The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-17
DEADLOCK over
n. |. PRESIDENCY

New York, Dec. 17.-No president of
the National League of Professional
Baseball clubs was elected by the club
owners in their 1--WE hour session in the
Waldorf yesterday afternoon; only one
ballot was taken. This resulted in four
votes each for John M. Ward and Ro-
bert w. Brown, Louisville newspaper
man. John Heydler, the incumbent,
refused to allow his name to be pres
ented as a candidate for reelection.
with view to clearing the air, and
determining how Horace FOCAL, who
represents the new owners of the Phil
adelphia team, would vote.
As was expected, FOCAL voted for
Ward. who was placed in nomination
by Charles II. Ebbetts Of Brooklyn and
seconded by John T. Brush of New
York. The other votes received by
Ward We're those of the New York,
Brooklyn and Chicago clubs.
Brown heretofore, has been consider
ed only in the light of compromise
candidate, but he received the votes of
Stanley Robson OF st. Louis, Garry
Herman of Cincinnati, Barney Drey-
fuss Of Pittsburg and John S. c. Dewey
of Boston. After this deadlock the
magnates adjourned until / o. m, to-
day, having done little more than as
certain pust how ST. Louis and Phila-
dalphia presidents stood.
The deadlock is similar to that of
eight years ago when four clubs de-
sired the election of A. G. Spaulding
and four others the continuance OF
fok IN
John Heydler has by no means with
drawn and his name may later be pre-
scented as a candidate. But in order to
determine the lineup Heydler told Au-
gust Hermann. owner of the Cincin-
natl club, not to present his name, and
Hermann refrained from doing so.
Sore at Johnson.
During the prorracted, unproductive
session yesterday, President Ebbetts of
Brooklyn made an impassioned speech
against Ban Johnson, saying that the
American league president had no right
at all to dictate to the National league
that it should not elect Ward as presi-
dent. But the American league mag
mates, most of whom have started for
home after concluding the meeting, say
New evidence having been presented
to the national commission regarding
the attempt to bride Umpire KLEIN in
October, 1908, when the Chicago and
New York teams played the game that
decided the championship of the Ma
tional league, that body will reopen
the case President Murphy of the Chi
cago Nationals has apologized to KLEIN
for statement given out in Chicago
last fall, saying that the arbitrator had
1t in for the Chicago team and had pur-
posely given it the worst of decisions.
This apology to KLEIN was insisted on
by President Heydlur.
One Big Trade.
The one big trade was negotiated be-
tween the New York and st. Louis
American league clubs. The local team
got Lou Criger, the veteran catcher,
and a small cash consideration for
Pitcher Joe Lake and Cutfelder Ray
Demmitt.
The Philadelphia Americans sold Gus
Hetling, third baseman, who was
with Kansas City last season, to the
st. Louis American league club. The
general impression was that st. Louis
would turn Hetling over to the Louis
Vile team.
The Rochester club cold Pitcher
Beecher to Denver and practically
made arrangements to get Pitcher La
fitte from Detroit and OutfieIder Crisis
from ST. Louis.
Jack Warner, the catcher, will man.
age a club in the South Michigan
league next season.