The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-07
CLASS A BOILERS
SUBMIT CASE TO
NATIONAL BOARD
A. A. and Eastern League Seek
Concession from High Court
of Baseball.

The National Commission is in session
quests of class A clubs who seek to be
raised a class in the minor leagues.
The two leagues are the American AS
ISOLATION and the Eastern League.
Henry j. Killilea, of Milwaukee, in be-
half of he two boiling leagues. pre-
sented their requests to the National
Commission.
On the surface the joint meeting of the
Eastern League and the American Asso-
citation. held yesterday at the Hotel Vic
toria, was as peaceful as a Sabbath gath
ering OF business men from many sections
of the country should be. Whether a
war cloud will appear on the baseball
horizon or not when the committee repre-
senting the boilers meets the national
commission today remains to be seen.
The committee will ask for concessions
never before granted to minor leagues.
by the National and American Leagues.
The unanimous, expression of the dele
gates yesterday, and every club In both
leagues wa represented, was that their
circuits, comprising cities aggregating 81
000,OU inhabitants, are entitled to prfvf-
leges Above those allowed the other minor
leagues
1t is understood that the three chief de-
mands which were presented are:
A higher classification for the Eastern
League and American Association than
that allotted to all the other leagues ex-
cept to the two major bodies.
A representative from each on the ma
tional commission, the supreme court of
basketball.
drafting as between majors and minors.
President y. E. O'Brien. of the Ameri-
can Association, was chairman Of the
secretary. Those present were:
Eastern League-Presidcnt P. Il. Powers,
Hugh Duffy, providence; George stallings,
NGuyprk+ II Davis and NNnlfnp nfMla r1
jersey City; Edward Hanlon, Baltimore;
A. b. Potter, Judge Hart, ]. J. Stein and
chester; j. j. McCaffrey, Toronto; +. G.
Hickson, S. Lichtenstein and G. Boyer,
Montreal.
apoilss; George TebeaI. Kansas City and
and NJ. E.. Cantillon, Minneapolis: Mr.:
Havener also held the proxy of George
Lrslnon. of st. Paul.
Lawyer Killilea was named with Presi-
dent Powers and President O'Brien a com.
mittee to appear before the National
Commission and fight for the demands
of the minors. Killilea, next TO Ban john
son, was the principal factor In the
American League war against the National
League which ended in the winter OF
19O2-19O3. He was at that time owner Of
the Boston Americans. and at the meeting
in Cincinnati in 1903 drew up the national
agreement under which the leagues are
now operat dnf no me t saw worst op ie of 'i the are are
gument, and the minors, have great faltn
In his Utility to press their claims before
the supreme court" -
I'VE will ask nothing unr~easonapre,
said Mr.. Kililea, this afternoon; cup
owners of these two leagues thlnk that
in view of their large constituency they
should be classed higher than the other
minor leagues. Nobody wants war, we
have been through that and we know
The Eastern League and American As
ISOLATION people say that Ban Johnson is
largely responsible for their present trouD-
les with the smaller members of the
National Association. 1t was Johnson who
forced the Southern League into class A
by standing out against Hermann ana
Pulliam four years ago and refusing 10
sign the new drafting agreement unless
thew agreed to allow the Kavanaugh or
gsnization equal rights with the American
For the big show the clans are gath
ering slowly, Not an AMERICAN League
League magnates save Shettsline, OF Phila-
delphia have reached New. York. Ban
johnson, president Of the American
League. is due here tomorrow m NOR fid
himself in the minority on the National
Commission in desiring to hold back the
Chicago ticket report. Both Hermann
and PulIiam wish the matter closed UP at
George Dovey. owner of the BostoA Ma
tjonals. was apparently very much Nsur-
prised to find Frank Bowerman Waltbls
FOR him on his arrival here. The Romeo,
snendjng ~carefare needlessly, and his visit
10 New York looks as though he expected
10 sign a contract to manage Boston tnls
week. ice Kelley will be here tomorrow
sssed To- insist that his two years con
trec ~ ha carried out.