/ Gaffney was elected in place of Charles
T Thomas, president of the Chicago club
The representatives at the meeting
we're as follows: Boston-James +
Gafney. Robert II. Davis. John c
Toole, Herman Nickerson. Brooklyn
/ Charles II. Ebbets, Edward McKeever
! Stephen McKeever Chicago-Charle'
II. Thomas and Harry Ackerland. Gin
cinnati-August Hermann, Harry Ste
pbens. John Cogan. New York-Harry
/ \. Hampstead, Ashley Lloyd, John B
Foster and c. J. Sullivan. Philadelphia
William s. Baker and c. l.. Ruch
Pittsburg- Barney Dreyfuss. st. Louis
Schuyler Britton and Mrs. Schuyler
Britton. The league will meet again
this afternoon.
The National Commission met last
night, but refused to divulge the bust
ness which it considered.
/ Hiram T. Brewer, Of "The New Yorl
| Herald" has been appointed baseball
secretary to r. b. Ward, vice presiden'
Of the Federal League. Mr.. Brewer II
ono of the best known baseball writer:
| in the East.
Tom Clarke. Of Corona. is a Cincin
matt hold-out, and so is Leon Ames
C. arlie Herzog, manager OF the team
is also unsigned.
John X. Tener, president OF the Ma
tiopal League, in his address 20 tn,
members i'm opening the meeting, com
mented enthusiastically on the status oil
the game in spite OF handicaps.
Governor Tener said;
TO any stuuehl VI &c tii"eS' :" 90
10 any of US, it was apparent one year
agJ that conditions, even then, did no
warrant an optimistic view Of peaceful
international relationships, Of goot
business, or a successful season in out
d or sports, particularly baseball, bu
rather the reverse, and, generally
speaking, this has been the experience
during the year Of 1914.
Notwithstanding these unnatural
conditions, however. and beset on every
hand with difficulties unforeseen and