Show Coast Directors Will Close Annual Meeting T To t LEAGUE I TRANSACT RAFT OF BUSINESS yo O I ScHed- ScHed Adopt Ewings Ewing's Limit i 4 j r Season Opens April t T ln 3 Closes O Oct Ott it 28 I vi f I The six Pacific Coast Coast league directors T T. Baum made an I with President Allan an all all Afternoon afternoon and A Ii late night se session slon out but even were Unable unable un- un of It yesterday The their deliberations able to to finish trans transacted a raft of business moguls much much Of which brought about lengthy discussions to eat the time Enough of the 1917 schedule was gone the session to determine Into at it the night durat dura- dura opening cuing and closing dates date's and the season Th The season playing t Hon ot of 01 the will w en April 3 and close October S. S. S open Walter r McCredie's Beavers BE are arP stated slated todo todo to todo do the honors here Vernon will open at San Francisco and Oakland is t to U. 0 a. a L at t Los Angeles T tIt It was a decided d to play piny a a. week thirty schedule as in the past The directors went Into session again to complete complete complete com com- at noon today and firmly expect th the schedule by even evening mg Most pi of have made reservations to the visitors ors start for home tonight Cal Ewing yesterday put over his little and the veteran vet vet veteran hobby y on the player limit rule x In order to seep Keep all the I clubs eran Fus Fu's down to a c certain tda salary la and player la limit Ewings Ewing's scheme puts a limit of eighteen lg players on the the mana managers ers and forces them to carry at least four men who have not spent more than one com corn complete complete season in AA or above that class heda The sal salary limit t was not tou touched The opinion seemed to prevail that by the time a manager cuts down to eighteen inen nen with four of them bushers buskers he ne necessarily have to toe be somewhere limit hear ae rea salary N Hear leal a a. reasonable salary limit 1 j Johnny Powers lovers can now now nov bring on his Cubs hubs for the directors decided to mal make e ea a special ruling for lor 1917 which will permit permit per per- mit Coast league clubs to pl play exhibition games with major league teams leams during the spring season providing no club Inthis in inthis inthis this circuit engages in such exhibition games in a league city during the week weel preceding the opening of toe season Johnny Powers has already booked four Saturday and Sunday games with the Cubs Cuba In Los Angeles and Portland ha has spoken for two It is possible that the Bees will also grab a game or two with the 1 The bars were thrown down aown on the training season and under the new rulIng rulIng rul- rul Ing managers can start their season pre-season workouts now if it they care to e Another rule which effects the players was put into force In the Ute future no player who is und under r contract to one of the league clubs cannot play on a barnstorming barn barn- storming trip or with teams outside of the league This rule is to prevent Coast j 3 players Mayers from playing an occasional game gameon on pa the side during the playing playing- season |