Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-14
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Pulliam Says Peace Agree
ment Will Be Ratified.
NEW ORLEANS RACES
PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY RE-
FUSES TO MEET GEORGETOWN.
Brooklyn Pool Tourney - Monroe and
Sharkey Meet-Bowling Games
''Del" Must Return Money.

Harry Puuiam, president of the Ma
tionel League of Professional Base Bali
Clubs. arrived in New York city yesterday
and visited the headquarters Of the organi-
cation, in the St. James building. He eX-
poets the clubs of his league. which have
revolted against the action of the peace
committee, to uphold the committee unani-
mously when all the facts are known
Pulliam was optimistic in his view of the
base ball situation, and said that the condi-
lions, in his opinion, had never been brights
er. He made this statement, notwithstand-
ing the friends of the club in New York
city which belongs to the league of which
he is the head think the situation never
looked more discouraging, except in the
fight between the National and Players
leagues in 1900.
1.-The report of the so-called peace confer
ence appointed by the National League will
be submitted to the National League on
Monday, January 10. in Cincinnati. for rati-
fication, and there is no doubt in my mind
that 1t will be unanimously ratified said
Pulliam.
Refused the Details.
Further than this the Nationals president
refused decisively to go. mot a word" was
all that he would say to questions as to
what the four western clubs would do in
case their eastern partners took the new
war into the courts, or whether the western
clubs intended to jump the American, or as
to why the members of the National
Leagues peace conference consented to al
low the American League to invade New
York city.
He explained his connection with the peace
committee and also talked about umpires
for the coming season. He said that he be-
came a member Of the committee only two
days before the joint meeting al Cincinnati,
although the other three members had been
appointed in New York city month pre-
vious. August Hermann of the Cincinnati
club will make his report to the league as
chairman of the committee. and what 1t
will embody besides the agreement as sign
ed by the point committee Pulliam would
not anticipate.
Puliam remarked however, that the
agreement was arranged on a purely busi-
ness basis, and he felt that all threatened
dissension within the ranks of the National
League would be settled tremendously at
the meeting in Cincinnati.
This remark gave rise to a fresh rumor
that an attempt IS to be made to force the
New York club to allow the new American
League team In New York city to play at
Manhattan field 1t was pointed out that
as the National League clubs have been
paying $4,000 for the rental of the ground,
such amount would be saved by pacing an
American team there. This plan. however,
it was admitted, would not be satisfactory
to John 7. Brush. and could be presented at
the coming meeting only through intrigue
of the four western National League clubs
with the American officials.
Conferred With Ebbets.
Last night Pulliam had a conference with
Charles Ebbets of the Brooklyn club, but
with what result could not be learned.
That the battery guns of the members of
the joint peace conference were leveled
directly at the New York club seemed to
be taken as a fact among base ball men
yesterday.
81 am well satisfied with the result, highly
gratified with the resumption of good feel
ing between the two leagues, and am con-
fident that the coming year will be the
most prosperous in the history of base
ball." said Ban Johnson, according to a
Chicago dispatch. I'VE reached our agree
ment much more quickly than we expected
and 1 believe it does as little injustice to
any all clubs as is possible under the
conditions
II see John T. Brush already objects. but
he fares pretty well, considering all the
men he had who were under contract to the
American. He gets Mathewson. Bowerman
and Warner and If he had been present at
the conference he would feel glad that he
is still in base ball
George Davis visited the headquarters of
the New York club yesterday and had a
talk with Fred Knowles, the secretary.
Davis said that, although he had been as
signed by the peace committee to play on
the Chicago American League team. yet he
expects to be member of the New York