The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-12
Representatives of Eastern and
 American Associations Dis satisfied With Affairs.
RESOLUTIONS VOTED DOWN
Petitioners Unsuccessful in Their At tempt to Secure Control of the
 Board of Arbitration.

Chicago, Nov. 11.--.Eastern league and American association representa- tives caused a sensation at the an nual meeting of the National Assocla- ton of Professional Baseball Clubs in this city to-day by withdrawing from the session. The two boiling factions had presented q resolution asking that they be given control of the national board of arbitration. and that the Vest ern and Southern leagues be reduced from Class A to Class B.
 This resolution was voted down by the meeting. and President oBrien of the association then petitioned for the American association and the Eastern league to withdraw from the National association, and requested permission to negotiate with the American league and the National league for special working agreement
 The petitioners insisted on immediate action, and when their petition was overwhelmingly defeated. the two fac tions withdrew from the meeting. They declined to make any statement other than that they did not propose to be | governed by number of bush l leagues" Their next move, 1t is said, will be to confer with the two big | leagues--the American and the National with the hope that they may be given permission to act as a separate organ ization. really third major league. | Rumors, which could not be confirmed, had 1t that the American association | 1k r~l,, Af t,,xf T ,er major league territory, and that de- signs were held on Pittsburg, Cincln- nati, St. Louis and Chicago If there were anything in these rumors 1t goes without saying that the American as- sociation has nothing to hope for from | the national commission.
 we have done nothing more serious than to withdraw from the meeting, said President O'Brien of the American l association. We have not withdrawn from organized baseball, nor have we severed our connection with the Ma tional association by our action. We | have not become outlaws.
 Technically 1t was the attempt of the Eastern and American factions to re- duce the board of arbitration from sev- en to five members, and to obtain three of the five votes that aroused the great est antagonsm in the convention, there not being more than five ballots out of a poll of twenty-five favoring the measure. The small leagues supported the Southern and Western leagues in the fight against the reduction in class- I iflcaton of these two organizations, and the vote was just solidly against the resolution. When the two big leagues had asked for everything they wanted and had been refused. they bolted the meeting. Efforts were made to secure the aid of the Pacific Coast league for the seeding interests. but it could not be learned that this move attained success.
 While these events were moving for ward the national commission trans acted business on It's own account. It was unofliclally stated that the Chicago National league team would be repri- manded for unbusinessllke methods in dlsposIng of tickets to worlds cham plonship games
 A second meeting was held to-day by the Western league, at which harmony prevailed The cities of Wichita and Topeka, Kansas, were voted into mem ing the number of cities In that or i ganization from six to eight.
 Dick" Cooley formerly of the Bos- l ton National league team, will lead the Topeka club, and Frank Isbell, the great first baseman of the Chicago American league team last summer, will head the Wichita Athletes, Con siderable routine business was disposed of Those present were Norris O'Neill president of the league; J. H. Higgins of Des Molnes; w. A. O'Rourke and James ORourke, of Omaha Guy Greene, of Lincoln; R. R. Burke and George Tebeau of Denver; w. F Holmes. of Sioux City, and w. Higgins | of Pueblo