OCR Text |
Show BARROW GIVES EBBETS CLAIM COMOULDER International Refuses to Pay Damages to Brooklyn Owner; A A Leagues Make Demands. By INNIS BHOWN. By International News Service. NEW YORK, Dec. 11. Advance rumblings rum-blings of the- annual winter meeting of the National league, which begins here tomorrow, broko loose this afternoon and indications are that the old league Is going to experience a real rlp-roarlng session. ses-sion. In fact. It Is more than probable that within the week developments of a highly sensational character concerning the National league f'i W-fV'T here, as' well ns the American league conclave in Chicago, will burst forth. In short, the entire organization of baseball ns it is now constituted appears to be- threatened with a mighty upheaval. Another war is not unlikely. This time ; the trouble is or an internal nature rather t ban from outside sources, as was the case with the lato Federal loague out-brea out-brea k. Prominent men in baseball, both in major and minor league circles, arriving ahead of the National league meeting expressed themselves on the quiet along the above lines. Prom a very reliable source it was learned that trouble is brewing actively In certain rpmrters. A Piirt of t lie trouble is within major league ranks. ,' while the more prominent minor circuits are likewise contributing to the turmoil in no light way. A A Leagues Worry. In fact, the three class A A leagues are conceded to be the source from which real trouble Is likely to proceed. For some weeks now it has heen known that these organizations are very much in earnest over two propositions which they are going go-ing to urge on the present hasehall organization. or-ganization. These are exemption from the present rtAift arrangement and representation rep-resentation on the governing body of the game. The draft proposition is a simple mat- I ter. The class AA leagues are asking; that their clubs be freed from the rule! which permits the majors to select one man from each club at a stipulated price. The other matter is more involved, i however. What amounts to an entirely j new arrangement from that which exists at present is asked. In other words, the smaller leagues are asking that a new itlc'h tribunal he instituted to take the. p'-u'c ot" the present national commission.: The new bod v. according to the plan advanced, ad-vanced, is to be composed of two representatives repre-sentatives of minors, one from each of the majors an. I a fifth man. who will serve as chairman and who is in no way connected with baseball. Must Be Unanimous. In order to make such a change the present national agreement will have to be amended. In order to amend this tiie unanimous vote of the two major leagues and also the hoard of directors of the national association must be ob-ta'ned ob-ta'ned It is plamlv to be seen, tnere-fore. tnere-fore. that even one club of cither big league can block the plan. Jut here is where the trouble is likely to arise, according to those who are supposed sup-posed to be on the "inside." Should such a move be made to block the scheme, it is predicted that at least one league and possiblv more will pull out of the agreement ' It is claimed that the Pa- i7ic Coast lea cue is ready and willing to make the mow, returninc to a state of outlawry in thestght of the orsamsa- Yn its meetins: this afternoon the International In-ternational kaeue adopted a measure declining de-clining to eomplv with the ruling of the national eotr mission in the matter of a claim entered by Charles IT. Fhbetts of the Brooklvn club against the International Interna-tional circuit for damages alleged to have been suffered in withdrawing from the Newark field, reciting a loss of ST 4.00 in his dealing in Newark. The commission awarded him damages to the extent of jipprvdmatelv SOO. Today's meeting as the first held by the International i ensue since the ruling was handed down. :md its action is taken as an answer to 'tiie ruling of the commission. Dreyfuss After Herrmann. In case this league flatly refuses to ; cornplv with the i uling of the commission. commis-sion. U will result in a loss of member-s'-ai in the organization. This means a loss of protection and a virtual move into out'.i wrv. In addition to these minor league difficulties, dif-ficulties, the National, league is also beset be-set bv troubles from within. Harney Orevfu's. president of the Pittsburg club, is making a spirited fight on Garry Herrmann, Herr-mann, chairman of the national commission, commis-sion, demanding that he be removed. It is understood that lhvyfuss has succeeded in enlisting the support of some two or three more clu' owners in his circle. With the oramzatinn besieged thus from different quarters, it appears that strenuous times are to follow shortly. The minor leaguers are nrepa red to suh-! suh-! mil their losses to the National leacue at tiie meeting beginning tomorrow, and will then piuceed to Chicago, where a showing is to he made before the American Ameri-can league gathering there Both the International league and the L. PRESIDENT ED S. BARROW BAR-ROW of the Intemation-al Intemation-al league, who announces organization or-ganization will not pay commission's com-mission's demand of $9000 to Charles Ebbets of Brooklyn club. ' " . j" " i ' ' - A f- i . Cl t ' j m I American association are well represented here now. Six club owners from the latter lat-ter wero on hand today, looking the field over and conferring with their brethren of the International league. Also it is expected that J. Cal Ewing, representing the Pacific Coast league, will be here in time to take a hand in the submitting of the above matters to the National leaguers. |