Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-22
BRUSH NOT so BELLICosE.
Withdraws Injunction and Asks to
 Arbitrate Player Question.

Withdraws Injunction and Asks to
 Arbitrate Player Question.
 Cincinnati, Jan 22.-The executive session of the National league was not held until 5 o'clock last evening, al- though the hour set for converting was 10 a. m The delay was caused by John T. Brush, and his followers, who consumed several hours in the corridor of the hotel in blue pencilling Her manns majority report
 Brush's first step after the league went into session was to say that he had arranged with his lawyers in Phil- adelphia to withdraw the injunction proceedings This action on his part was entirely voluntary. The with drawal of the injunction was the first step backward for the obstructionists. It was plain that both the New York and Brooklyn clubs saw the hand writing on the wall, and they seemed to realize that they would have to sub- init to the action of the committee re- gardless of their desire to get acom-. promise.
 When the player question finally came up for discussion the Brooklyn club contended that it would never consent to the ratification of the agreement unless it received Keeler, Kitson and Donovan. The.New York club did not put in claim for any players, but asked to have the matter referred to a committee of arbitration consisting of four members, mad agree ing to abide by the decision of this committee. Neither of these requests was granted. There was the usual amount of talk indulged in by Brush, but it had little effect further than to cause a tedious delay.
 The peace compact will be ratified, however, and that in its original form. The delay which the Brush faction had caused put an end to Hermann's pa tience, and to the surprise of Brush Hermann made motion to have the report of the majority filed. This was done for the purpose of putting in a resolution ratifying the original peace compact At every turn Brush met his master in Hermann and the other men in the National league who are for peace.
 1t was learned yesterday that Brush had made desperate effort to be ap- pointed the fourth man on the peace committee. He was told that the American league would never consent to meet the National league committee if he was a member of the latter.
 Chicago, Jan %. Clark Griffith, who is to manage the New York American league club next su1dSner, announces
 
 Atlanta and New Orleans. The team will be in the Georgia city from about the middle of March until April 16. On the latter date the Cleveland club will vacate New Orleans and the New York Americans will follow them at the New Orleans Dark Asked when he was going east, Griffith. said: q shall hardly go to New York before the American leagues annual meet ing"
 Toronto, Ont, Jan 22.--The directors of the Toronto base ball club have opened negotiations with Arthur Irwin with the view of engaging him to man. age the local team next season. Irwin is endeavoring to fix up matters in Rochester so, that he may leave that team.
 Ban Johnson's condition has been very serious. He has just passed the crisis ill pneumonia, but bis physicians will not declare him entirely out of danger before at least a week has passed.
 Willie Keeler will coach the Harvard base ball players again this season. That has just been arranged for and Keeler will be with the collegians for three weeks in February and March, putting them through a course of sprouts in the fine points of the game. Harvard, apparently, is not going to lose the college championship for want of competent coaching, for Chesbro. the $S,000 pitcher of the New York Americans, is to coach them in box work
 Captain Winslow of the Yale base ball team yesterday was asked what he thought of the proposed intercollegi- ate base ball league which according to report from Ithaca is to be made up of Harvard Yale Princeton Penn sylvania and Cornell. Winslow said: There is no chance for such a league at least not this year, as all the leading college teams have their schedules made out. So far as I know Yale has received no advices from any of the colleges said to be interested in the af- fair'
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