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Show DMFT RULE HIKE IS LEFT IHDPED i American League Keeps Player Limit at 25 Men; Schedule Adopted. NKW YORK. Feb. ".For five hour? today to-day President lian Johnson and the. baseball base-ball flub owners of the American bague were lu exvcuilvt; pt.ssion hro at the league'? annua! -chedule meeting. Various Vari-ous matters of rnona-nt to tlnj league w.-rc under dlscussi'-n. but at the cl"se of the meeting the only affirmative m-tlon announced an-nounced wan the adopt'on of the playing sehedule for I?!.", v.hidi was made pub lie. It was expected that feme definite action ac-tion would be taken by the major league t"day lu reference o the removal of the draft rule frdm the clast A A league cluba of the rati-u.al a.,"adat!on. I'n aid en X Johnson's y e rotary announced that this n.attT had 1 en (i:soi."svi! and that I! was unanl mouuIy ocd le.' to . ,( v the o,u.'tlon of altohtion r.f the draft in Pres!-d-nt ,1dm.- n's hanb, and :h;t h will pr-ha iy tak- It up within a f--w i!a.. a with the other rna-mN-rri r.f t );e rational c-m-nnslori or fome repr .-ierita t ivc of the Na-ttonl Na-ttonl b-aRue. No rhaii'" wai made In the t layer limit of I'Acntv-nvo, now in t rce in tni Aiuer-ir-an leai,":--, although at thn I" Timber meetlnp or the Na:hu-al league (hat body relu-a-d tra- nurnhvr fioni tweniy-fl'.f to twenty-one player". t .!. nei .(a - - b Kupnt-rt, Jr . aid Cap-t.-ln T. I llii.-lna, who rec-ntly purch;-.-! the lor.il ,:r.erlan bane ejui. were elected niernher.s of the l.-at; je. and each in a ah'irt speech proml.d to di everything every-thing po: ib!n t hat U.oriev co.hd d.i t- Kather the ntron-"t -pla'.Ts available in ordor that New Y-uk -ivuld ho represented represent-ed by a chib worthv ..f this rlty, A!! th; i I u 1 1 9 w'Tp represented nt t"-!av t"-!av s nie. fni(. MoU of t:i ciub own-rf" l-f : f ' ir t lieir liiimiM ton Ik at. Pre dent doh.ns .n v-ill M.iv over until Mrr.oriow. when be 1,1 have to attend R lueetl-nr nf (he natlot:al n .rn ml s!on. which uid !e he;, e!!,"ier at Cliivliir.utl ur Chi ago net Sat-::da. To Transfer Topciia Club. 'IIK'Adi'. K.-b. .? --The tTni-.Mf.-r of the Ti-P'-k-t fi.i ii hr pio'.ahiv will he n f-ub-)e.-( .anwhier.,! a; the rm rMni; of W.-st- rn learnt magnate ln-ie n i Saturd iv. thouarh Cue in- -tnir at first wn ralle, only to make had-, ti v f-chrd'he plans Pre ddenr U'Nelll mi hi to la v t -nt f.ctr indl. Idualn and f.vii Ii. a!'-M were weekim; the Topeka rihl, op" of which would tnovo t lie tea : n to J.ipJ) rt. Ml, nimt la-r to Kansas rity, Kan, (, n 1 the othfin. n i1 from Kansas cn v, b., a nd un from b:iter, S. would he,.p jt ,,l Topeka. Decision This Week. CltJC.r-n, IVb. 3. Tieclnton In the Fed - era 1 lea irue' h phi t it r t In ; nf .-. i , Pall, w hhdi It wan alleged ojiera ten In v.dfi!lon of the Shrrman apM-!:n-.t nw will he hand.-d down no! later dan nrt Saturday. Cttit.d Sinter J H h t r i I .In.L-r-Iindis. before Whom the r.T-e wa.s'hf-ard. made Lhl h a liiiouncemen t today. |