Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-17
NATIONALS FAIL
TO ELECT HEAD
WARD AND BROWN RECEIVE
FOUR VOTES EACH
HEYDLER DECLARES HE Is NOT
OUT OF RACE
Ward Believes That HeydIer Will Re-
tain Office as Result of Dead
lock-Brown Is Com
promise
Associated Pressl

clubs was elected by the club owners
in a ffve-hour session today. only one
ballot was taken. This resulted in
four votes each for John NJ. Ward
and Robert w. Brown, a Louisville
newspaper man. John Heydler, the
present incumbent, refused to allow
his name to be presented as a can
didate for reelection with view &c
clearing the air and determining how
Horace Fogel,. who represents the new
owners of the Philadelphia team, would
vote.
As was expected, Fogel voted for
Ward who was placed in nomination
by Charles H. Ebbetts of Brooklyn
and seconded by John T. Brush of New
York. The other votes received by
Ward were those of the New York,
Brooklyn and Chicago clubs.
Brown heretofore has been considered
only in the light of a compromise
candidate, but he received the votes
of Stanley Robson of st. Louis, Garry
Hermann of Cincinnati, Barney Drey-
fuss of Pittsburg and John ). {.
Dovey of Boston.
After this deadlock the magnates
adjourned until tomorrow afternoon,
having done little more than ascer-
tain Just how the St. Louis and Fhlla-
delphia presidents stood.
The deadlock is similar to that OF
eight years ago, when four CLUBS De
sired the election of A. q. Spalding
and four others the continuance Of
Nicholas +. Young in office. In the
end a compromise was reached with
the resignation of Nicholas Young.
Affairs of the league were then con-
Quoted by an executive committee
which may again result from the pres
ent situation.
HeydIer Still in Race
John Heydler has by no means with
drawn from the presidential race and
his name may be presented later.
But to determine the lineup Heydler
told August Hermann not to present
his name today. Supporters of Heyd-
ler-Herrmann, Doyey and Dreyius en-
Enthusiastically and Robinson passively-
were iubiIant tonight over the fact that
no president was chosen on the first
ballot. Charles w. Murphy president
of the Chicago club, said Friday night
that Ward would be elected president
on the first ballot. The fact that he
was not was cause for celebration
among pro- Heydler men, who main
tained that If there is any weakening
1n the respective forces 1t Will be with
the supporters of Ward.
Heydler declined to say tonight
whether he will be satisfied to retain
his former office of secretary
IN case the compromise candidate We're
elected president
Il have not considered this phase Of
the situation" he said.
In the protracted session today Pres
ident Ebbctts Of Brooklyn made an i'm
passioned speech against Ban Johnson,
saying that the American league had
no right to dictate to the National
league that it should not elect Ward
l. e .ffarnFa THR la
magnates. most OF whom have started
for home after concluding the meeting
yesterday, say that they will back
johnson to the limit.
Bribing Evidence Heard
New evidence having been presented
to the National commission regarding
the attempt to bribe Umpire KLEIN in
October. 1905, when the Chicago and
New York teams played the game that
decided the championship of the Ma
tional league, that body viii reopen
the case.
President Murphy Of the Chicago Ma
tionals has apologiZed to KLEIN for a
statement given out at Chicago last
fall, saying that the arbitrator "had
St in for" the Chicago team and had
purposely given it the worst of the de-
cisions. This apology to Klein was in
sisted on DN GItSlQtul IltF ulClf
The one big trade of the day was
negotiated between the New York and
st. Louis American league clubs. The
local team got Lou Criger, veteran
catcher, and a small cash considera-
fion for Pitcher Joe Lake and Outicid-
er Ray Demmitt
The PHILADELPHIA Americans sold Gus
Hetling, a third baseman, who was
with Kansas city last season. to the
St. Louis American league club.
Jack Warner, the catcher will man
age a club in the Southern MlchlGan
league next season.
Preliminary to the meeting Ben
Shibe, one of the owners Of the Phlla-
delphia Americans, and @. w. Murphy
of the Chicago Nationals engaged in a
wordy combat i'm the hotel corridor over
an Indianapolis player, whom Shlbe
claimed he had drafted and Murphy
had captured by unfair means
The argument Was becoming heated
when friends interviewed,
For the first time i'm many years John
u. Brush attended National league
meeting. Assisted by friends, he left a
sick bed and was brought to the meet
ing room, and made known his readi-
ness to fight for the election Of Ward
for president.
When the eight league presidents
convened for their session President
Heydler withdrew.
Wards Statement
John NJ Ward, in q remarkable state
ment this afternoon. threw q new light
on the contest for the presidency. Mr..
Ward said
"As you know, the first ballot re-
suited four votes for Heydler and four
votes for myself, and ] think l am
justified in saying Ihat the future bal
lots will indicate 81 rrcarrangoment.
The second ballot ! believe, win result
in four votes for myself and four votes
for r. w. Brown of Louisville
"A third ballot will ne taken, with
the same result and then the mag
mates viii undoubtedly agree to let the
election stand over. with Heydler stn
in the presidency. although the league
rules provide that an election shall take
place at this time.
"Then the magnates win select three
OF their number. and this tiumvirate
will virtually govern the organization. ."
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Crown Prince in Wreck