The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-20
AGREEMENT NOT RATIFIED
NATIONAL LEAGUE STILL DIVIDED
on PEACE SETTLEMENT.
Hugh j. McGOwan to He Interested in
Philadelphia Standardization
May Be Delayed.

CINCINNATI, Jan. 19.-After being in
session at the Grand Hotel here this after
noon and again until late tonight the Ma
tional League failed to accept the proposed
peace agreement. Even If there had been
no injunction issued in anticipation of rati
fication, it is doubtful whether the result
would have been different.
The greetings in the hotel lobby when
the Western and part of the Eastern rep
resentatives first met were not such as
usually characterizes such occasions. Brush,
vanderhorst, Knowles and Ebbetts had
been on the same train in conference for
the past twenty-four hours. and Soden and
Conant arrived but short time previously.
All the others had been in conference and
in waiting during the day, and when ali
finally got together shortly 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 opin-
ion from Attorneys Outcalt and Foraker
as to what could be done while the injunc-
ton was over them, and ii was on the adj
vice of counsel that the league went into
committee of the whole to ascertain what
could be done rather than to take any de-
cisiVe action.
BRUSH HAS NOT YIELDED.
During the evening recess resident coun-
sci in Philadelphia was engaged by wire
for the hearing of the injunction cases on
Wednesday, and this was accepted as in
dicating that Mr.. Brush had not yielded
to persuasion to drop the cases, as it was
thought prior to his arrival he would do
after hearing fully from his conference
committee. 1t is now possible that the
meeting may adjourn to Philadelphia until
saff he in rf nm
Wednesday.
The night session devoted to consid
ering the joint peace committee section by
section, and the vote stood TO 2 in COM
mittee of the whole on all of the first Sec
tions to which no opposition whatever had
been expected. The New York and Brook
Ign clubs said they were not opposed to
those sections, except that they were in
terwoven in a compact to which they were
opposed as a whole. The last two sections
apply to territory rights and players. and
opposition was expected to these sections
because New York is included in the Amer
lean circuit, and because of the players
that New York and Broolyn claim to have
been taken from them. At midnight no
vote had been taken on either of these two
much-disputed sections, and it is doubtful
whether any vote will be reached during
the night. There was also some doubt as
to how Boston would vote on these sec
tons.
MCGOWAN MAY BUY.
President PuIliam denies the report that
he will resign his present position to be-
come the head of the new Philadelphia
Club when it is secured by the Dreyfus
syndicate, which includes w. Kesley
Schoepf. of Cincinnati. and Hugh j. Nc
Gowan, of Indianapolis.
A letter was read from John l. Rogers,
| showing that Delehanty was on the Phila-
| delphia list when players were considered
| at the National League meeting last Sep
tom hnr a 0fracf hn
| New York club interfering with other play
ers. A lengthy resolution was adopted
authorizing President Pulliam to employ
| counsel in the injunction proceedings in
stituted by President Brush.
At 40 this Tuesday, morning the meet
| ing took a recess as the committee of the
whole until 1880 a.. m, when it will remain
| in continuous session until time to leave for
Philadelphia on the p. m. train.