The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-17
NATIONAL LEAGUE
 FAILS ID ELECT
Magnates Are Evenly Divided
 In the Only Ballot
HEYDLER STILL IN RACE
Vote Is Taken In the Session and Deadlock Is Result-Meetlnq Ad- Iourns With No Hint of So-
 lution of Problem.

New York, December 16.--No presi dent of the National league was elected by the club owners in their fve-hour session In the waldorf-Astoria today, and only one ballot was taken. This resulted in four votes each for John Ward and Robert W. Brown, 6 Louis- vile newspaper man. John HeyoIer, the incumbent refused to allow .-1s name to be presented as candidate for reelection, with a view to clearing the air and determining how horace Fogel. who represents the new owners of the Philadelphia team, would vote.
 As expected, Fegler voted for Ward, who was placed in nomination by Charles Ebbetts Of Brooklyn and sec onded by John T. Brush of New York.
 Brown heretofore has been consid- cred only in the light of a compromise candidate, but he received the votes of Stanley Robinson of St Louis, Garry Hermann of Cincinnati, Barney Drey- fuss of Pittsburg and John S. c. Dovey of Boston. After this deadlock the magnates adjourned until 1 p. m. to- morrow, having done little more than ascertain just how the St. Louis and Philadelphia presidents stood. The deadlock Is similar to that of eight years ago, when four clubs desired the election of A. c. Spalding and four oth CTS the continuance of Nicholas E. Young in office. In the end a com promise was reached with the resigna- O "a iT0 league were then conducted by com mittee, which may eventually result from the present situation
 Heydler Still In Race.
 John Heydler has by no means with drawn from the presidential race and his name may be presented later. But in order to determine the line up Hey dler told August Hermann. owner of the Cincinnati club, not to present ms name today, and MT. Hermann re- trained from doing so.
 The enthusiastic supporters of MT. Heydler are Hermann, Dovey and Dreyfuss, and Robinson passively sup ported him. All were jubilant tonight over the fact that no president was
 
 chosen on the first ballot.
 Charles ". Murphy. president of the Chicago club, said on his arrival here last Friday night that he believed Mir Ward would be elected president on the first ballot. The fact that this was not fulfilled as a prophecy. it is declared. was the cause of considerable elation and celebration among the pro-heydler men. who maintained that if there was any weakening in the respective fac tions it would be among the supporters of Ward.
 MT. Heydler declined to say tonight whether he would be satisfied to retain his former office of secretary ana treasurer in case the National League club owners elected e compromise can- didats.
 q have not considered this phase of the situation yet" said he, briefly
 Protest Against Johnson.
 During the protracted and unproductive session today President Ebbetts of Brooklyn made an impassioned address against Ban Johnson in which he de- ciared, 1t is asserted, the American pres ident had no right to dictate to the National league magnates to elect Ward as president
 The American league leaders, most of whom havo started for home after con- cluding the meeting of yesterday, it is declared, said they would back Johnson to the limit.
 New evidence has been presented to the national commission with regard to the attempt to bribe Umpire Klem in October. 1908, when the Chicago and New York teams played the game that de- cided the post season series and the championship. It Is said the case VIII be reopsned. President Murphy Of the Chicago club apologized to Umpire Nem for q statement given out in Chicago last fall In which he said arbiters had 1t in for his team and one in particu- lar had purposely given his club the worse end of the decisions. The apology to MT. Klem was insist eS upon by President Hsydler.
 The one big trade of the day was ne ootiated between the New York and St Louis American league clubs. The local team got Lou Criger, the veteran catch ar and a small cash consideration foi pitcher Joe Lake and Outfelder Ray Demmitt.
 The Philadelphia Americans sold Gus Hettling, third baseman, who was with Kansas City last season. to the St. Louii Americans. The general impression pre- | vailed. 1t is said, that St. Louis would turn Hettling over to the Louisville team in the American association