Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06

CINCINNATI. January 6.-There will
he no base ball war. This decision was
reached by the base ball celebrities in
town yesterday, and unless something
very serious goes amiss today everything
vii! be fixed up in tiptop shape, with each
side having enough granted to 1t to feel
that each has won victory.
Looking at it from an unbiased view
point, 1T appears as though the Eastern
League and the American Association will
he getting about all that they asked for
from the national commission, inasmuch
as they will be put into class by them
selves. namely, Glass A. And that they
will be allowed to settle their own internal
affairs they will be allowed TO draft, to a
certain extent, from the other leagues of
the National Association, including Glass
y.
The Pacific Coast League is also raised
to this class. Glass will be allowed to
govern its internal affairs, although still a
member of the National Association. and
will be allowed to draft from Glass A
leagues and those beneath Glass A under
certain conditions laid down by the ma
tional commission. This class will be al
lowed certain territorial rights, TO be de-
cided upon by the commission.
For a time 1t looked very much as
though the Eastern League and American
Association were going to declare war.
for after almost every concession had
been made to them they demanded that
they be put into a special class to them
selves. free from the National Associa-
ton, and that they be made a third party
10 the national agreement. with repre-
sentation on the national commission
This latter request was turned down in a
most decided fashion by not only the COM
mission but by the National Association,
and after this denial was made they re-
considered their attitude in the matter
and decided to accept what had been al
lowed them.
Then after everything had been fixed up
in satisfactory manner committee was
appointed to revise their requests. and 1t
was at the meeting of this committee that
the hitch came up that made it necessary
for the matter to be continued over an
other day. 1t was here that it was
learned that the two conflicting factions.
namely. the Eastern League and Amer
lean Association on one side and the Ma
tional Association on the other, decided
that they misunderstood each other on the
matter of granting territorial rights. and
once more the matter went back to the
national commission and for a short time
ii again looked as though war was not far
distant. However. the cooler heads of the
national commission got together. with
result that this one lone point was left to
the national commission to settle to the
best of its ability. The chances are that
II will come to an agreement that Will
satisfy both parties before 1t is in session
over half an hour today.
In the meantime il is hardly probable
that the new Glass A people will make
any trouble, they have been granted
practically everything that they have
asked for and everything that will better
their leagues financially.
c. d. Blankenship, who has been on the
ineligible list for having failed to report
10 the Washington American League Club
for the season of 1905. was reinstated.
The player is required to pay a fine of
$500
Charles Ebbetts. president of the Brook
Ign club of the National League, an
nounced that he had signed: James Sc
bring. the player who was reinstated by
the commission on Monday. The sale
was contracted with the Harrisburg club
and was a money consideration, and also
included a pitcher named Hoch.
Manager Clark Grffiths of the Cncin-
natl team announced that he had pro-
cured Catcher Frank Roth from the Mil
waukee club for a player and cash con-
sideration. 1t was announced later that
Griffiths had purchased Catcher Hostel
ter from St. Louis for a cash amount
and that Hostetter would figure in the
Roth deal.
Manager CANCEL of the Rochester team
of the Eastern League announced that
Pittsburg. Catcher Beville from Mil
waukee and Third Baseman Rodgers of
Middletown. All Of these deals were for
cash.
President Pulliam did not attend the
meeting of the commission, as he was
in Louisville on business, but he will be
present today.
Frank Farrell, owner of the New York
Americans, was the sorest man in this
city yesterday when it was announced by
the national commission. in session here
that the expected application for rein
statement of Hal Chase, the Highlander
who jumped across the continent last fall,
had failed to put in an appearance.