Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-25
UMPIRE QUESTION
HANGS IN BALANCE
Philadelphia Association Waivers
on Method Of Selecting Ar
biters for Baseball Games
NAME BOARD OF GOVERNORS

The Philadelphia Baseball Associa-
tion convened nj the Hotel Walton last
night with fortythrcc Of the fifty five
clubs in the organization in attendance.
\ second vice president in the person
Of Luke Keoeh. of the Nativity
Catholic Club wNs elected and a Board
of Governors. consisting OF six man
ocers. three for two years and the others
for a period of one year. was named.
TIL" bylaws were adopted with the
exception of ono section. and owing to
the oxtrem" latcncss Of tho hour IT
was past mdnght--and the fact that
it loomed as one of the most important
questions to be decdcd--thc subject
was laid over until the next meeting.
Tho question is the matter Of assign
ing umpircs for the games. President
Donovan and the Board Of Governors
will thrash the subject or, at their
first meeting on Monday evening ut the
Hotel Walton. and will report back
on the matter later. 4 number Of man.
ayers dislike the idea Of assigning um.
pirca from central headquarters
There are many angles to tho situa .
tion and at present the sentiment among
the managers Is to allow each club to
name its officials. as has always been
the custom. This will not be done,
however. until It has been definitely
the officials has been found inadvs-
able.
Make.Up Of Board
When it came time to elect a board
of governors considerable talk was split
regarding whether managers should
compose the board. Jack Hines led the
opposition, and when the vote was taken
Hines had two on his side and thirty
six against him. lie decided to make ii
unanimous.
Six were chosen. the three with I'll,
highest nurib"r of votes to act for three
wears. and the others for one year
Hereafter they will be elected for two
Years, which gives three new men eacl
season.
Bill Gleason. Of North PhiIs. led wit!
%. Then cam" Eddie Gottlieb. Sphas
-; Art Summers. ALI Americans. ~
EG BoIdcn. IIilldalc. ~ Jim Bonner
Shnnnhan, II: J. McClanaghnn
Flci>hor. 20 Eight other candidate,
were in the field. Dave I;cnniS of Ger
mantown. polling the highest of th,
unsuccessful ones with IS.
Initiation Fec S25
The Initiation fec was placed Mt So.
and met universal approval. There were
'cv"ral questions as to how il would l.,
paid. and HS til" teams have q year !,
come across after this season, Presidcn
Donovan predicted little trouble. an,
advised getting out the dime snvin
bank If necessary. The association doe
not wish TO hamper the smaller team.
in the city. and wants to lcgis,atn $,
as all can join. 1t is not the intcntio,
TO formulate laws barring smaller club:
but to work on code Of honor.
The bylaws called for governmcn
under the National League rules. Th;
was shown 10 be inadvisnble. as the
conflict with those of the American
especially regarding the inficld fly. BE
for" il was agreed to leave it up to tn
managers one representative Wante,! {
know If il was possible 10 play Nationn
l.eag!" rules with American I.cagu
ball. ii" was voted the l'athcr lnyUu
Phil ilagg"rty made n l,ca il bcha,
of the payer. urging that they shout
be protected regarding contracts. Til
was shown to b" matter bctw,c
player and manager and nothing dealin
With tho business OF the aSSociatio
llagg"rty said he never releases II ma
Un h" tries TO get him positio
e CSpwhcrn.
Bill RIdoIph. manager Of the Sout
rmIlicS. announced Il big scoop. lie la
signed Eddie G"rncr. pitcher III;
martiCNlly every club in the city We
bidding for. He also has Iiill Fish /
catcher, and pitchers Ad Swiger Icfl
Black from Stcut"n. md Gailaghr
from Cr'sSona. besides inticldcrs .Jcnn
and Wilsman.