New-York tribune., 1919-12-09
Syracuse Gets
Franchise of
Newark Club
New International Increases
Player and Salary Linn
its for Coming Season

The New international League will
do business on a more expansive as
we'll as more expensive policy next
season. This was decided upon at the
annual meeting at the Imperial Hotel
yeste rday. G.. T. Chaplin, Of Rochester;
J. J. Lannin, Buffalo; J. H. McCaffery
and l.. Solman, Toronto; Joseph Dun
fee and E. j. Landgraf, Syracuse: J.
T. Moore and j. Schoelenberg, Read
ing; Jack Dunn and c. H. Knapp. Bal
timore; F. w. Doyle and Charles C.
Skelley, Akron, and J. c. Moran and
j.. J. Price, Jersey City, were present.
In keeping with the unprecedented
boom in sports the directors of the
league decided that restrictions in re-
gard to player limit salaries. etc,
should be lifted entirely. or at least
raised so that better brand of ball
could be produced. The members aim
to put the league on higher plane
than it ever has operated before With
the player limit from sixteen to nine
teen. including player manager, and
TO make the salary limit $4,000 a
year instead Of $500.
1t was voted to transfer the Newark
franchise to Syracuse. The grounds
at Syracuse next year will be located
at Genesee, situated at the turnpike
and the Boulevard, about a mile from
the city. Dunfee is going to build a
general amusement park on this spot
to cost $4,000, and it is felt that a
baseball club can successfully be op-
Grated there under such conditions.
Syracuse Back in League
Syracuse was a member of the league
in 1918, which was poor year for
most minor league ball clubs. New
ark, however, supported it's team
poorly last season and it is felt that
Syracuse will be big improvement
on the Jersey town.
David L. Fultz, who acted as prssi-
dent CT the league the past year, was
unanimously chosen as president,
secretary and treasurer Of the organi-
zation for another year. Under
Fultz's direction things progressed
mer defender of the down -trodden ball
player is expected to prove even big
ger success this year.
The season of 1920 will start on
April Fl and will close on September
20. A schedule of 1874 games will be
arranged to be PLAYED in five months
The league formally awarded the pen
nant to Baltimore at yesterdays meet
. ing. 1t also confirmed the action of
the national board regarding the play
ers of the Binrhamton club. Presi-
dent Fultz was of the opinion that the
players should have been turned over
with the club to Akron, but the ma
tional board ruled at the Springfield.
Mass, meeting that they were free
agents.
President McCaffrey of the Toronto
club had already signed up two the
players and refused to part with them
compromise was finally agreed upon,
in which Frank J. O'Rourke, a short
were sold by the Akron club to
Toronto. The Akron deal is definitely
settled and the Ohio city will make
its first appearance in the league next
season.
Three Players Sold
Three players have been held in
trust for the creditors of the 1918
Syracuse club They are Dean Barn
'hardt, who played with the Reading
team last season, and was formally
purchased by Reading at Yesterdays
meeting; Patrick Shea, a pitcher of
the NewarN club, who was sold to
Toronto. and Bob Davis, an intielder
of the Newark club. who was sold to
Syracuse. The money paid will be used
to pay off the creditors.
Hugh Duffy, former big league star,
also former manager of the Portland
Me.) Club, and former coach OF the
Harvard University baseball team, has
been signed to manage the Toronto
team next year. Duffy takes the place
OF George Gibson, who is to succeed
Hugo Bezdek as manager of the Pitts
burgh National League team. Bezdek
is going to remain with Penn State
College as director of athletics
The plan of Dun 'ec and Landgraf to
run the Syracuse Club in connection
with general amusement park is not
new one. Many other promoters have