The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-06
AMERICAN LEAGUE
DUP[D BY NATIONAL
johnson Men Claim PuIIiam
Magnates Changed Seized
ule Over Night.

announcement of the National league
schedule for the coming season, strong
accusations of unfair dealing were
made against that organization by
President Johnson, of the American
league, and Frank Farrell, of the New
F York American League club, both Of
whom charged the old body with
changing dates over night.
1t appears that at the sessions of the
joint schedule committees on Wednes-
day and Thursday it was decided that
the New York National should open
the season April Ia in Philadelphia,
and that the Boston club would be the
attraction in Brooklyn on the same
date. When the schedule was given
out it was seen that a switch had been
made, in that the Giants are booked
for Brooklyn on the opening day and
the Bostons are slated for Philadel-
phia.
When .Johnson's attention was called
to these changes he said: 1.-THE Ma
tional league has broken faith with us
on the schedule. I am surprised that
it should resort to such undetermined
methods as the changing of dates over
night. At the joint session of the
schedule committees 1t was agreed that
the New York Nationals should open
the season in Philadelphia. and thus
leave clear field for the New York
American league here.
AT the time that question was set
tied Mr.. Hart. chairman of the Ma
tional leagues committee, was not
present, but Dreyfuss and Ebbets, the
other members Of the committee, un-
derstood the arrangement and assented
to it. So far as I know, the dates of
April IA, Is and 16 in Philadelphia on
the National league schedule were al
lotted to the New York club, and the
same dates in Brooklyn were assigned
to the Boston club.
81 cannot understand why there
should have been any juggling with
the schedule after the labors of the
joint committees were finished, unless
it was to embarrass the New York
Americans on their opening day here
by playing the Giants in Brooklyn. /
don't know what action the American
league will take in the matter, but the
offense is too grave to be overlooked"
Breach of Faith Charged.
Frapk Farrell also denounced the
tactics of the National league. He
said: ut is a clear case, and the Ma
tiona1 league has been caught in the
act. The schedule was changed after
the committees had arranged the dates
and the change was made to harass
me. I never would have consented to
the Giants playing in New York or
Brooklyn on the opening day. because
that would interfere with the attend
ance al my game.
81 was satisfied to have Boston open
in Brooklyn, but never will stand for
New York going across the bridge on
April IA. I charge the National league
with breaking faith with us on a mat
ter of vital Importance. Undoubtedly
other changes also have been made, as
Mr.. Johnson announced there were only
eleven conflicts in New York. while the
National league, in giving out its
schedule, says there are thirteen. Prob
ably on examination I will find more
1--WE made one mistake" Comiskey.
of Chicago, said. when the joint ses-
sion was finished we should have re-
quested copy of the National leagues
dates. Then there could have been no
tampering with the schedule We neg
lected to do this. however, and our OPP
ponents have taken a mean advantage
of us. The dates have been juggled
since the committee got through, and
only careful examination will reveal
how far the National league men have
gone"
Comiskey was a member of the
American league schedule committee.
PuIIiam Denies Charges.
When President Pulliam, of the Ma
tionaI league, learned of the aceusa-
lions of Johnson and his associates, he
denied that any changes had been
made in the schedule. But just the
same it was common report around
the Victoria hotel that Ebbets, of
Brooklyn, one of the National leagues
schedule makers, sat up until o'clock
yesterday morning working on a new
schedule.
Ebbets gave out the playing dates
and in doing so incidentally remarked
that they were the same as agreed on
by the joint committee, with one ex-
ception-that conflict in New York
had been avoided by the transfer of
game with Boston to Brooklyn.
The National league was in session
for several hours yesterday, oStensibly
to fatty the work of it's schedule COM
mittee, which ordinarily takes about
fifteen minutes, and the baseball and
newspaper men in waiting, surprised at
the prolonged session, began to think
there was something doing" 1t was
nearly 6 o'clock when adjournment was
taken and the schedule given out
President Johnson made the follow
ing statement in the Fifth Avenue no.
tel: Examination of the National
league schedule shows that, besides
the changes already discovered, the
Boston club is booked to play in New