Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-18

SdSue WIS ItpOIleu tiiiS ditSi hooh ~
stand to 4 on the proposition to re
ire Harry Pulliam from the presiden
,y Another report was the vote was
1n a motion to grant him a leave OF
absence for a year. Gerry Hermann
presided, Pulliam not being present.
Chicago, Feb. 1S.-Comiskey gave Il
dinner last night at the Automobile
club. The American league had met
and announced its schedule; the Ma
tional league had met and adjourned
only until today. Comiskey said there
was an ironclad rule against speech
making The rule was shattered and
some awful words escaped from Harry
Pulliam, the National league president.
Perhaps the outburst would not have
taken place had not one of the Ma
tional league club owners late in the
afternoon spread the report of trouble
between Pulliam and Dreyfuss. Pull
liam implied that it was Murphy who
betrayed the league secret.
Days Are Numbered.
my days as a baseball man are
numbered" said Pulliam. 'The Ma
tional league doesn't want me for pres
ident any more. 1t longs to go back to
the days of dealing from the bottom OF
the pack, hiding the cards under the
, table, and to the days when the trade
mark was the gum shoe. Because l am
for dealing above board and playing in
the open my days are numbered.
can't afford to quit, or | would resign
now from my position which pays So,
900 Year. But I will have to quit al
the end of this year, for the club own
ers of the National league want to re
vert to the old methods
| Those closing words of a bitter TRADE
against the National league in genera
and President c. w. Murphy of the
iiCubs in particular fairly took the
breath away from a party of so diner.
who were the guests of Mr.. Comiskey
There were in the party three Nationa
league club owners-Messrs. Dewey Of
, Boston. Hermann of Cincinnati ant
Ebbets of Brooklyn.
| Almost Knocked on Feet.
| The sensational remarks of Presiden
Pulliam almist knocked them off thei
4 chairs. There had been trouble of ;
1 meeting during the afternoon, but i
never was supposed that such a state
ment was to be made at a banque
board at which sat nearly 20 newspa
i per men who chronicle the baseball
news of the major league cities.
i Immediately upon the conclusion o
Mr.. Pulliam's remarks, President John
son of the American league was upol
his feet. Mr.. Johnson, who has tough
the National league tooth and nail eve
since the American league was organ
lied, possibly for the first time in hi
life in defense of the National league
1--WE of the American league do no
share in the closing remarks of MI
Pulliam," he said 1--WE know what
strain he has passed through in tn,
last few days and of the ends to which
his patience has been tried, but we re
fuse to believe there are any jus
grounds for his last statements
Class "A Status Discussed.
J, The proposed amendment to tn
national agreement in relation to tn
J class AA leagues was discussed 2
considerable length at the meetin
} during the day and while no definit
action was taken, the sentiment O
league managers appeared in favor O
a change. A similar spirit was man
tested at the session of the America
league directors. In the Nationa
league session it was decided to amen
the rules so that the umpires will nc
have the power to fine players or me
on the coaching lines. In the futur
the violation of the rules will be pun
ished only by the ordering of the o.
fender to the club house
In Shifting Pitchers.
!, The committee decided to stop tn
practice of certain managers in shift
ing pitchers during the course c
games in order to give their team
the advantage when the batters o
the opposing teams were showing to
great strength at the plate.
II When one pitcher is taken out hi
2 successor must remain in the box III
til he had retired at least one mai
I 1T was also decided that the umpire
in the minor leagues might use the
own Judgment in the matter of in
,, tposing fines. In the major leagues tn
fines in the past have been settled b
the clubs and as a result the penait
did not fall sufficiently heavy on tn
lplaying offender. For this reason
, Twas decided that in the minor league
where the fines imposed by umpire
lhave been settled in the majority