The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-15
ST. LOUIS BROWNS
 WILL CHANCE HANDS President Hedges Says He Is
 Ready To Quit
BIG SUM IS INVOLVED
President Lynch Is Re-EIected At the National League Meeting While
 New Scheme For Ball Games Is Proposed

|l New York, December 14-R. L. Hedges notified the annual meeting of the Amer lean league of professional baseball clubs today that he had received an offer for his majority interest in the St. Louis club and with the consent of the league he would accept it. The league appointed committee, consisting of President Ban Johnson, President Charles Comiskey of Chicago and President Frank J. Farrell of New Yoh. to consider the offer and will report tomorrow It was commonly understood that the sale will be approved and the St. Louis American would change hands. The identity of the persons mak- ing the offer was not made public, but 1t was intimated that the sum involved would amount well into six figures and that John E. Bruce, a minority stock holder, would increase his holdings.
 William Hepburn Russell and James P. Phelanwere to have paid today $13O, GOO for the majority interest in the Boston National league club, held by John P Harris. but were able to show only s60,000 in cash. They had an option, of which Harris said he was willing to extend in- definitely, but he would take no less thebi liic Suul Supuidteu. tTeQ Tenny will be manager next season, no matter who is owner.
 Lynch Is Re-Eiected
 Thomas J. Lynch was reelected pres- ident of the National league for term | of one year. Efforts were made to change the constitution so that the pres fdent could be elected for more than one year. To do so required majority ..vote of six of the members. The vote stood five to three, the Insurgents" de- feating it. They were, as usual, Charles w. Murphy of Chicago, Charles H. Fb- betts of Brooklyn and Horace Fogel of Philadelphia. But when the proposal had been defeated Murphy himself nominated Lynch for president and the nomination was carried unanimously Murphy, Eb- betts and Fogel with their three votes again won victory in defeating a reso- lution so as to amend the constitution that the schedule committee should be done away with, and the league presi- dent be delegated to form a schedule in conjunction with the American league president.
 Lynch's Report Made
 President Lynch reported today that Curing the season there had been 22 sus- spensions, IA fines, $33O in fines collected and BOSS base balls used The league adopted a resolution against the accent ance by players of prizes, such as were contested for by Lajoie and 1N Cobb last season. Under the bylaws of the American league the old directorate. con sisting of representatives from the Bos- ton, New York, Cleveland and Chicago ; clubs retired today and representatives, of St. Louis, Detroit, Washington and Philadelphia will take their places on the board.
 <l. Vice President c. w. somer of the PAmerican league was reelected. A. The American league appointed Pres ident Ban Johnson committee to frame schedule of 154 games for next sea- son. beginning April 12 and ending Sat urday z, in the east and Sunday, Octo- Der 8, in the west. Mir Johnson will as usual, confer with the National league committee.
 Baseball Writers Meet
 The Baseball Writers associa ton of America at it's annual meeting today re- elected it's former officers as follows:
 President, J. s. Jackson Washington Post; vice president, Jack Ryder Gin cinnati Enquirer secretary and treasurer, William G. Weart, Philadelphia Tele- graph; board of directors John B. Foster New York Telegram; l. E. Sanborn Chi cago Tribune; Edward T. Bang. Cleveland News; Paul Shannon, Boston Post
 The reports of officers indicated that great amount of good had been ac- \ conplshed in the transmission of base ball news and the general ''uplift" of the game
 Ban B. Johnson last year was elected president of the American league for 20 years, so that the younger organiza- tion has no presidential election on hand Inter-League Series The one thing which gave any promise of prolonging the meetings of the big leagues was possible discussion of a new l. schedule plan which Garry Hermann N has advocated The Cincinnati president is quoted as favoring a schedule of 112 games for each league, which would carry the season up to the middle of August, and then to start series of in- ter-league games. Under this plan each club would play four games at home and four abroad with each team of the other league, or GA games in all in which teams of the National league would be pitted against American league teams. Each club would thus play 176 games during the season which would start about Apr,l 10 and close about October 15 The old worlds championship series would be eliminated, it being calculated that the team winning the greatest number of games in the whole season would be deserving of a series world champion shipiti
 Trade Of Players
 The first important trade of the base ball meetings here was consummated to- cay when the Cleveland club traded Catcher Mig Clarke to the St. Louis Americans for Second Baseman Griggs
 President Ban Johnston believes the interleague series rather chimerical, and says that so far as he knows, "the Amer l fcan league season will open on April Y F and close on October G. and I have reason to believe the National league will do the same"
 MT. Johnson expected that the Amer ican league rnagnates would authorize Hnn TA TW U MT~