Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-04

NEW YORK December 4.-The big
league moguls are natura ~ interested in
the much heralded rebellion of the East
ern League and American Association
The conspirators will get together at the
Hotel Victoria Sunday afternoon at
o'clock. While none of the f1rst-water
magnateS will venture on the stamping
ground most of them will be somewhere
in the vicinity. George Dewey. August
Hermann and Barney Dreyfuss will he
here early Sunday, as vii also President
Ban B. Johnson of the American League.
John l.. Taylor will probably be here to-
morrow at which time John T. Brush is
also expected back from indianapolis.
President Charles W. Murphy of the
Cubs may not be able to attend the Ma
tional League meeting in this city next
week. The Windy city autocrat yester-
day notified President Pu'liam that. owing
to illness in his family, he may not be
able to come east. Murphy has a number
of radical suggestions as to rules revision,
among them the abolition of the spitball,
which may necessarily be laid over until
the spring meeting of the circuit. His
presence was especially desirable at the
meeting of the board Of directors. As this
promises to be rather stormy owing to
petty grievances of Charles Ebbets, Bar
ney Dreyfuss and others.
At the meeting it is expected that John
T. Brush and others will! demand an ex-
PLANTATION of the constitution of the league
which made possible the extension of the
schedule for the pla wing off of that sensa-
tional tie game between the Cubs and
Giants, Mr.. Pullam has prepared long
harangue justifying the board in its ac-
ton. Section 81 emphaticaly states that
in case of a tie at the conclusion of the
season a series of three games must be
played to settle supremacy.
This game. however was an exception.
Charles Murphy's protest tied up the mat
ter so that playing it off the next day was
Impossible. and it came to the end of the
race a drawn game only through techn-
cality. In such case the board Of direct
ors harked back 10 section % OF the con-
stitution. which was interpreted as au-
thority for the course of action pursued.
Constitution All Right.
NJ. Pulliam says there are no reasons
why the present constitution should be
altered to guard against a repetition of
the unsatisfactory windup of the past sea-
son. He explains that had the race re-
suited in a three-cornered tie Chicago
and New York would have been called
upon to play off the one suddendeath
game and then Pttsburg would have met
the winner for the pennant in a three
game series.
President Ban Johnson of the American
Base Ball League announced yesterday
that he would make an effort to have
special meeting called in Chicago of the
national base ball commission to consider
the ticket scalping case against the Chi
cage ball club. The men who handled
the selling of the tickets in the worlds
championship games. he said would then
have a chance to face those who charge
that the scalpers were favored in the dis
posa, of tickets. If the meeting is held
it will probably be about December II.
said President Johnson.
Clarke Griffith always has been anxious
to have base ball club OF his own. He
never has made any serious effort to pur-
chase major league franchise. or. IL he
has, he has kept the matter quiet but he
has tried TO obtain control of some minor
| league club.
He is after A franchise now which he
thinks will make him just the place that
| he wants in the base ball world He would
| like to buy the kasas City club.