The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-20
LITTLE LEAGUES
SHOW BOLD FRONT
American and National Must
Respect Contracts and
Reservations.

NEW YORK, Feb. 19-Mutual re-
spect for contractual and reservation
rights; uniform playing rules; a board
of arbitration, consisting of equal rep
reSentation of the National aSSOcia-
ton, on one side, and the two major
leagues, on the other. These are the
main points that the National Associa-
ton of Professional Leagues will insist
on in the coming conference between
the association and the National and
American leagues regarding the draw
ing of new national agreements.
The members of the national board
of the National association completed
their two days session tonight There
were present at the meeting Presi-
dent p. T. Powers; M. H. Powers
president of the Western league; T.
H Murnane president of the New Eng
lang league; j. H. O'Rourke, president
of the Connecticut league; J. H. Far
rell, president of the New York State
league, and T. J. Hickey, president OF
the American association.
The board first took up the Califor-
MIA trouble. Replies were received
from all the members of the Western
league consenting to postponement OF
the annual meeting scheduled fol
March 2, and the members of the
American association gave consent tC
President Hickey to go to California
with M. H. Sexton, of the Western
league, the two to act as a committee
representing the National association
and endeavor to establish peace.
President Hickey left tonight, on his
way to Los Angeles. Mr.. Sexton will
leave within a day or two.
A draft of the proposed new national
agreement was carefully gone over by
the board today. 1t was finally decided
that the National association would
stand close to a resolution adopted al
the last annual meeting Of the associa-
ton on Oct. "a, as follows:
Resolved. That in the event of joint
invitation being extended the NatiOna
association at any future time to confer
with the board of directors Of the Anleri-
interest of a tripartite agreement the Ma
tiOnal board of the National Association OF
Professional Baseball Leagues shall pre-
serve to the association its Present form
of government and it's individual organi-
cation supreme and intact.
Resolved. That these instructions are
hereby, declared to be mandatory enc
compulsory
The National association will de-
m3nd that the tripartite board have
jurisdiction only over matters involv-
ing disputes between the National as
sOciatiOn and the tive major leagues
and will seek greater representation
in the new board.
Powers is Angry.
The invitation sent out by James H
Hart, of Chicago, asking that a meet
ing of the joint rules committee be
held in Chicago on Monday, has stirred
up storm in the baseball circles
President Powers will not go to Chi
cagO in response to the call
Regarding the matter, President
Powers said tonight:
Il have sent a reply to Mr.. Hart
stating that it will be impossible for
me to attend the proposed Chicago
meeting on Monday. There is some
funny business going on somewhere
and I am getting tired of this thing.
when President Johnson was here
recently, President Pulliam, of the Ma
tiOnal league, and myself had a confer
ence with him, and we agreed that the
meeting for an informal talk over the
rules and a new national agreement
should be held in this city on Friday
Feb. 20
81 am tired of running after Mr.
Johnson, and l don't propose to do sc
any more. | expect to meet him here
tomorrow, and so does Mr.. PuIliam.
am ready to meet Mr.. Johnson, as pei
our agreement, but certainly shall moi
run after him."
It was said tonight that Mr.. johnson
is in Chicago, and could not be here
for the conference agreed upon for to-
morrow.
The board adjourned, not to NEE
again until after the new nationa
agreement and rules committee have
met.