Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-15
THREE LEAGUES At
WORK ADOPTING
THEIR SCHEDULES
League Likely to Settle
on l54-Game Affair Today.
American Leaguers Await Ac-
ton of Senior Major Organize
ton to Ratify Short List.
American Association to Have
16S-Game Plan.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.
VXT HEN the magnates of the Ma
w tional Baseball League met to-

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.
VXT HEN the magnates of the Ma
w tional Baseball League met to-
day to consider the season's
playing schedule, it was still a toss
up whether the 154 or the 16S game
rogram would win out.
Schedules providing for both long
and short-playing seasons have been
prepared n were animatedly dis
cussed during the morning, as the
presidents got together for the
business of the day. The confidence Of
the magnates who desire to cling to
the old 154-gamc arrangement had APP
parently been dissipated by the pre-
liminary testing of sentiment, and to-
day the 16S-game adherents We're SEEM
ingly the more confident of success.
President Robson, of st. Louis, has
lined up for the longer season, and
says votes for the 16S-game schedule
may be expected from Messrs. Ebbets,
of ~Brooklyn; Fogel, of Philadelphia;
Murphy, of Chicago, and Brush, of New
York.
On the other hand Presidents Herr
mann, of Cincinnati, and Dreyfuss, OF
Plttsburs, still claimed today that the
merits of the 154-game program, avoid
ing, as it does, any possibility of a
clash with the American League, were
bound to win. Debate over the diver
gent views of the two groups of mag
mates gave every promise of being
warm and prolonged.
CHICAGO. Feb. 15.-The American
League began it's annual schedule
meeting here today. The schedule was
not submitted at today's session, and
the majority of the time was occupies
with the discussion of the renewa of
the ten-year agreement under which
the organization has existed since
shortly after it's inception in 1900. The
present agreement will expire in No
vember of this year. There was no
opposition to the renewal. as all the
club owners appeared 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 upon it's schedule in
New York today, and the American.
League watched the results there with
a great deal of interest. The adoption
of a 154 or 16S-game schedule by the
National League viii have no influence
"a thi7 hitNiii6s 60 ~ lof-Sdiiit ufdll
now drawn up will b adopted unless
there is a radical and unexpected
change in the attitude of the American
League.
CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-The American
Association held its annua schedule
meeting here today. There was no
objection to the adoption of a 16S-game
list WHICH vas given "a trial last season
and proved popular with the club own
ers.
The schedule committee, composed of
Chairman w. II. Watkins, of Indianap-
oils; NJ. e. Cantillon, of Minneapolis.
and George Tebeau, of Kansas City,
submitted its draft to the meeting at
the morning session. Each club owner
was given a o and the meeting adj
journed until the afternoon. All APP
peared to be satisfied with the general
lines of the schedule, but several
changes of minor Importance We're
asked by the various club owners.