Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-11
Base Ball Leaders to Confer
- on the Next Schedule.
OLDER LEAGUE RETREATS
Agrees to Meet Americans to Fix
Opening Day.
NO IMPORTANT TRADES AS YET
Cyclists Plot to Defeat Men in Front.
~ Many Falls at New Orleans
Races-Bowling Battles.

: CHICAGO, December 11.-RepreSenta-
fives of the base ball clubs of the Ameri-
can League will put their heads together
in annual meeting here this afternoon.
each one alert for some dcker that will
add TO the efficiency of his own particular
aggregation. Rumors of all sorts of
trades are in the air. Notwithstanding the
tradition that few important transfers
Rave been known to take place at the
s,nnual conference. In expectation of
some such reorganization. nevertheless.
quite a number of minor leaguers are
towering near hoping to be able to pick
hip some players.
One result that is quite likely to follow
today's conference is the wiping out of
the last difference between the two major
aeagues-the question of the date for
opening the season. Formerly the Ma
fional League has acted arbitrarily on
that subject, and the American League
has naturally arranged its schedule &C
cordingly. Yesterday, however. President
Ban Johnson of the American organiza-
zion received telegram from President
Pulliam stating that the National League
would appoint two men TO work In con-
formity with similar committee from
She other body on the matter of dates
BY such an understanding the work of
the schedule committee will be con-
siderably smplified. 1t is considered prob
able that the opening date Will be hxed
by Telegram hic communication between
the heads of the organizations before the
present meeting adjourns. 1t is also pre-
dicted that the opening date will not be
quite SO early as that of last season.
The board of directors, composed of the
representatives of Boston. Philadelphia,
Detroit and ST. Louis clubs, will hold a
preliminary conference in President john
sons office prior to the regular meeting
being called for the Auditorium annex.
Manager Jim Mcclure of the Boston
team and Secretary f. S. Barnard of the
Cleveland club were the only other Amer
lean League officials TO arrive yesterday,
but several presidents and managers or
minor leagues were in the city to confer
with friends in the big league and pick
up anything offered In the way of trades
OF sales.
Quite a flock of minor leaguers are on
the scene looking for a chance to pick up
players. President McCaffery of the
championship Toronto team of the East
eru League is here looking for manager
TO succeed Joe Kelley in case the latter
signs with the Boston Nationals. Ducky
Holmes. a former White Sox outfielder,
now owner of the Sioux City club, is here
dickering with a representative of the
Mobile South League club on the ex
change of players and with his ear to the
ground listening for chance to pick up
some big league discard. President Wat
leins of Indianapolis and Business Mana
ger Quinn of the Columbus club are also
Oh the lookout for playing talent.
President 7. c. Noyes of the Washing
ton club arrived at noon and met Mana
ger Joe Cantillon at the Auditorium Hotel
shortly after his arrival. Several news
paper boys made a rush for the pair, but
the manager said there was no news to
give out. Messrs. Moves and Cantillon
were closeted in the formers room for
nearly an hour, and it is supposed they
ware going over the situation as to posi-
ale trades.
. 'Cantillon remarked after the conference
that. he was ready to trade with any one,
but he has become such a slick article
that all the managers are fighting shy of
him,