Evening star., 1901-02-11
Pacs Negotiations Between the Big
Leaguers Impossible.
IT WILL Be War TO THE FINISH
List of National League, Stars Who
viii Go to the American.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS

While local base ball affairs are very
backward in substantial developments mat
ters reaching critical points in other
cities and during the present week inter-
esting news can be expected at any mo-
ment.
An unusually sensational story came out
of Baltimore Saturday night to the effect
that President Johnson of the American
League and President Hart of the National
League Chicago club had held a consuta-
ton in Chicago, and that overtures look
ing toward peace between the two major
organizations had been started. This story
was undoubtedly of the "hot air. variety
as the following special from Chicago will
indicate. The special says that President
johnson of the American League yesterday
characterized as pure imagination without
foundation the story emanating from Balti-
more to the effect that secret negotiations
were in progress between the National and
American Leagues looking to a compro-
mise.
Some reporter must have dreamed
that" said Mr. Johnson 1T is absolutely
without foundation AS l have said be-
fore, there is no chance of compromise.
The time for that has passed, and 1 think
both leagues understand that fully. 1t
would be foolish for us to make any such
terms those indicated from Baltimore
after having our plans nearly completed
as they are We could not afford to rein-
quish the strong hold we have on Boston
and take Louisville instead
''There is no in discussing the mat
ter, as 1t is groundless rumor. Why, we
have our Boston manager engaged and his
team pretty we'll made up, and most of our
players signed for the season We are go
ing ahead to make an earnest fight to rid
the game of many of the evils which now
exist and of the men who have done much
to injure base ball. We will try to put the
tod
We have been forced into the fight to pro-
tect ourselves, and we will see it through
to the end.
Stars Who VIII Desert.
Here is list of the players Of the Ma
tional League said to have agreed to go to
the American League when they receive the
signal from the leaders of the Players Pro-
tective Association. The list comes from
good source and The Star prints II for what
it is worth: Duffy, Collins, Stahl, Long and
Willis of Boston; Keeler, Jennings, Casey,
DeMontreville, Jones McGinity and Aleck
Smith of Brooklyn; Rusie. Gleason Grady,
Mercer, Seymour, Garvin and Carrick OF
New York; Lajoie, Flick, Douglas, Plat,
Mcfarland and possibly Delehanty of Phila-
delphia; Ryan. Griffith, Callahan, Mertes,
Donohue and Mccarthy of Chicago: Brei-
tenstein, Pietz, Corcoran. Barrett and Nc
Bride of CINCINNATI Tannehill, Lever,
Wagner. Beaumont Williams and thinner
Of Pittsburg; Keister, McGraw, Robinson,
Heidrlck, Crlger, Young ana Wallace OIL 81.
Louis.
That the American League has lines out
for several National League stars has been
evident for several days. The JOhnSoniteS
are known to have held conferences with
more than one National Lacquer. Two of
these are Willie keeler of the Brooklyn
club and Jimmy Collins of the Boston club.
Keeler, according to report. is slated for the
Baltimore club while Collins has probably
been secured by Connie Mack of the Phla-
delphia club The report, of course, can
not be confirmed.
Collins, however. went all the way from
Buffalo to Philadelphia last Wednesday,
and it is not supposed that he made the
trip for his health. While In the Quaker
city he was seen in company with Manag-