January 30, 1928
Source: San Jose Mercury, By Jack Graham
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Boosters club is planned to follow team on trips
Ball players and fans alike were solely disappointed yesterday, as the wet conditions of the grounds prevented the schedule games from being played. We had predicted the evening before that today would be alright for baseball but did not take into consideration the rains that were to fall during the night. The same schedule take place next Sunday.
The talk of the town yesterday was the formation of the Cal California State baseball league and all were jubilant in expectancy of the coming summer being taken up with some real games and several excursions to other cities. Just as soon as the formal schedule is settled and Hollister and Santa Cruz safely in the league, Johnny Meyers of the city will organize a boosters club, and whenever our team travels we can be assured of big excursions.
Sam Battaglia, Fred Kelly and Luke Williams were all well satisfied with the way things have gone over. Battaglia and Kelly will look after things pertaining to the club and Luke will be the real active manager. The rules of the league are here with published, so that he who runs may read.
Bylaws California State Baseball League
The league shall be known as the California State baseball league and its purposes shall be to arrange a schedule of games between the various teams named therein that higher standard of the National game might be had: to promote good clean sportsmanship, and to developed young ballplayers.
The league should be composed of 10 teams, namely, Modesto, Stockton, Piggly Wiggly of Oakland, Alameda Elks, San Francisco Stock and Bond, San Jose, Gilroy, Monterey, Santa Cruz and Hollister. Should any of these teams failed to qualify, then a traveling team from either Oakland or San Francisco will be substituted.
The League season will be divided into two halves of nine games each. The winner of the first half will play the winners of the second half in a five game series for the championship of the league. The proceeds will be divided 40% to the visiting team and 60% to home team, after expenses of umpires and gatekeeper are deducted.
The San Francisco and Oakland clubs will be known as traveling teams. Santa Cruz will be required to play four games away from home, namely, one with each of Alameda Elks, Monterey, San Jose and either Gilroy or Hollister. The latter two teams will toss a coin for the right to have Santa Cruz as their guest.
The managers of each team entered the league will post $100 on or before the February 1, 1928, with the secretary treasurer as a forfeit guarantee that his team will play all the games scheduled and live up to the loss in the rules of the league. Should any team be disappointed by having another failed to play them when called for in the schedule arrange, except when prevented by Acts of Providence, then the team so disappointed will have the right to claim half of the money posted by team at fault, and the other half would go to the treasury of the league, and the team offending will be considered ousted and another team secured to take their place, or the vacant place will go by. A team taking another’s placed will be given a standing up .500 in the league’s averages.
The managers of the various teams will constitute a board of directors and each team will be entitled to one of ” but on all matters brought before said board. In the case of a manager cannot be present at any meeting he can be represented by proxy, who must have a written request for manager to represent him.
J J Nealon of San Francisco has been duly elected president of the league: Al Earle of Oakland, vice-president and Jack Graham of San Jose, secretary-treasurer.
The President shall preside over all means of the board of directors and in cases of a tie vote shall cast the deciding vote. He still name the umpires to preside over the various towns where games are to be played, and shall decide all protest or disputes when presented to him. The vice president shall assist the president in his duties and will take his place when he is unable to be present or in any way incapacitated. The secretary-treasurer will handle all monies of the league, and shall keep the standings of clubs and individual batting averages a players, as well as the averages of the pitchers. For such services he shall be received a some of $5 per month from each team in the league and a month shall constitute every four weeks. Teams failing to remit will have the amount taken from their deposit money at the end of the season.
The president will decide all protest, which must be presented to him in writing, and the party making the protest must also furnish a duplicate copy to the party complaint against. Protests must be in the hands of the president inside of 48 hours after game is played. A manager, to file a protest, must serve notice on the opposing manager at the time he fills he has cause for such, but the game must continue, as no protests will be considered when a team walks off the field. If the president’s decision is not considered satisfactory by either manager, he may appeal to the board of directors, and the majority vote by them will be final. All protests must be accompanied by the sum of $5, and if team making the protest loses the $5 goes into Treasury.
The manager of each team will see that a correct box score of each game will be sent the secretary immediately after each game and the secretary will see that each manager or the press of each city that is represented by teams will have the standings of the clubs and individual averages sent them.
A limit of 14 players is all any team may have in this league, and if he desires new players he must give the player he wishes to displace a written relinquishment.
No manager of a team in this league will be allowed to sign any new players during the last three games of the first and second half of the league, without the consent of the majority of the members of the board of directors.
Any player desiring to play ball with the team in this league must sign a written contract not to play with any other teams during the schedule of the League, said contract to read as follows:
Baseball contract 1928,
The undersigned ball player agrees to play ball during the California State Baseball League series with the…. Team of…
Signed…………………………………..
A player who signs with more than one team without having a relinquishment form from the team first signed will be banned from the league and not allowed to play with any team therein during the scheduled of 1928.
No ball player under contract and having drawn a salary after May 1, 1928 will be eligible to play in this league, nor will any ball player who has been banned by organized ball be allowed to play.
The gate receipts shall be divided 40% to the visiting team and 60% to the home team, sum to be made after $12.50 expense money has been deducted. If the visiting teams amount fails to reach the sum of $50, then the home team will make up the amount so that the visitors’ shall receive the sum of $50. To the town of Santa Cruz and exception will be made. Santa Cruz agrees to pay the visiting teams some of $50, a flat rate, and the right to retain all moneys collected from the sales of tickets in their home town when the team is to visit Santa Cruz. Said tickets are to be accepted by the Santa Cruz gatekeeper as regular tickets of admission.
Umpires shall receive the sum of $7.50 for their services and gatekeeper and ticket seller shall receive $2.50 each for their services. This money is to be deducted as expense money. Each team playing at any ballpark shall have the right to have either a gatekeeper or a ticket seller, and when the ticket office closes their accounts must tally, and the manager of the visiting team must receive the amount guaranteed him.
Should it develop that an exceptionally weak team be found in the league into such an extent that they are a detriment to the prosperity of the game, they could be dropped from membership by a majority vote of the board of directors, and there forfeit money will be refunded to them.
Should prizes be offered to individual ballplayers it is understood that any player in order to qualify must play in at least half of the scheduled games played. The umpire will call all games promptly at 2:30 p.m. on the day games are scheduled. Coast league ball rules will govern batting practice. Any team failing to obey scorer’s bell when their time is up
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