The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-20
PROPOSED PEACE
is NOT ACCEPTED
National League Magnates
Meet but Fail to
Agree.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jen. 19.-After
being in session at the Grand hotel
here this afternoon and again until late
tonight, the National Baseball league
failed to accept the proposed peace
agreement. Even if there had been no
injunction issued in anticipation of rat
ification, it is doubtful whether the re-
suit would have been different.
The greeting in the hotel lobby when
the Western and part of the Eastern
representatives first met were not such
as usually characterizes such occa-
sions. Brush, Vanderhorst, Knowles
and Ebbitts had been on the same
train in conference for the past TWEEN
ty-four hours, and Soden and Conant
arrived but short time previously.
All the others had been in confer
ence and in waiting during the day,
r and when all finally got together short
ly after o'clock, President Pulliam
promptly called them into his parlor,
where, from all accounts, the presiding
officer had plenty to do.
President Pulliam had before him
an opinion from Attorneys OutcaIt and
Foraker as to what could be done while
the injunction was over them, and
it was on the advice of counsel that the
league went into committee of whole
to ascertain what could be done rather
than to take any decisive action.
During the evening recess, resident
counsel in Philadelphia was engaged
by wire for the hearing of the in
junction cases on Wednesday, and this
was accepted, as indicating that Mr..
Brush had not yielded to persuasion
to drop the casb, as it was thought
prior to his arrival that he would do
after hearing fully from his conference
committee. 1t is now possible that the
meeting may adjourn to Philadelphia
until after the proceedings there in
court on Wednesday.
The Night Session.
The night session was devoted to
considering the joint peace agree
ment, section by section, and the vote
stood to 2 in committee of the whole
on all Of the first sections to which
no opposition whatever had been ex-
pected. The New York and Brooklyn
clubs said they were not opposed to
these sections except that they were
interviewer in a compact to which
they were opposed as a whole.
The last two sections apply to ter
r1tOry rights and players and -opposi-
ton was expected to those sections be-
cause New York is included in the
American circuit and because. of the
players that New York and Brooklyn
claim to have been taken from them.
At midnight no vote had been TAX
en- on either of these two much dis
puted sections, and it is doubtful
whether any vote will be reached dur
ing the night. There was also some
doubt as to how Boston would vote
on these sections.
President Robinson said the league
ought to have completed it's work in
thirty minutes and indorsed such
measures as the new ownership of the
Cincinnati club and on that of the con-
ference committee. He and other
Western members greatly regretted
the situation.
Among those in the hotel lobby were
Capt Donovan, of the st. Louis team
business Manager Frank Bancroft, of
the Cincinnati team; Buck Ewing,
former manager of the Cincinnatis;
Robert Hedges, Of the ST. Louis club
and George Stallings, manager of the
Buffalo club. President Pulliam de-
MES the report that he will resign his
present position to become the head OF
the new Philadelphia club when it is
secured by the Dreyfuss syndicate
which includes Kesley Schoepf of
Cincinnati, and Hugh J. MCGOWAN of
Indianapolis.
In the Afternoon.
The eight clubs were represented as
follows:
Boston President A. H Soden and Di-
rector w. H Conant; New York Presi-
dent John T. Brush, Secretary F. NJ
Knowles and Director N. Ashley Lloyd
Brooklyn, President Charles H. Ebbitts
and Director H. r. Vonderhorst; Phila-
delphia. Barney Dreyfus (power of attor-
ney); Pittsburg, President Dreyfus; Gin
cinnati. President August Hermann and
Director Julius Fleischmann; Chicago
President James A. Hart; st. Louis Pres
1dent Frank De Hass Robson and Treas
urer M. Stanley Robinson.
Before approving the minutes Of thu
meeting in New York a correction wa.
made substituting the name of John T
Brush for that of John 1. Rogers, as thu
author of resolution under which the
peace conference committee was ap
pointed.
Rogers After DeTehanty.
President Pulliam read the following
letter:
Philadelphia. Pa, Dee. Is. 19o2-Mr
Harry c. Pulliam, President, Secretary
and Treasurer, National League-Dea1
Sir: 1 have received official notice O
players contract with the New York clul
in which is included one E. J. Delehant,
for the years 1908, 1904 and 1905. For thu
reasons advanced at our recent Nationa
league meeting 1 hereby protest agains
the action of the New York club in sign