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Show III ySjiSsi iufjJll Senior Organization Adjourns m After Two Hours' Argil men t i$M Over Preswlenl. jflpii;! AMERICAN LKAGUK ; j If j ADJOURNS J.V JIARMU.NT iff Many Club Owners JlelievivTIiat IjJp I 'iMiirjiliv and Taft'Own III L'liiladeliihia. I 'h i w -J':w yoijk' Dih- Tli ",,,tionai jrjfid yBj League of Professional Baseball dubs HnR'Wlf is still talking. Tlu: American leaffiio 1 t 3I,C,' l0(lI' iransae.led li& business with kj.f dispatch and adjourned until next year, Hj'I 'J jjjll hut tho senior oranissatiuii, deadlocked HI V $J over the selection of a president, talked H ll'- in I for ,wo 1,ol,rs ,llCJ1 iurnctl owners cot as far as the. election of H llii officers, but no further, ami tho situa- H1 1 lf III 1ion vit'1 ro"anl ,0 rll Talional lwiR Bif 'l illfff presidency remains unchanged. Hl'v til mill John M. "Ward commands lour voles; HI' l l IlfK4 .'oliit A. Jlevdlor. present incumbent, HI I'MIIIlT' commands three votes, and one club H Mt H lllK'i owner. Kobinson of St. Louis, ictuses HI IVU llfll tu '' f' whom he will vole. A II hough H'M iiff m it is' predicted tliat. he will vohj lor 'L i'!, wU .Ucydlor. there seems In be no weaken-H weaken-H 2 fit if 5 i"C in tho ranks of the men against I ,: m M jlcvdler. Charles 11. Kbbolls. presi-H1 presi-H1 fSUlltJ1! ""cut. of Brooklvn club, reiterated H V'lsll0!f positively that he will never vote lor H ;S"i IlPJi jlevdlor; Barnev Dreyfuss, president H I flEi1 f the Pittsburg "club, says, on the other H- f hand, that In: will remain hero until HI ?f uUlil next spring if necessary to land lleyd-H lleyd-H I 1 lf llSEl h-r-iu the job. John 1. Ward, ho adds. J . 1 W m h: no chance at all. awl Kohison has i & IT' (old him (Dievfnss) that; while ho has I no! pledged himself for Jlevdlor, he H AW 'i'Hyf I i n0VCI" vo,(' or Wari- h'1'i'i' ill' Up 111 thc Air- Hri'riim lis sit ;t 1)rP-v" H 1 lJ' J Lin; fuss has consulted attorneys to ascer- H V tltl tain what will happen in case "Ward H ' I'ffl receives four voles and Jlevdlor three, H' l"!5'HI'lfli with Robison declining to vote. Ho H'mIi It lifil 10,(1 ,1,!,t' ,!n,lpr 1,10 ,:nvs of 111S H1 i r feiiRliils stale, the four voles would not elect H f ftir$HH Ward, all of which seems to indicate Hi H f? Willi that the Xalional league has a big H ai H ST Iflal pow-wow ahead of it before the de- H! TH i& Mill ! ision is reached. In some ways it H'lll a HM looks like a compromise camlidate. who H Mil HSh mav uV ,,,:,v tul ,M l'1 Ila"'011' f'mcr H;Ki!sl rM'l owner of. the Hallimore club. H ' Fl r II ' With the presidential situation uude- H 'eHI-f 'cidod the National league magnates, of H 1 III nccessitv. confined themselves to routine m m mailers" today. Horace Fogel. repre- ;14l3H ffflj .seating the new owners of the J'hila- . jiMH delidi'ia dub. was ixlmitted 1o the nioel-H' nioel-H' ti m IIh!' but. inanv dub owners were nol H' i2 12 satisfied with his statement that Charles Hh i lllftlll AV.-Jhivphy of Chicago and Charles P. H 'U ! m 1,1 Cin'in liati arc not the uew ur-Hhl ur-Hhl 'W:fJ chasei-H. They are seeking more infor-HU infor-HU W I ffls illation aloug'tiiis line. H.)ri if lll'l; Tin' uev club -was admitted to ineiu- H!l h ll-l! J bersltiji, and h'ogel named the olTicers, H' t :U IfsLfi himself as presido;il ; Krank 15. TClliott, H'n 'irtl ' ivit e-piPffidenl : Morris Schock, secretary- H'" ii l ; i reubure.r. and I. Schwartz and W. Con- Hi h1) f i III Hi ' way, directors. I'S llfl l Claim Damages, iil Str jfi j , The claim of the Iv'ow Vork club own- jn? fljj ers against the Philadelphia club for tv iS HS : : damages sustained when Philadelphia I stV tfi I nil forfi-ited a game at the J'olo grounds ! &? DsB jUjlj on October , was referred to the new H- FA IfliH' I ! owners, as was "William .1; Murray's h fm a claim against the. old Philadelphia cor- i I ilk i fi jmration 1o carry out its two-year con- K H( j : tract with him." President lloydlcr an- ; ji Ma j 8 jionnccd that Players roren. Dolan and jr j WJjjt , ICjiabe. lined for their conduct in tho i .h ? f jlij 1 w game of October A, had not. paid their ' 1) f r IIH fi tines and would be ineligible-to play in i H M 1 H ' !,,'ona league uutil these were ' f?lfll v ll '1C comiiiiltee appointed ' in Louis-' Louis-' 1 lii i ' ' V'"C 'aSl "'IIS:t' t0 :lrn'"'-rp for" tllu erection of a monument "over the grave of Harry I'uHiam. former president of the National league, reported that action ac-tion of this kind was unnecessary as Mr. Pullianrs family had erected a monument . The league decided to bestow a lump sum. not spceilicd, on an invalid sister of tho late president, and (o give hor the interest on S-'aOOO in her life time. Jleydler submitted his annual report, in which he deplored Iho many protests' of games. He argued that club owners should show the same consideration to umpires that, they do to players who lose games. Baseball in Gcucral. Helm vior of tho players on the diamond dia-mond last season was bettor than ever before, says llevdler. Kecoipts of Xalional clubs lust season sea-son were. 100 per cent moro than in 11)0.'), tho first year in which tho National Na-tional nnd American leagues worked in harmony. Tho American meeting recommended tho adoption of a schedule- of Jfil games for next season. .Joe Caulillon. former manager of the Wa.shuiglou club, was exonerated of a charge of disloyally to tho league. The club owners passed up tho question ques-tion of , wearing spikes lo President .1 oil ii son and Charles Co mi sic oy, 'with power'To act for ho league. Charles .Summers of Cleveland was unanimously elected vico president of tho league. The next meeting will be held in Chicago in February. The Boston National league club unconditional un-conditional released Catcher Al Shaw, and tin' St. Louis Americans will release re-lease Second Pasemaii Williams to Minneapolis Min-neapolis if they can get waivers on him. William! is destined to manage the St. .Joseph club if it. ets a Western league franchise next season, as it is Joe Can-lillon's Can-lillon's intention, it is said, to buv Ihc Pueblo franchise and transfer it to SI. .losenli. The Cincinnati club sold Catcher Frank J?oth to Minneapolis and Third iJaseman Dolan and Pitcher Jnv or to Denver. The Pasoball Writers' Association of America re-elected all officers. 1 |