The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14

journal Special Service. -
! New York, Dec. 14.-When it came to vote
at the meeting Of the National league yester-
day at the Hotel Victoria, Harry Pulliam had
league. When NJ. H. seden Of Boston, who acted
I az chairman called for nominations for officers
| Barney Dreyfuss of the P1ttsburg club nominal
ed Pam for SID as Iar
! mer," said Dreyfuss 'but am willing to sink
| personalities because I think Mr.. Pulliam Is
| BY all means the best man in sight for president
of the league" The nomination was seconded
by W. B. shettsline of Philadelphia, G. M.
! Ebbets Of Brooklyn and G. w. Murphy OF
I President ]. T. Brush OF New York then nom
mated James 4. Hart Of Chicago. Nobody sec
! onded the nomination. Hart, who was present,
! at once announced that under no circumstances
| would he against Pulliam. The vote was
| then taken. Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia, Chi
! cago st. Louis and Pittsburg voted for Pulliam
and Brush Of New York and Harry Hermann,
| representing Cincinnati. cast their ballot for
Hart. The election was not made unanimous.
Hart slaps Brush.
Hart wanted to make it seem that he had
| not been candidate against Pullam, and the
! following resolution unanimously adopted
| Resolved That it is the sense of this meet
ing that James A. Hart, who was rendered a
| complimentary vote for Observation-Disclosures
urer, was in respect candidate"
After. amending the constitution on increasing
| the board Of directors to five members, the fol-
\ lowing were elected: Brush and Hermann hav-
ing declined to serve, Soden Of Boston, Drey-
! fuss Of Pittsburg, Ebbets Of Brooklyn, Shetts-
line Of phladelPhia and Murphy Of Chicago
bids fair to rival Colonel John J. Rogers as a
baseball orator. was we'll treated by his fellow
magnates In addition to being director. he
was placed on the committees on playing rules
and to consider uniform tickets of admission.
Rules Unchanged. ..
Nothing was done looking to a change in the
playing rules. The committees, comprising
Ned Hanlon, Dreyfuss and Murphy, will meet
the American league committee time dur
ing the winter and discuss the rules, reporting
to the league at the spring schedule meeting.
The magnates received communication from
the National Association Of Professional Base
ball Clubs, in session at the Fifth Avenue hotel
notifying the league that W H Watkins OF
the New York State league and President shir
ley Of the Western association, had been ap
pointed a committee to consider changes in thu
drafting rules. They will today meet Garry
Hermann, representing the National, and Bal
Johnson, to speak for the American league.
! New Rowdy Rule.
i The league will meet again today when tn
framing of a new rule to enforce discipline
among the players On. the playing field will b
taken UP. Since 1t has been decided in tn
courts that the Fleischman resolution Is extinct
some other measure will have to be passed.
] The various managers in attendance at tn
meeting spent busy day talking trades. Drey
/. fuss announced that there thirty-four play
ers Of the pirates roster, twenty -fve of whor
81 are on the market. The exceptions are Ere
Clark, Hans Wagner, Philippi Sam Lever
Claude Ritchey. "Ginger'' Beaumont, Tom Leact
Catcher Gibson and Joe Nealon. who has jus
About the last remaining feud between til
National and American leagues was settle
this morning when John J. McGraw and Ba
4 Johnson shook hands. ~ .,-' y
II congratulate you on winning the chan
/ pionship,' said Ban to John. You have fir
team" -"E 81