The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-07
Question of Harmony Between Major and Minor organiza- tions to be Determined as
 Result of Conferences,
MANY MEETINGS PLANNED
National League Tomorrow, American Wcdnc c,day-f,astCrn League and American Association in Scs-
 sion Yesterday.

New York, Dec G. Whether there will be harmony between the major and minor baseball organizations of the country during the coming playing sea son will be determined at series of meetings to be held in this city throughout the present week. The first Of these took place today at the Hotel Victoria Involved in the issue, as we'll Is the question of harmony be- tween two factions cf the minor league themselves, the chief dssentients from the prevailing order of things on sev- era points of baseball law on it's man agerial side between the Eastern league and the American association.
 It was q private conference today be- tween representatives of the clubs com prIsing these two leagues which opened the series of gatherings upon which the attention of baseball enthusiasts of the nation will be centercd for sev- eral days to come. l'odays meeting was for the purpose of formulating plan of action in case the requests which the Eastern league and Ameri- can association have made of the Ma tlonal commission are not granted by that body. These demands include a higher classification for the two leagues in the national association. and a modi- fcation Gs the drafting rules II Is also understood that representation on the national comm ssion itself will be among tho demands to be presented,
 i,, I-. lac ,,1 the American association was repre- sented when the Hotel Victoria confer ence was called 70 order today John O'Bren. president of the American as sociaticn acted as chairman and Charles 1' Chapin of the Rochester club as secretary. while prominent
 among the confereeS was Henry ]. Xii.
 lilea of Milwaukee, who drew up the
 national agreement and who will ap-
 pear before the national commission al ! it's meeting in tho Waldorf Astoria to- morrow and state what the two leagues wish to accomplish Just what lines Mir. Kllileas argument will take to-
 morrow. Is not definitely known, fol
 neither he nor any of the others a thu
 conference would say what took place
 at toda%'s meeting
 The national commission will holC
 several session during the week and i
 Is expected that a decision will be ren.
 dered in the case of the Chicago Ma. : tlonal league club in regard to the sal'
 of tickets for tho worlds championshil series last october
 On Tuesday the annual meeting o tbe National league will convene at th'
 Waldorf-Astoria and on Wednesday thu
 American league will begin its annna session at tho Hotel Walcott. Thes' s meetings may last until the end Of tho week
 . Much trading of players is on in : tapis and new managers may be sign < ed for St. Louis Cincinnati and Brook { Iyn National league clubs A deal Is ex
 portcd whereby Joe Kelly will go hacl ? to Toronto from Boston and Frenl { Rowerman will sign as manager of tn q Boston Nationals.
 f Altogether 1t will be 2 week of inter 7 estlns baseball legislation. Owners an
 managers of clubs all over the Unite D States will be here and tho impression f which prevailed tonight was that ev r crythng would turn out harmoni - ouSly