The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-23
Decision in Davis and ElheI field
Cases Practically Victory
for American League.
JOHNSON MAKES A STATEMENT.
Declares Result of Meeting Paves
The Way for Formation oi
Agreement Relative 10
he Players.
RErrBLIc SPECIAL

RErrBLIc SPECIAL
New York. July 2i-The National League
masnates. who have been in session at the
Hotel Victoria wound up their meeting to-
day. In a long-drawn-out session. which
lasted until late tonight. the big moculs
OF the national game practically completed
the principal business that brought them to-
gether. the Davis and Efrarfeld cases. and
the decision of the National T.eagucrs in
both instances is virtually i victory for the
American League.
In the Elberfe!d case tl- National League
men decided that the Cincinnati peace com
pact had not been violated in any sense by
the American League. when the disputed
player WIS transferred from Detroit tC
New York. In the Davis case Il resolution
was passed that 1t was the sense of the
meeting that. pending n decision by the
courts. Davis was ineligible to play with
the New York National League Club. The
decisions are both adverse to the conten-
tons OF John r. Brush, the local National
League leader.
The action announced makes it certain
tnat there VIII not he a baseball war. anu
II also paveS the way for Presidents john
son. Puliiam and Powers to get together
and frame a new national agreement. Pres
ident Johnson OF the American League re-
Gently announced that he would not confer
further with President Puliam concerning
baseball affairs, until after the Nauohai
League magnateS had announced more dell
nitely their position on the action of the
peace conference.
JOHNSON PLEASED AT OUTCOME.
President johnson is greatly pleased with
the action taken by the National League
| magnates. and declared to-day that the i'm
pending baseball clouds had been cleared
away by the position that the league men
had adopted. Asked If he would not con-
IN -
ers. johnson said:
The action of the National League mag
mates certainly paveS the way for the
framing OF a new national agreement. /
believe. however. that thing so important
to baseball should be drawn up by a COM
mittee of men from the two leagues and not
by the presidents. / shall probably propose
THE action of the National League
war any more tkan does the American
League. All we asked was fair play. The
league has plainly told John T. Brush that
he can't run things to suit himself. 1 am
no other course open TO the National
League magnates than the one they took
| If they wanted TO be fair and honest"
VOTE AGAINST BRUSH.
1t was stated on the best OF authority to-
day that the vote ON the Eiberfeld and
1t became known 4 few days ago that
Powers OF the Western League sent tele-
gram to President Pulliam asking what the
Nalionel League was going 10 DO IN regard
to the national agreement, and even If Il
national agreement was not entered into
IL the National League would respect the
reserve rule of the MINOR leagues.
This telegram was laid before Che meet
Ing. and 1t was decided that. as q meeting
Of the three league pres den,s-Natiunal.
American and Eastern-had been called for
Tuesday. July %. to take some action on a
national agreement. II was not necessary 20
answer 1t.
As FAR as is known now the meeting will
be held at the Hotel Victoria next Tuesday.