Evening star., 1903-07-22
NATIONAL LEAGUE ADJoURNs.
Finally Agrees on Peace and New
Agreement to Be Drawn Up,

The National League concluded one of
| the most important sessions in it's history
| In New York yesterday. The club owners
| practically completed the business of the
special meeting early in the morning, but
some minor matters were disposed of dur
| ing the day. The magnates left for home
| last evening. conscious that their action in
| reaffirming the Cincinnati peace agreement
| was of vital interest to their organization.
The Importance of recognizing the peace
pact with the American League is shown
in long interview with Ban Johnson, pres
| ldent of the American League, who is tenn
! porarily confined in his hotel by a severe
| cold. While Mr.. Johnson was quite san
euine that the National would not repudiate
| the Cincinnati agreement, he observed that
| If the old organization did uphold Brush
| In his action in playing George Davis
when the later clearly belongs to the Chi
| cago American League club by the signed
| award of the Cincinnati meeting he was
| sure that renewal Of hostilities would
| practically result in a survival of the
| fttest. He also added that the American
| League was never in such a prosperous
condition.
The result of the Nationals decision to
! abide by the terms Of the Cincinnati agree
| ment was a direct rebuke to President
| Pulliam and John T. Brush. 1t transpired
| that Brush stood alone in his contention
| that Davis belongs to the New York club
and the latter was entitled to play him.
Brush voted for himself every time q ballot
was called for. while the other seven mem
bers were a unit against him This over
whelming sentiment against Brush may
mean the retirement of the New York pres
tdent some time in the near future. 1t is
| reasonably sure that Brush's power has
been completely broken His former COL
| leagues. Robson and Hart have deserted
him permanently. lie practically stands
alone in the National League councils
Chagrined and angered at his defeat in
the Davis and Elberfeld cases, Brush did
| not appear at yesterdays session, and the
| New York club was not represented.
| The most important action of the mag
mates In yesterdays session was the consid-
GRAFTON of a national agreement. With the
old organization favoring such a compact
there was no reason now why professional
base ball in the United States should not
be governed by such an agreement. Repre-
SentatveS from the California leagues were
present. and. as these organizations are the
only outlaw leagues in existence by get
ting them under the protection Of such
compact would mean a close base ball cor
poration.
President Johnson is greatly pleased with
the action taken by the National Ieayi.c
magnates, and declared that the impending
base ball clouds have been cleared away by
the position that the league men had
adopted.
Il delighted with the turn thin gs
have taken and believe tho way is now
clear for the two leagues to get tog"t hcr
and draw up a new national agreement.
1t is my understanding that the proposed
new national agreement will take the
place Of the Cincinnati peace compact
Asked If he would now consent to meet
Presidents Pulliam and Powers, Johnson
said:
The action of the National League mag
mates certainly paves the way for the
framing Of national agreement.
believe. however. that thing so impor-
| tant to base ball should be drawn up by
committee of men from the two leagues,
| and not by the presidents. l shall probably
propose that course.
THE action of the National League men
shows conclusively that they do not want
war any more than does the American
League. All asked was fair play. The
league men have plainly told John L. Brush
that he can't run things to suit himself.
sorry for President Pulliam, but
there was no other course open to the Ma
tiOnal League magnates than the one
they took. If they wanted to be fair and
honest"