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Class ^ky_lTJ_ Book M rA GsyriglitW. COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT. APRll-a903 PRICE 10 CENTS IP Official Guide X > of the National Association^ >/^ Professional^ \ Baseball . #^^. Leagues/; 1903 3,r 'Edited by T.H.MURNANE — — PUBLISHED PRICE MONTHLY SPALDING ATHLETIC LIBRARY TEN CENTS No. 12 — Association Foot Ball. Contains No. 102 Ground Tmnl'ling. Any boy b valuableinformation, diagrams of play and rules. reading this book and following the instruction illustrations which are photographed froi No. l^.—Ho-iu to Play Hand Ball. By M. W. and Deshong, the well known American authority. life, can become a proficient tumbler. No. 14 Curling. Rules and regulations. No. 104 Gradins: of Gymnastic Exercise By G. M. Martin, Physical Director of the Y. ^. No. \<o—Ho%v to Become a Skater. By G. D. C.A.of Youngstown,Ohio. Should be in the ham Phillips, for years the American champion. of every Y. M. C. A. physical director, schools Contains chapter for boys and advice for begin, college, club, etc. The standard publication. ners. Figure skating thoroughly explained. No. llS^Zrt7i'« Hockey^ Tether Ball., Sgu ash No. 20—Ho7v to Play Cricket. A complete Ball and Croquet. Contains the rules book, with illustrations showing every position. Golf foi each gam^wiU^iagrams ; illustrated. No. 23 Canoeing. Paddling, sailing, cruising and racing, with hints on rig and management. No. Vit^^^^^^kto Become a Gymnast , Any boy who^^^^Hts a gymnasium or who has . No. 27— College A thletics. M . horlzonta^^^pF parallel bars at his command C. Murphy, America's foremost with a little^ractice can become proficient. athletic trainer, now with Yale, No. 126— /<r^ Hockey and Ice Polo. Writtc is the author, and it was written by the most famous player in America, A. Fa especiallj' for the schoolboy and rell, of the Shamrock team. Complete descrij college man. tion of games, points of a good player, rules. No. 2S)— Pulley Weights. By Dr. Henry S. No. XTt—Sivimming. By Dr. VV. Anderson. In conjunction with a chest ma- C. Douglas, New York A. C, one chine, any one can become perfectly developed. of America's most famous amateur No. 30—f/o-u' to Play Lacrosse. By W. H . Cor- champion swimmers and water polo of play. bett. Rules of the game and diagrams players. This book makes it easy No. Z1— Practical Ball Playing. By Arthur for any one to become a swimmer. of America's best ball Irwin, for years one No. \m-Hoiv to Row. By E. J- players. It contains interesting articles on in- Giannini, N. Y. A. C, ons of America's be: dividual and team work, essentials of a good known amateur oarsmen and champions. batsman, with instructive hints to the players. No. 129— ;r<r/^r Polo. By Gus Sundstrom, th- No. 37—All Around Athletics. Gives in full veteran instructor of the New York Athleiii the method of scoring the All Around Cham- Club. Water polo has taken a very strong hoK pionships, giving percentage tables showitig in America during the past few years. 'J'his bool what each man receives for each performance in is the most practical ever published on the game each of the ten events. It contains instructive No. 135—fi^/tm/ Handlwok of the A. A. if articles on how to train, and a complete list of of the United States. The A. A. U. is the g(.\ all the all-around champions. erning body of athletics in the United State- No. Wi—La%vn Boivls. The ancient English and all games must be held under its rule game fully described by Henry Chadwick. which are exclusively published in this book. No. \'d—Archery. An introductory chapter No. \3G—Official V. M. C. A. Handbook on the use of the bow and arrow; archery of Edited by G. T. Hepbron, the well-known at!' the present day; with practical illustrations. letic authority. Contains ofTicial Y. M. C. A athletic rules, records, scoring tables, etc. No. h^— Official Sporting Rules Contains rules for government of many sports not found No. \?,%— Croquet Guide. By reading tli" in other publications: wrestling, cross-conntry book anyone can become a good player. running, shuffleboard, skating, snowshoeing, No. 140 Wrestling. Catch as catch can styl professional racing, racquets, pigeon flying, dog Illustrated. All the different holds. Anyboc racing, quoits, potato racing, pistol shooting. can, with little effort, learn every one of the No. m—Tech7iical Terms of Base Ball. Com- No. \\\—Basket Ballfor Women. Edited piled by Henry Chadwick, the " Father of Base Miss Senda Berenson of Smith College. C( Ball." It is one of the most useful and instruc- tains valuable information, special articles, o tive works ever issued by the veteran writer. cial rules, and photos of teams of leading v No. ^7—Athletic Primer. Ed- men's colleges