The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-12
MACNATES ADJOURN
WITH LITTLE DONE
Stormy Session of Baseball
Leaders Comes to
Naught

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 1.-THE
baseball season will open Friday, April
IA, and close on either Oct. or g. the
schedules of the National and American
leagues each providing for 154 games.
| This much was decided today by Presi-
dents Pulliam, of the National league,
and Johnson, of the American league,
after a conference at the hotel, where
Pu1liam is still confined to his bed. They
have been named as schedule committees
for their respective leagues and the con-
ference today was simply preliminary to
the arrangement of the schedules, which
are to avoid all conflicts.
The Eastern clubs will play in the East
and the Western in the West at the start,
although the exact arrangement is yet
to be settled finally. 1t had been hereto
fore announced that the American league
would play only 140 games, but today s
conference fixed total of 154 games for
each league.
The other development of the day
among the baseball men was in regard to
the reported intention of Chairman Herr
mann to resign from the national COM
| mission. In conversation Mr.. Hermann
had said that he thought it likely in the
course OF time that his other business in
tereStS would require SO much of his
time that he would be compelled to resign
his position On the national commission.
A partial overhearfng Of the remark led
to the circulation of the report of his res
| 1gnation. During the afternoon Mr.. Herr
mann denied any intention of resigning at
the present time, but before this denial
became known he was waited on by the
members of the national board and all
the minor league representatives in the
| city and formally urged not to resign
PRESIDENT Ban johnson, of the American
| league. Joined In the request, as also did
| those of the major league men who were
still here. President Pulliam, of the Ma
tionaI league. has so far recovered from
the severe cold which at one time threat
ened to develop pneumonia that he ex-
| poets to leave for the East in a few days.
Other Changes Made
| Other changes in the agreement, about
! Wh1ch there were contests, were accepted
| formulated by Chairman Hermann and
| Secretary Brush and then sent to the Ma
tional and American league and National
| Association of Minor Leagues for final
| The following proposed changes In the
national agreement, suggested by the
commission. were indorsed by the exeeu-
tive board OF the national association.
The national commission shall have the
power to fine clubs and players as well
! as leagues
| whose cities are appointed shall be re-
| 1mbursed for losses as well as the leagues
whose territory Is annexed.
The drafting season of the California
| that league to play longer season than
/ the leagues in the East.
/ Players drafted by major league and
/ then defaulted on shall first be made sub
/ ject to the draft of all major league clubs
before they are returned to the club from
which they were taken.
Limit Purchase Time
No purchase of players will be allowed
until after the close of the drafting sea-
/ son, except in extreme emergencies, the
national commission and the national
board of the national association to de-
4 termine if such emergency exists
A rule adopted to prevent players play
ing against teams on which there are
\ players who are under suspension by the
| big leagues or the national association
| Changes in the major league circuits were
/ predicted by Chairman Hermann, of the
| national commission, in an interview to-
| day.
Ban Johnson, president of the American
/ league, in his statement to the baseball
| men at Laughrey clubhouse, said that the
! only solution of the present situation
growing out of the competition for play
| ers was the organization of twelve clut
| circuit, which he considered to be impos-
Slble. Commenting on this statement
| Hermann today said:
| In my Judgment, if we continue under
| prevalent conditions, believe that in two
| the major league circuits will be i'm
perative."
| The national board of arbitration
| which decides cases affecting minol
| league clubs, was in session all AFTERNOON
1 and tonight announced number of de-
| Harry Newmyer, awarded to Waterloo
| Iowa, from Colorado Springs.
Application of Duluth for Gehring de
| MED; player awarded to Minneapolis.