Show tAC lEAGUE IES ARE STILL AT SEA OVER SCHEDULES Decided Split Over Number of Games to Be Played in the National NEW EW YORK Feb 16 Magnates Magnates of ot the National League of Professional Baseball Baseball Base Base- ball ban clubs failed to reach leach any ag agreement In New York yesterday esterday on a schedule of games for the coming season After Indulging in indulging indulging in- in In heated debate debate from 2 o'clock until after 9 o'clock last night adjournment adjournment adjournment adjourn adjourn- ment was taken until 2 o'clock this aft- aft Argument which at times waxed acrimonious acrimonious acri acri- did not serve sene to clear the allor air all airor airor or to bring a decision for tor the long schedule schedule schedule sched sched- ule of ot games or for the short s schedule of Murphy of Chicago Robison of ot St. St Louis and Ebbetts of ot Brooklyn the latter holding the proxy of Fogel of Philadelphia who is ill remained firm firmIn firmin firmin in their demand for the long schedule Dreyfuss of Pittsburg Herrmann of Cincinnati Cincinnati Cin Cin- and Dovey ey of Boston were equally equal equal- ly emphatic in their demand for games John T. T Brush of New York appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap neutral and because of the decided decided decided de de- de- de split no vote rote was taken May Adopt Substitute It appeared to be a matter of mere speculation as to which schedule will be adopted today Perhaps neither will wUl willbe willbe be ratified in its entirety A substitute may be decided upon On account of ot the former Inadequate stands in Philadelphia that club formerly former former- ly settled on the basis of 12 cents for every admission on its home grounds and received the same on the road In the future It will settle on the basis of cents for each cent 25 admission and 25 cents for all others This This' will put all ail the clubs on the same basis of ot settle settle- ment Six SK managers of the league were wele present present pres pres- ent but none apparently was able to tomake tomake tomake make any trades with his fellows President Navin of ot Detroit announced that the Chicago club would be Detroit's Detroit's De De- troit's opponent on the day upon which he rte raises the pennant for 1909 The date will not be bo decided until the schedule is adopted Will Fin Tine Fine Kling Garry Herrmann chairman of the national national national na na- na- na baseball commission stated this afternoon that Catcher Kling KUng would be reinstated He has applied for reinstatement said Mr Herrmann and the application application tion will be granted Kling will have ha to submit though to a heavy fine I should think about 1000 The claim of Manager Murray against the Philadelphia club will likely be settled settled settled set set- without the offices of ot the board of ot directors and negotiations to that end are now being made Manager Fogel said today that Murray had offered to compromise compromise compromise com com- promise his claim for and that the club had offered to settle for Both offers were refused Will Keep Kling A summons and complaint was served on President Murphy of the Chicago club tonight In a suit brought by Andy Coakley Coakley Coakley Coak- Coak ley to recover a cl claim lm for tor salar salary last ast season Coakley a pitcher was sold to Louisville but refused to report Murphy said tonight that if Kling were reinstated he would not sell seU him Why said the president of the Cubs one hundred thousand Chicago fans tans sent me a a. letter demanding that Kling be kept ept in Chicago if It he were reinstated ItI If It I I let him go I might as well put a padlock padlock padlock pad pad- lock on the park gate gate |