Show NATIONAL LEAGUE OWNERS COMPARED WIT CHORUS GIRLS CIRS Barney Dreyfuss Is Disgusted Disgust Disgust- ed With Their Failure to Come to an Agreement NEW YORK Feb 18 After After four days of endeavor National league magnates were unable last night to adopt a schedule schedule schedule sched sched- ule for the coming season and adjourned until today toda Up to nightfall Horace Fogel president president president dent of ot the Philadelphia club was confined confined confined con con- fined to his room room ostensibly suffering with gout but at 9 o'clock he quietly left the Waldorf-Astoria Waldorf climbed Into a taxicab and was off ott presumably for Philadelphia All have been waiting for Fogel before acting on the claim of William William Wil Wil- liam J. J Murray former manager of the Philadelphia club who asserts that he was deposed when his contract had two years to run Fogels Fogel's departure forestalls forestalls forestalls fore fore- stalls any action With Fogel In his room Stanley Robison Robison Robi- Robi son of St. St Louis ill III in bed and C C. C H. H Ebbetts Ebbetts Eb- Eb betts of Brooklyn also on the sick list the adjourned meeting of the magnates which was to have been called at 2 o'clock did not get together until 4 Ebbetts by that time was vas able to attend but it was somewhat of a gathering of invalids for John Brush of New York also was ailing and had to tobe tobe tobe be assisted to the meeting Only one vote on the question of ot adoptIng adopting adopting adopt adopt- ing the long schedule of games or orthe orthe orthe the shorter schedule of games was taken With the proxies of Fogel Foge and Robison held by Charles W. W Murphy of Chicago it was announced that the vote of yesterday was unchanged Cincinnati Pittsburg and Boston Doston favoring the short schedule and the others holding out for forthe forthe forthe the long lis list t. t Heated arguments arg arose over the fact that both schedules assign six conflicting conflict conflict- ing dates to St. St Louis Loula and two to Chi Chi- cago cage Both Robison and Murphy Insist that there must be a change This complicates matters so that It looks like a hopeless deadlock with a possibility that the magnates may adjourn adjourn adjourn ad ad- journ tomorrow for two weeks with the hope of effecting a settlement Barney Darney Dreyfuss is utterly aged He had Intended letting ler for Pittsburg Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts burg tonight and it is probable that he will go In the morning Fogels Fogel's hasty departure for Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- phia tonight came after four days of virtual Imprisonment In his room If It I he had appeared at the league meeting the magnates would have properly felt I Ii duty bound Oll to consider Murrays Murray's 15 g I i raJ claim But as it is t their e desire lr and Fogels Fogel's to test the matter In a civil court his attitude is ex ex- ex- ex Murray has been in continuous at attendance attendance attendance at- at at all meetings hoping to have his case heard Fog Fogel 1 caused d much amusement today by sending down from his tiis- room a story that story that that-Jie had purchased an aYi elephant for to do the work of twenty h horses In covering the diamond diamond diamond dia dia- mond with cavas caves When President Murphy of Chicago heard today that the American league had voted a salary of a a. year to Ban Dan Johnson he said Dreyfuss i lr pretty said x hot tonight I press t that agent in the work or National National Na Na- league magnates were acting like a lot of Jealous chorus girls that It was one grand fight over trivial trivia matters matters matters mat mat- and that he was going home to at attend attend attend at- at tend to more Important business President Lynch said tonight that he thought after this season the National commission would pass upon the schedules schedules schedules sched sched- ules arram arranging ing dates that would work automatically year after year |