and high schools. ited by J. E. Sullivan. Tells 'Traifiing Simplified. V how to organize an athletic club, No. \^1—Physical the well-known physic how to construct an athletic field Prof. E. B. Warman, pra and track, how to conduct an culture expert, is a complete, thorough and athletic meeting, with a special tical book where the whole man is considered required. article on training. Fully illustrated. brain and body. No apparatus Numbers omitted on above list have been renumbered and brought up to date. AMERICAN SPORTS PUBLISHING CO, '* ""n'eVvSric'"^' See inside page of bacli cover for continuation of list Official Qifide *K T H L national JI$$ociation of Professional Base Ball Ceagues u^i EDI r K I) H Y T. H. nURNANE 903 PUBLISHED BY A. G. SPALDING & BROS THt LIBRARY OF CON(>h£.SS. Two Copies Received WAY 7 1903 CLASS ^OL XXc. No. COPY B. Copyright, 1903 BY J. .H. FARRELL PREFACE We herewith present the second annual issue of the Official National Association Base Ball Guide, to the base ball pub- lic, particularly these interested in the welfare of the minor leagues. This guide is intended to cover all the principal features of the older guides, with a minor league flavor, and exempt from the table of figures usually found in such books. We are satisfied to let the Minor League Guide for 1903 speak for itself. p. T. POWERS PRESIDENT EASTERN LEAGUE AND PRESIDENT NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OE PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL LEAGUES m:^wm^w¥wv^ii THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SEASON OF 1902 For the first time. 1902 saw the minor leagues banded together for self-protection, and pass through the most successful season known to base ball. The National Association formed at Chicago in the fall of 1901 developed into a most important base ball organization, comprising thirteeen of the fifteen minor organizations of the entire country. The American Association and California Leagues remained outside the breastworks, caused by a misun- derstanding with the Western League on the part of the Associ- ation, and the spirit of independence on the part of the Cali- fornia League, who have been ever slow to appreciate the bene- fits of organized ball. The American Association saw the result of continual fighting and made the path clear for a meeting of their opponents and a final settlement of the trouble was consummated at the close of the season, leaving but one league outside the fold in 1903. During the first year the National Board decided seventy-four disputes between clubs over players without a protest, with the exception of the uncalled for action of Manager Frank of the Memphis club and :he officers of that club, who stood ready to knife the Southern League and organized base ball over a just decision in the St. Vrain case. This player belonged to Tacoma of the Pacific Northwest League and was so awarded. Manager Charles Frank persisted in playing the man after due notice from Secretary Farrell of the board's decision. President Nicklin of the Southern League found that he could not force law and resigned. New Orleans, Little Rock and other clubs, with the future welfare of the game at heart, refused to play with St. Vrain in the game. Memphis then resorted to the courts, and brought suits against the league. It looked like a fight to a finish when, at the annual meeting in New York. Manager Frank was expelled and the Memphis club suspended, H. FARRELL Ill J. •I . _ /PRESIDENT NEW YORK LEAGUE AND 'SECRETARY f'„ NATIONAL ftSSOCIATlON OF PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL LEAGUES lll^ subject to the action of Judge Kavanaugh of Little Rock, who was elected to take Nicklin's place and right the bad mess that Memphis was getting the league into. Charles Frank, of Memphis, Newton Fisher, of Nashville, backed up by a wealthy man from Memphis, made an effort to organize an outlaw league to parallel the Southern League, and would no doubt have succeeded in starting the new enterprise, had they been successful in forming an alliance with the Am- erican Association. A move of this kind meant a heavy loss for both leagues, and eventually the death blow to base ball in the South for many years to come. President Thomas Hickcy of the American Association did some good missionary work at Memphis, and later Judge Kavanaugh was able to bring the fighting Memphis magnates into line. Charles Frank was reinstated by the Board at the request of Judge Kavanaugh, and the impending w\ar was called off. placing base ball once more in a prosperous attitude in the South, when the sport has the most ardent admirers of any sec- tion of the land. While the American Association was ever ready to join the minor leagues.