Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-13
Manager CantiIlon Gives Up
Popular Center Fielder.
WANTS HEAVIER BATTING
Pickering as Fast as Jones and a
Better Sucker.
PEACE IN AMERICAN LEAGUE
Only One 'Favorite Wins at New Or
Unconstitutional League Still in
Session-Bowling.
WANTS HEAVIER BATTING
PEACE IN AMERICAN LEAGUE

Special Dispatch TO The Star
CHICAGO December 13.-The american
League wound up its session late yester-
dav afternoon after a meeting which was
remarkable for the peace which pervaded
its deliberations from end to end.
Before adjourning the managers. passed
a new rule which, il is thought. will tend
to abolish the practice of covering up
players for clubs outside the organiza-
lion.
Because President Johnson's term of
Office does not expire until 1910. and be-
cause most of the other positions are APP
pointive, the election concerned only
Charles Sommers of Cleveland. who was
again chosen vice president of the league.
The board of directors will consist of rep
resentatives of the Chicago, Clev Land,
New York and Boston clubs. The
leagues representatives on the joint COM
mittee with the National League are:
Standardization b. b. Johnson r.
l.. Hedges, st. Louis; John l. taylor, Bos-
ton.
Rules-C. A. Comskey, Chicago: Cor
ME Mack Philadelphia: Clark Griffith.
New York.
The new rule regarding transfers of
players restricts the practice of securing
a player by refusing waiver on MIN and
then Immediately turning him over to
club outside the league. 1t provides that
if club that obtains title to a player by
refusing to waive claims to him shall
within thirty days. ask for waivers on
him he shall revert 10 the club which
originally owned him, upon return of the
81 800 and the club to which he reverts
shall for ten days have the privilege of
disposing of him to any club outside of
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waiver. 1t is provided that If more than
one club had refused to waive in the first
instance IA such clubs except the one &c
turning him shall have the riont to
refuse to waive the second time. 1t is
further provided that no change in the
salary of such player shall take place
for thirty days and that advantage can
not he taken of this new rule until the
player has been placed In regular service
by the club securing him originally by
means of the waiver provision
Jones for Pickering.
/. There was brisk business in ball play
ers toward the end of the day.
The clubs involved in the few deals for
players reported are Chicago. st. Louis,
Washington. Detroit and New York. Man.
ager McAleer was the busiest of the lot,
and engineered two trades First he
purchased outright A. G. Brown, first
who was with the Montreal Eastern
League club last season.
Then the Browns manager traded Ollie
Pickering to Manager Cantillon of the
Washington club for Charley Jones. who
broke into fast company as White
Stocking. The other deals were the pur-
chase by the Detroits of Catcher Ira
Thomas from the New York Highlanders
and of John Anderson of Washington by
Comiskey.
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off until Just before the gathering broke
up. and the magnates departed for their
homes. In Brown. the St Louis club Is
said to have secured a brilliant fielding
first baseman but a light batter. He was
unable to displace Rossman from the
Tiger iniield on account of the showing
the latter made at the bat in the world S
series.
Second Thoughts Best.
Second thoughts are best. No matter
who sprung it originally. he was pretty
smart guy. as the amiable and handsome
delegates to the meeting of the league
will cheerfully attest. When, at We'd
nesday's session. it was voted to suggest
to the national commission the extension
of the number of worlds championship
games from seven to nine. there were
absent several delegates who entertaind
dramatically opposite views. delegates who
would have preferred reducing the number
Of games to five. At their request the
. action of Wednesday was recalled and
the proposition was reopened. 1t was
pointed out that in the event of the cham
pionships of the two big leagues being
won by clubs of the two geographical d.
visions. one eastern. one western, the eX-
tension of the number of games would be
hound to work a hardship upon one or
the other. Under the proposed change
it might be necessary for contending
teams To make three separate trips. and
in the event Of d tie fourth would ne
possible. Then the uncertain climatic
conditions which prevail in many of the
cities included in the big circuits, at the
close Of the regular Championship season
was quoted as another reason why there
should be extension in the number N
the post-season games. After little fur
Their discussion. the resolution OF "eu-
nesday was rescinded.
Peace, Gentle Peace.
let the scoffers. skeptical. who think
that the onc-time warning base ball fac
tons are not dwelling together in that
harmony which the psalmst tells us is SO
conducive TO a happy life beyond, read
this telegram from the president OF the
National League to the president OF the
American in response to congratulations
of the latter over the Cubs victory In LIE
worlds series:
The National League extends its CRATE
ful thanks for the kind greetings of the
An, fiCan and the sportsmanlike words of
cncer for our victorious club. Long lie
to the American League and its presi-
dent"
Talk about time working wonders,
who'd ever thought five years ago that
the old gent with the scythe would have
pulled off a trick like that? WAC would
have then dreamed of the official head
of the National League ever wishing
long life to the american League and it's
president" and yet that spirit of amity
breathed in the Geographic correspondence
between Messrs. Johnson and Pulliam
should always prevail. 1t has been
demonstrated convincingly to every one
save IA few pull-back magnates and few
fat-witted newspapermen that this great
country is able and willing to support two
big base bail organizations. Any parti-
san seeking to disrupt the cordial rela-
tions now existing between the two big
CrrariZations is "A friend to neither and