New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-10
Owner of Giants Puts =,
to Cherished Dream q
Ed. Barrow.
QUOTES Precedent
IN HIS DEFHNc
National League MoguIs Dee.
to Stick to Twenty.ou.
Player Limit.
BY HAYWOOD BROIy

f"i INC present. az least, New u.
will have TO get along with a.
baseball than is furnished !,
Giants the Yankees, the Superb,, !
the Tip Tops. The National l..
at its session yesterday turned ~
the request of Edward G. Barn, |.
permission to put an Interr,s.
League team in The Bronx.
The assembled owners did nae =
take the trouble to vote on Il. ,,,.
sition, but the plan was killed IN.
effectively as il il were bur,s -,
ballots, for no sooner had n, L..
Of Mr.. Barrow been read than D..
y. Hampstead, owner Of the c,,...
entered a protest against any ir,,,..
Of mis- territory. Mr.. Hemps..h !,
planned after the meeting th.t.
standing for q principe as rsa
anything else.
at isn't a question Of vks.I.,
team in The Bronx would draw 40
away from the Polo Grourds- 49,
"but IL is decidedly q question :.
tsblishing a dangerous preesds,t Y.
have put all our capital into orn,,,'
baseball end our only GUARANTEES : 4.
protection OF our territory. n
territory is not inviolate we have ,ss
ing. The question has come up ~,
in other major league cities and " A.
simply taking the same attitude 81
others have taken. You may rensr.r
that Mr.. Ebbets would no. ola,
minor league club to be put into L.,
Island City, and that Barney Dry,s
refused to permit the placing osuh
ternational League team In Pa
burgh."
Other National League owner o
pressed themselves as being VA.
heartedly behind Mr.. Hampstead ia /,
stand, and the matter will not con.
again, as the opposition Of the os,r
of the Giants is in itself snoux. |
kill the plan.
Edward G. Barrow was plainly u.
at the collapse of the scheme whict ! |
has been carefully preparing .oi al
little time. "The National League a.
made a big mistake" said Barrow II
have always been loyal to ornra.
baseball, but | don't think we are n.
ting q fair deal in this case. The y.
tional League owners say that Q "a.
In The Bronx would not be q sgeua
but | don't see why that should vsr
them. II would be our lou n
theirs"
The National League will stick % {,
twenty-one player limit. In fact 4,
rule was made q part Of the eonitn-
tion by the vote OF the assembled sr,
ers yesterday. Harry n. HempsAi
and August Hermann we're the mi
ones to oppose its passage. One e.
cession was made in favor Of the Nr|
York club. The meeting ruled .hs. d
playing manager should count q W
OF the twenty-one, while bench nss
ger should not.
A playing manager was defined a|
zone who participates in a ehsmpis,
ship game" A single appearances 81
the bat, in the field or on the bssss :
enough TO change q manager me
bench to player class. II, therefor
the lust Of battle suddenly comes o1s
any bench manager next season duns
J the course Of a close game be nus
first release one of his twenty-sa
hired men before advancing to ~
plate to hammer out pinch bit
On account Of the new rule, u .
probable that Wil5ert Robinson W
not get into the lineup 10 run Tor saI'
bod next season.
Mr.. Hampstead, although an e5ft
nent OF the rule, seemed 20 be rsecs'
ciled to it at the end Of the mesuit
1--WE should like to have larger linliI
sal the owner of the Giants, and y
makes il difficult for US 10 dispose y
all our young players, but | que"
can stand it If the rest can. Va W
other hand, Jim Gafney was snse
supporter of the rule. The man sios
team won a worlds championship w
three pitchers said that tws.VS"
players was ample for any club
The delegates at the meeting ven,
Harry n. Hampstead, c. J. Sulllysa W
John B. Foster, New York; oar',l
Dreyfus, Pittsburgh; MIR. and MIS- ..
Schuyler, st. Louis; William ban
Philadelphia: c. II. Thomas, Chlcss,
August Hermann and Harry stepn'Iss
Cincinnati; James E. Gahney, yons !.
Toole and Robert II. Davis, bos.o.,
Charles II. Ebbets. Edward Mckee"
and Stephen W. McKesver, Bro0'''
The rule providing that no team So.
report for training before Maren -. -.
not discussed yesterday, out -
Hevdler, secretary Of the Nsti0.,.
League, said that It stu STOW -
would be enforced.
Before tn. meeting Of the lesgus -
board of directors met and the io'lo,
ing umpires were appointed ier ~, m.
season: William KLEIN, oberI hn n'...
Nal Eason. William Byron, L Z. WE
ley, Al Orth, William Hart and oe',s'
Cockill. Charles Rigle. has nos y,
signed a contract, but IL is undef,,.' 49,,
that he will be added IN the us. c ~
later. Hank o'Day, late OF the 80
cid not make an application 10 gu -
old job back.
The league will meet to-day 20 - ~,
its schedule and possibly TO pass ~,
the application Of the Class A. I'D -
for exemption from draft. ms "
ject did not come up Yesterday.
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