Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-18
LEAGUE
IN DEADLOCK ON
SCHEDULE
Club Presidents Divided on
Question of Playing Dates
With Little Hope Of Agree
ment,


New YORK. Feb. 17.-After four
days Of endeayor, National league
magnates were unable tonight to
adopt a schedule for the coming sea-
son. and adjourned until tomorrow
tip M nightfall Horace Fogel, pres
ident OF the Philadelphia ! was
still confined to his room, ostenslplN
suffering with govt, but about nine
o'clock he quietly left the waldorf
Astoria, climbed into a taXicaD aifa
was off, presumably for Philadelphla
An week the magnates nave peel
waiting for Fogcl before acting on
the claim of William J. Murray, Tor
mer MANAGER of the Philadelphlt
club. who asserts that he was deposeu
when his contract a two years 4"
run. Fogel's departure forestails any
action in the matter.
With Fogel in his room, stanleS
Robson Of St. Louis III, anu IN r%u.
and &, Fl. Ebbetts of Brooklyn also
on the sick list, the adjourned meet
ing of the nlagnates which was -
have been called at 2 o'clock TINS al
ternoon did not get started until = .
clock. Ebbetts by that time was ape
TO attend, but it was somewhat Oh q
gathering of invalids for john Brush
Of New York was also a1ilng ana idti
TO be assisted to the meeting
only one vote on the question OF
adopting the league schedule OF l6s
games or the shorter schedule OF lot
games was taken. With the proxies
Of Fogel and Robinson held bY
Charles w. Murphy of Chicago, II was
announced that the vote Of yesterday
was UNCHANGED, Cincinnati, Pittsburg
and Boston favoring the short ,sched-
ule and the others holding out for the
long list.
Heated arguments arose over the
fact hat both schedules assign sax
conflicting dates to st. Louis n Two
to Chicago. Both Robinson and Mul-
nhv insist that there must be Il change.
This complicates matters so that II
looks like a hopeless deadlock with a
possibility that the magnates may
adjourn for two weeks tomorrow.
Barney Dreyfus is utterly discour-
aged over the deadlock. He had IN
tended leaving for Pittsburg tonight
and it is probable that he VIII go ~
the morning, leaving his short sched~
ule vote with Hermann.
Baltimore of the Eastern league to-
day sold jim Maroney, the left hand
ed pitcher, to the Philadelphia Ma
tionals. This makes seven southpaws
the ''Phillies" nave on their staff.
Fogels hasty departure for Phila-
delphia tonight came after tour days
Of virtual imprisonment in his room
II he had appeared at the league
meeting the magnates would have
felt duty bound to consider Murrays
$4,000 claim. But as 1t is their de-
sire and Fogel's to test the matter pre-
ferrably in a civil court, his attitude
is explained.
Murray has been in constant at
tendance at all meetings, hoping to
have his case heard. Fogel caused
considerable amusement today By
sending down from his room a story
that he had purchased an elephant
for $4,000 TO do the work Of twenty
horses in covering the diamond with
When President Murphy OF Chicago.
heard today that the American league
had voted a salary of $25, 600 a year
to Ban johnson he said:
That's pretty hot press work"
Dreyfus said tonight a the Ma
tional league magnates acted like "a
lot OF jealous chorus girls, that ii was
"one grand fight over trivial mat
ters." and that he was going home to
attend to more important business.
President Lynch said tonight that
he thought after this season the Ma
tional commission would BASS upon
the schedules, arranging. dates that
would work automatically year after
wear.