The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-18
NATIONAL LEAGUE
 IS STILL TED UP
Three Ballots Are Taken With
 out Election of President
RESULT STILL IN DOUBT
Regency os Three Nen May Take Charge of League Affairs CT Hey6- Ter May Hold Over B Force
 q Bylaw.

New York December 17--Afts. taking sbree bz1leas xhleh Ehoxss s oontsnzs- rs0n of he deadlock Of Teftsr6zy the shfre sezzsoa ot tas znnael meeting of the National league zdsogrned this aft sTDoOn unEa aonaoEr0w morning. Three ballots were taken. each giving four for John N Ward and sozr for R " Brown as Louisville
 The most significant feature Of the meeting was she s1tr01 9rfson bg Gary Hermann. president Of tie Cincinnati alua. os telegram from Han 5. John so1. president of the Araersezn league. wasch read zz solioEs.
 The Anner1ez1 league zl4o oEDe-s Lave Jeff New York This should in6i- cate forcissy fo you and your colleagues shzt Es 0 rot aash to influence or em- hsFrzEs 10 the siightest degree To1r or Eza5zz10u sn fhs election Of z1 off, eer@
 When Nr. Hermann read fhls tele- gram John T. Bruah, aho had been drought 10 the meeting ia an ilTalid's 2 chssr. moved that Mir Tossanon's tsls- gram in which he rscscss from his Do- kits0n be copied and Ds gwen to the v-eSE-~
 This WAS carried uraus-z1sszs and zf- ter inc four horrk session wzx con cs1ds5 Prsssds1t Ebbetts Of ths Brook 1y- club announced that i Ezx the sense of the s5gnx 1zgrzteE that Ban John Hoz rsoe6sd from o2E sF0Ez1 not 10 sh on .he nsszonzz commission fl Mir ward NzE elected press0snt Of the National lezgzs a position he assumed. as an er1ear advocate Of the election Of John A. Eeyclez. would be 51azs2seza 10 his friend
 May Be Regency
 MT. Eboefss announced farther it tns eight presidents could not break fne deadlock they rn1st either appoint q regency Eaca ss formerly sxsE1eos or, he sodec. appoint one of ibelr number 10 act as prss.osnL Mr. E5D@tts insisted thz; the meeting yesterday dia moi. 0y resolution, amend ths bY-9zHz whereby ln the event Of va.cznry A1 fhe pres idency the board Of directors should elect an acting president
 Horace Fogel. fbe pe~iF treated pres tdent of the Phila6elpfas e1eh. sad this morning that the 5g-ls~s were go amended.
 Such a resolution. if adopted. would give the Heydler following control io<. the board Of directors Is composed CT Mir. Hermann of Cincinnati, Dreyfus of Pfttsburg. Doyey Of Boston. A Alrpny of Chicago. and Ebbetts Of Brooklyn
 The first three are pledged to Heydlers g cause.
 If ig r7lrnored that Stanley Robison of St. Louis cannot obtain sufficient players to make almost a pennant club If he VIII vote for either Ward or Heydler. Hor- ace Fogel and the Philadelphia club, 1t o11 ff, fE a tery.
 Fogel now admits that he is irrevoc- ably attached to Mir. Murphy of Chicago and that he will vote as does Murphy. unbroken Vote.
 New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Brooklyn presented today an unbroksn front for the election of Ward, while Gin cinnati. Pittsburg, Boston and St. Louis were opposing Ward and seeking to elect Robert W Brown of Louisville. or some compromise candidate. As suggested by Ward yesterday the rnagnates will likely become hopelessly deadiocked and Mir. Hsydler will continue to hold the office of president while about three regents will be appointed to conduct the affairs Of the league.
 The move Of Gary Hermann in bring ing forward the name Of MT. Brown for president yesterday instead Of Mir. Heyd- Ter was regarded today az 5an extremely strategic one inasmuch as 1t assured Mir. Hermann and his friends the absolute support Of Stanley Robeson, who favored Mir Brown MT. Hermann is now in a position 10 offer the name of Mr. Heydler as a compromise candidate. Mir. Herr mann zaid today:
 You know as much about the election as do. I think it 6 shame that a good man like Mir. Hsydler should be thrown out of a job or, If he Is thrown out, not taken care Of. The present situation iE extremely ridiculous because ws cannot elect our board Of directors until after we have elected our president"
 Herman said he proposed to look after Mr. Heydler in case the latter was not elected