The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-15
BIG BALL LEAGUE
HOLD ANNUAL
MEETINGS
Lynch Reelected President of
NatiOna! Organization
TO BUY ST. LOUIS AMERICANS
Offer Made for Team But Name of
Bidder Has Not Been
Divulged

New York, Dec l0-R l.. Hedges
notified the annual meeting of the
American League of Professional
Baseball clubs yesterday that he had
received an offer for his majority in
terest 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 Co
miskey of Chicago and President
Frank ] Farrell of New York, to
consider the offer and report tomor-
row 1t was commonly understood
that the sale would be approved and
that the st. Louis Americans would
change hands The identity Of the
persons making the offer was not
made public but it was intimated that
The sum involved would amount well
into six figures. and that John Bruce,
a minority stockhoder, would In
crease his holdings.
The Boston National League club is
also in process of sale. William
Hepburn Russell and James p. Phal-
en- were 10 have paid 100000 for the
majority interest held by John p.
Harris, but were able to show only
100000 in cash. They had an option
which Harris said he was willing to
extend indefinitely, but he would take
not less than the sum originally stip-
uleted The matter lands in that
position now, with only this much
definite, that Fred Tenney will be
manager next season, no matter who
is owner,
Thomas J. Lynch was reelected
president of the National League for
a term OF one year His acceptance
beled reports that he would not take
such a short contract.
The National League appointed a
committee to confer with the Ameri-
can League on conflicting Sunday
dates with the minor leagues, particu-
larly in the west.
Murphy, Ebbets and Fogel won a
victory in defeating a resolution to
amend the constitution that the sche.
dule committee should be done away
with and the league president delegat
ed TO form a schedule in conjunction
with the American League president
The old schedule committee was re-
appointed and in February 1t will con
fer with Ban Johnson, and the two
will promulgate the schedules fol-
both major leagues.
Under the bylaws of the American
League, the old directorate, consist
ing Of representatives from the Bos
ton, New York, Cleveland and Chica
20 clubs, retired and Representatives
of st. Louis, Detroit, Washington anC
philadelphia will take their places OF
the board.
Vice President c. W. Somers of tn,
American League was reelected. Bar
johnson was reelected president las
year for a term of twenty years at |
salary of $4,000 a year.
Friction In the st. Louis club o
the American League came to head
The matter OF an outright sale wa
preceded by a clash between Hedge
and Bruce. Hedges proposed to EN-
ploy Fred Lake, late of Boston, a
manager. Bruce insisted upon tn
promotion OF Bobby Wallace, tn
crack shortstop, TO the managershiI
This and other incidents of baseball
history had their sharein determining
Hedges to offer his majority interes
for sale.
The American League appointe
President Johnson committee {
frame schedule of l54 games TO
next season. beginning April u an
ending October In the east and o.
tober 3 in the west Mr.. Johnso
will, as usual. confer with the Natioi
al League committee.
Both the American and Nation'
Leagues received petition from tn
Western and Three | Leagues to r,
tain their present classification. III
der the recent census, the Wester
would lose It's rating In class A an
the Three ! would 20 back from elias
y toe Both major leagues appointe
their presidents to confer on the ma
ter, with a recommendation that n
Western and the Three | Leagues r
tain their present ratings. Under
lower rating the majors would NJ
have to pay so much for drafted pla
ers.