The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-08
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Cleveland, Jan. S.--The Ohio and
Pennsylvania league question seems
to be as much of a problem as ever
also the entire redistricting
scheme which has been the milleni-
umistic dream of the minor leag-
uers in the central west. The o.
and p. leaguers, aided and abetted
by sundry orators from the Central
II. o. NJ. and Interstate leagues,
fought 1t or rather talked 1t out
before the national board at the
Hollenden hotel yesterday after
noon. They Grated for some two
hours and when they ran out of
arguments. the national board I,
which at this session was composed
OF John II. Farrell. president Of
the New York State league. Joseph
IO'Brien, president of the Ameri-
can association, Tim Murnane. presi-
dent of the New England league
and T. B. shively. president Of
the Western association retired to
consider the intricate problem over
night.
The board will meet again at o
a. m. today at which additional
information will be sought and per-
haps some decisions will be handed
down. The chances are, however,
that the O. and p. league MEM
bers will be told to bury the hatch
cts and get together. OF course.
this is anticipating the decision of
the supreme court of the minor
leagues but Judging from the re-
marks made by the baseball solons
in the session held yesterday. this
is more than likely to be the out
come.
AS for the o. and'p league, that
is deadlocked to a finish. It met
yesterday and in every question that
came up except that to adjourn the
eastern section of four arrayed IL.
self solidly against the western
quartet and vice versa. There waa
no sign of break on either side
and the meeting was adjourned
in order to allow each faction to
present its case to the national
board.
This body of Tour neld its ses-
sion at 4 p. M, and, strange to
say, the hearing was open to public,
free speech being the feature. Any
one that had anything to soy, wa,
given the opportunity and made
welcome.
Ex-Mayor Moore of Youngstown
started the fireworks with an ora
torical effort, in which he told the
big bugs OF the muor leagues that
it was baseball crime to keep
Youngstown, Akron, Newcastle and
Sharon in the o. and p. league,
from which they so earnestly wish
ed to retire. He stated briefly the
reasons why these four towns wish
ed to get out.
He was followed by Hon. A. A.
Stasel OF Newark, who stated why
the clubs composing the eastern Sec
ton had no right to retire; that
the clubs composing the eastern
section had no right to retire: that
the clubs composing the western
section had invested their money in
baseball and had right to demand
that their interests be protected (;
that If these rights were not pro-
tected baseball property would stand
without credit in the commercial
world lie said that II the eastern
clubs wished to retire they were at
liberty to surrender their franchises
and players, but that IL they remain
ed in the league and lived up to the
leagues laws. particularly in re-
gard to the salary limit. they would
find the game profitable.
Moore retorted with the declara-
tion that the partition OF the league
would wreak no injury to the clubs
of the wetsern section. as they had
, the chance to form new league
with towns like Findlay, Lima,
Sandusky and other cities which
really had greater population than
Marion, Lancaster or Mansfield.
Then the outsiders took hand
In the verbal battle. President
Farrell of the New York league
made plea for harmony and ask.
ed that all present strive for senti-
, ment rather than commercialism
President Carson of the Central
league advised the factions to treat
each other fairly and under all
circumstances remain under the
banner of organized baseball.
Moore OF Youngstown then broke
Into the fight once more with the
statement that he understood the
western clubs We're willing to allow
the eastern clubs to retire on the
payment of $4,000. He made the
counter proposition that the east.
ern clubs would accept 10000 and
retire from the field. surrendering
players and franchises to the other