The San Francisco call., 1908-12-19
BIG POWWOW WILL
BE HELD BY BALL
MAGNATES
There appears Little Prospect,
However, of HarmOnizing
Coast and State Leagues
BY T. p. MagiIligan

Representatives of the State and
Coast leagues will meet President Ban
Johnson of the American league and
president Harry Pulliam of the Ma
tional league at the st. Francis hotel
at o'clock this afternoon and an en-
deavor will be made to bring the State
leaguers into organized baseball.
Whether the effort will be successful
or not will not be known until after
the meeting has adjourned, but from
wh1sperings around the corridor of the
St Francis yesterday the indications
are that the State league will remain
an independent organization.
Cy Moreing, the controlling spirit OF
the Stockton team and one OF the big
men of the Independent organization.
does not favor the idea OF joining FORCES
with organized baseball and unless the
other members of the State league who
attend this afternoons meeting are
stronger for organized baseball than
Moreing there is little hope for a con-
junction of forces.
Moreing believes that the State
league would gain nothing and lose
considerable in a compact with the
powers that be in baseball, and the
chances are he will hold out for an
independent league.
The Coast league magnates would not
say what action they intended TO take
In case the State league failed to come
to terms, but the inference among men
who know baseball is that the Ewing
league will make war on the inde-
pendent organization.
Until the present time the Coast
league has maintained a policy OF
hands on as regards State league
players, but they will hardly maintain
the same policy next season, unless
Frank Herman's organization gets in
under the protecting wing OF organized
baseball.
Neifher pu11fop, nor Johnson wouId
discuss the probable outcome of todays 8
conference. Each said that he was here
merely In the interests OF baseball and
the good of the game. The eastern
magnates will do what they can to
bring about peace between the leagues.
but neither had any suggestions to offer
yesterday.
The meeting will decide the question
of war or peace between the leagues.
and from the undercurrent OF opinion
among baseball men who were at the
st. Francis yesterday there is slight
hope that the State league VIII con-
sent to enter organized baseball. al
though this feeling may change when
Cal Ewing. Harry Pull PulliaIm IN and. and Bsn san
advantage of organization.
Charley Graham of Sacramento ar
rived in the city YESTERDAY ana if, was satsnd at
todays meeting. Frank Herman, presi-
dent of the State league; Al Jarman
of San Jose. Dick Evans OF Fresno ana
Cy Moreing of Stockton will be the
other State league delegates at the
conference
John 7. Taylor, president of the Bos-
ton Americans, announced yesterday
that his team would train at Hot
Springs in the future. The owner of
the Boston REDS" believes that Hot
Springs is the ideal spot and has made
arrangements for a large tract of land
grounds for his team for a number of
Years. Although Boston has not made
much of a showing in the American
league since 1904, Taylor believes ne
has great team now and that with
the training facilities he has secured
for his club they will show much I'M
provement and be a factor in the
American league race