The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15
.FAVORS LONG ONE
National League Meeting Divid-
ed on the Schedule.
Majority Seem to Want to Play
16S Games.
AMERICAN WAITING.
Will Not Act Until After Other
Is Heard From.
Believed Younger League Will
Adopt 154 Game Plan.

New York, Feb. 15.-When the mag
mates of the National baseball league
net today to consider the seasons play
ing schedule it was still a toss up
whether the 154 or the 16s game pro-
gram would win out.
Schedules providing for both long and
short playing seasons have been pre-
pared and were .animatedly discussed
during the morning as the league pres
idents got together for the business os
the day. The confidence of the mag
mates who desire to cling to the old
l54 game arrangement had apparently
been dissipated by the preliminary test
ing of sentiment and today the 1853 game
adherents were seemingly the more
confident of success. President Robi-
son, st. Louis. has lined up for the
longer season and says votes for the
16S game schedule may be expected
from Messrs. Ebbetts of Brooklyn. Fo-
gle of Philadelphia. Murphy of Chicago,
and Brush of New York.
On the other hand Presidents Herr
man of Cincinnati, and Dreyfuss of
Pittsburg, still claimed today that the
merits CT the 154 game program avoid
ing as il does any possibility of a clash
with the American League. were bound
to win out. Debate over the divergent
views of the two groups of magnates
gave every promise of being warm ard
prolonged.
There was prospect that today
might witness settlement of the long
standing dispute between ex-Manager
Murray of the Philadelphia team and
the club management. Murray's claim
for $4,000 on contract still having two
years to run when he was depOSed last
fall was to have been considered by
the league directors at their meeting
yesterday, but the temporary indispo-
sition of President Horace Fogel of
Philadelphia, prevented. the matter be-
ing taken up. 1t was announced that
| the directors would meet again today
and endeavor to reach a. solution of the
difficulty if. Mr.. Fogel had sufficiently
recovered from, his attack of. gout to
| ADMIT OF his appearance.e.x q
American Is Waiting.
Chicago. Feb. 15.--The American ba se-
ball league began its annual schedule
meeting here today, but the schedule
| was not submitted at the session and
| the majority of the time was occupied
! with the discussion with the renewal of
the 10 year agreement under which the
organization has existed since shortly
| after it's inception in 1900. The present
agreement viii expire in November of
this year. There was no opposition to
the renewal as all the club owners ap-
peared perfectly willing to continue the
organization.
The adoption of the schedule will be
the principal business at tomorrow's
session. 1t is expected the National
League will decide on it's schedule at
New York today and the American
League watched the results there with
much interest.
| The adoption of 154 or 16S game
| schedule by the National organization
| will have 10 influence on this meeting as
the 154 game draft now drawn up will
| be adopted unless there is a radical
change in the attitude of the American
League.
Cooley on Schedule Committee.
Chicago, Feb. 15.-The schedule conn
mittee of the Western league met today
and prepared the draft of two sched-
ules which will be submitted tomorrow.
| 1t is undecided whether 154 or 1853
games will be played. There is a de-
cided tendency among club owners 20
adopt the regulation 154 game schedule,
| but vigorous minority favors the
| longer list of games. The schedule
committee is composed of Chairman ID.
| c. Despair, of Lincoln; Thomas Fair
weather, of Sioux City; John Holland,
of st. Joseph, and Dick Cooley, of To-
peka.
/ All the clubs have representatives
here and expect that some trades and
deals will be made with the American
| league and the American association.
Despair announced today that he had
| secured Second Baseman James from
the Elmyra. n. Y, state league club
| He also SAID LndI ne .WOulu make all at
| tempt to get Outfielder Davidson from
the Chicago Nationals Davidson was
| with Lincoln last year.
| Manager Jack Hendricks, of Denver,
purchased Pitcher Yount from the Boz
/ ton Americans. Yount is a right hand-
| er and last season starred with the
Freeport Wisconsin-Illinois league
team.
Frank Isbell, of Wichita, purchased
Infelder Reilley from the Chicago
| Americans. Reilly was with the
Chicago Americans at the end of last
year and came there direct from Yale.
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