Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-03
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Base Ball Peace Conference
May Be Abandoned.
NATIONALS BACK DOWN
LIMITED POWERS GIVEN THEIR
COMMITTEE CAUSE OF SPLIT.
Champion Jeffries Severely Criticised
Good Bowling in Three Leagues
Lakewood Golf Tourney.
NATIONALS BACK DOWN

A special from Chicago says that it was
officially announced In that city last night
that there will be no meeting Of the peace
committees of the two leagues in Cincinnati
next Monday. While no other statement
has been made by President Ban Johnson
of the American League other than the one
that the time would be extended 1t was
admitted that the American Leaguers were
supposed to make a new date, January .,
or pass up the conference until the Ma
tional League magnates succeeded in agree
| ing upon a plan of permitting their peace
committee to exercise the same powers as
the American League committee at the con-
ference.
1t is said that Chairman Garry Hermann
of the National League committee has the
full confidence of Ban Johnson, Comiskey
Somers and Killilea of the American
League committee. but the latter are in
clined to believe that Hermann has not
the full confidence of the magnates Of his
own league. 1t is for that reason that Ban
Johnson wired Hermann that the American
League committee will not waste it's time
going to Cincinnati to meet the National
LeaguerS unless the latter are empowered
to conclude negotiations at the meeting, so
that a plan can be agreed upon which can
be Immediately adopted by both leagues
without any change.
1t was intimated by some of the Chicago
base ball authorities that the peace nego-
tons had received a serious setback, that
the American Leaguers might not so to
Cincinnati and that no amount Of d;plo-
macy would succeed in inducing the Ma
tional League magnates to grant their COM
m1ttee. the power to bind them to an agree
ment at the conference.
The return of James A Hart to Chicago
| is thought by some to likely help out the
now unsettled situation.
Looks Like Back Down.
A special from Cincinnati says that, -e-
garding the Dostponfng of the date for the
peace conference of the National and Amer
lean base ball Leagues, President Hermann
of the Cincinnati club said last night:
IL have wired Mr. johnson that mailed
letter te him replying to his communica-
ton. I expect that he will make known
the contents of my letter at once. I do not
propose to make public the text Of any COM
municatfon I address to him previous 20 it's
receipt.
1.-The National League committee mas full
power to act as much as any other COM
mittee. but committees action must al
ways be ratified by the entire body it repre-
sents before it is legal. If, in this fnsta:.ce,
should do something that was not ra IT,
fled by the National League, the league
would stand divided against 1t is now
up to Mr.. Johnson whether there snail be
a peace conference or not"
AS the matter now stands the American
League refuses to go into the conference
unless Johnson feels assured that the Ma
tional League committee has full power to
act. and if that assurance Is not given the
war will continue.
AS Viewed in Pittsburg.
A special from Pittsburg says that the
statement by President Ban Johnson of
the American League. in Chicago last
night. that he is prepared to postpone the
peace conference between the two leagues
until January 8, is considered here as the
first step toward rupture of the peace
plans. and it was freely predicted by base
ball men who ought to know that the
peace conference may never take place:
The hitch comes from the American
League. it is claimed. The statement is
made that the American Is not satisfied
with the limited powers granted to the
National League peace committee, as the
Americans committee has full power to
settle all questions at issue, even to an
amalgamation Of the two leagues
President Harry Pulliam of the National
League is on the uneasy seat Thursday
night he was about to board a train in
Pittsburg for Washington he was stopped
at the last minute by a telegram. That
message was followed yesterday by an all
day Geographic correspondence between
Pulliam and the owners of the National
League clubs.
Pulliam has severed all connection with
the Pittsburg club. He will, after Sunday
morning. remain within twelve hours ride
of Cincinnati. where the peace conference
was to be held.
A few days ago Pulliam had a confer
ence at indianapolis with John T. Brush,
owner of the New York club, and Dreyfuss
of Pittsburg. He refuses to tell what was
DONE but the supposition is that the meet
ing and his correspondence yesterday have
resulted in a refusal of the National
League club owners to further extend the
powers of their peace committee.