The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-17
FIRST BALLOT. SHOWS
A TIE VOTE
NATIONAL LEAGUE MAGNATES
UNABLE TO AGREE UPON
HEyoLER.s SUCCESSOR.

New York. Dec. i6---No president of
the National League OF Baseball clubs
was elected by the club owners in
their five-h"ur session today. Only
one ballot was taken. This resulted i'm
four votes for John NJ. Ward and
Robert W. Brown. a Louisville news
papcrnan. John Heydier. the present
incumbent. refused to allow his name
to be presented rs a candidate for re-
election with IA view to clearing the
air and determining how Horace Fo.eI
who represents the new owners of thu.
Philadelphia team. would vote. As
was expected Fu.el voted for Ward.
The other votes received by Ward were
those Of the New York. BROOKLYN and
Chicago clubs. Brown h.retofor. has
been considered only in the light of
Il compromise candidate. but he re-
ceiv.d TIL. votes of Stanley Robson of
ST. Louis: Garry Hermann OF cincin-
natl: Barney Drcyfuss Of pittsburg
and John Dovey of Boston. After this
deadlock the magnates adjourned until
tomorrow afternoon. having done little
more than ascertain just how the 81.
Louis and Philadelphia presidents
stood
F0iStoFJ NSpSdkS ttSeifs
The deadlock is similar to that of
eight years ago when four clubs de-
sired the election Of y. q. Spalding and
four others the continuance Of Nicholas
T.. Young in office In the end Il COM
promise was hcachcd with tn. resigna
tion Of Nicholas Young. Affairs Of the
l.asu" were then conducted by an
executive committee. which may result
from tn" present situation. John
Heydi,r has by no means withdrawn
from the presidential race and his
name may b. presented later. Heydler
declined to say tonight whether he will
he satisfied to retain his former office
Of secretary treasurer in case the
compromise candidate was elected
president.
Il have not considered this phase of
tn. situation he said.
In the protracted session today
President Ebbetts of Brooklyn made
an impassioned speech against f:an
Johnson. saying that the American
league had no right to dictate to the
National league that it should not
elect Ward as president But the
American league nasnates. most of
whom have started for home after
concluding the meeting yesterday. say
that they will back johnson to the
limit. New evidence having been pre-
scented to the national commission re-
-tardirg tn" attempts to bride Umpire
Klein in October. 1905. when the Chi
cago and New York teams played the
game that decided the championship
Of the National league. that body will
r,op"n the ease. President Murphy OF
III" Chicago Nationals has apolosizcd
To KLEIN for a statement given gu: in
Chicago last fall. saying that the
arbitrator had it in for the Chicago
team and had purposely given II the /.
worst Of the decisions. This apology
IL Klein was insisted on 10y President
licydler.
Some Trades.
The one big trade Of tn. DAY Was
negotiated between the New Sork and
st. Louis American league clubs. The
latter team got Lou criger. veteran
catcher and II small cash considera-
ton for Pitcher Joe Lake and Out
fielder Ray Dcmmitt. The Philadelphia
Americans sold Gus Hettling. "A third
base:nan who was with Kansas city
has, season. to the st. Louis American
league club.