The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-13
THREE LEAGUE HEADS
ARE PLACED TOGETHER FOR A
FEW HOURS IN THIS CITY.
Presidents johnson and Powers and
John T.. Brush Hold a Base
ball Conference.

BY q peculiar coincidence. 80 say those in
terested in the matter, three very prom
inent baseball men came together in In
dianapolis yesterday. They were B. B.
Johnson, president of the American League;
League, and John T. Brush, the
Napoleon of baseball in the whole country.
These gentlemen were together most Of
yesterday morning and part of yesterday
afternoon. They would like for the pub
lie to believe that they were discussing
the probability of the thermometer falling
to the zero mark again this winter or some
other subject of a nature foreign to base
ball. President Johnson stated that he was
merely passing through this city and
thought he would stop and see 'Watty,"
but "Watty" neven caught sight of the
portly president all day. President Power
was also lust paying a visit to the West
and dropped off In Indianapolis to see the
city" Mr.. Brush was asked what the
mysterious conference about and he
merely replied that he was not talking
baseball to anyone just at this time.
The most plausible explanation of the
meeting of these three gentlemen is no
o
American and Eastern leagues. The Ma
tional League will no doubt drop Balti-
more and Washington in the Eastern d.
vision and 1t is almost an assured fact that
Cleveland and Louisville will not be in the
National League next season. All four
cities are good baseball towns. The Amer
lean League would like to get into Cleve-
land and Louisville and 1T is pretty safe to
say that President Power was here
In the interest of the Eastern
League getting into Washington and
Baltimore. With the old National League
cities occupied by the American and East
ern leagues there would not be much oppor-
tunity for the new American Association 10
gain an entrance into those towns II can
be readily seen that both the American and
Eastern leagues would be benefited by en-
tering the cities named and the National
League would also be protecting it's inter-
ests by allowing these two leagues to take
the four cities mentioned as IL would keep
out the opposition in the shape of the new
American Association and the three leagues
the National American and Eastern
would work tremendously together, pro-
tecting the interests of each other. That
there was something important in the
wind cannot be denied. but both Johnson
and Powers left the city early. Presiden,
Johnson was asked about the recent story
sent out from Chicago that the American
League had decided to wage war on
the National League and he said IL was one
of the worst examples of a ''pipe dream
that he had come in contact with for some
time and that there was absolutely nothing
to the story bearing on the truth He said
the present condition of baseball would not
permit OF any war at all and surely the
American League would not carry on a
fight against the major organization. In
speaking OF the circuit for next season OF
the American League President johnson
merely said that Indianapolis would be well
taken care Of and would also get all that
was coming I'm the schedule for the season