The sun., 1910-02-18
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
BUSINESS METHODS or RIG
LEAGUES SHOW A CONTRAST.
American Outclasses National In Method
Of COnductlng ITS AnaIrs-O Circuit
Loses Prestige Because % petty
QuaPreIs-MCGsraw starts Tor South.

QuarreIs-McGraw starts for south.
Baseball men have Just seen another
Illustration of the American Leagues
supremacy over the National League in the
MANAGEMENT OF business affairs. Eight
| club owners convened in Chicago TO adopt
the American League schedule on Tuesday
and upon the recommendation OF President
Ban johnson the ISl game plan was ac-
cepted unanimously. The club owners
then renewed their partnership agreement
Tor twenty years. which means that the
present circuit will remain intact for that
period. and they also reelected President
johnson for a similar length OF time at an
annual salary Of $4,000 When the meeting
was over the president and the club owners
had love feast and then gracefully retired
TO the background 50 that their ball players
and managers might occupy the centre OF
the stage, That has been the American
Leagues policy ever since johnson and
Comiskey conceived the idea OF organizing
a formidable circuit to compete with the
National League FOR public pa atronase.
In December the National League on the
other hand after a bitter factional light
elected Thomas J. Lynch TO the presidency
for one year at salary OF $1,000. IL was
also unanimously agreed to adopt a schedule
OF l6s games With two months TO think
IL over the National League men came
here last Monday. undecided what course
10 pursue, Because at least half the clubs
were anxious to pick up fey stray dollars
by extending the season to October I6 the
league was quickly involved in bitter
strife, regardless OF the fact that the base
bali public did not approve Of . longer play
ing season. President Lynch. holding a
similar opinion. was ignored. although he
was clearly the proper person to srbitrate
As a result the National League was placed
in an unenviable light, and baseball men
were convinced that il had lost much Of Its
former prestige Il,
The failure of the lea que as body to
compel the Philadelphia club 70 live up to
legal contract with former Mana ger
William J, Murray was another black eye
Murray was unable to secure hearing
despite the fact that his claim was generally
baseball, Murray refused 70 appeal TO the
civil courts for decision. but he soon found
to % him. Murray therefore viii De com. COM
PEELED 70 resort e ssf S proceed SiI IN "a Mss6
il the Sationai fsssue club owners had
been willing to be fair. I..E
Mathews SON. Arlie Latham and Secretary
Gray. left here at II O'Clock Yesterday
STsr Ssr. sSs sRsS rouHs Ss
bunch Of new recruits They will start
for Marlin Springs, Tex, to-nlRh and
outdoor exercise will begin In earnest.
Manager Dahlen of the Brooklyns will
leave here for Hot Springs. Ark, Tomorrow
and has not ified his pla yers TO report to him
there by the end OF next week. Dahlen has
found II impossible to secure a new second
ha seman hut will probably have an able
guardian ofthe ba z In John Humpel. who
wants more salary but will probably sign
contract shortly.
One of the Philadelphia boxing clubs In
trying hard TO arrange a six round bout
between Al Kaufman and sta nley Ketchel.
The latter is said to have accepted terms.
but Kaufman il dema nding On exorbitant
qua ra ntee. Ketchel who will meet Frank
Klaus at Pittsburg IN the near future, says
he weighs les pounds just now and Will not
attempt to reduce. If the proposed bout
with Kaufman falls through the tier may
agree 70 meet Ian Hague. the English
hee vyweisht. in a twenty round bout in
Frisco. ..'
Salvidere the champion two-yea r-old
Of 1905 is dea d He was destroyed the other
da after brea king down hopelessly while
being schooled for steeplechases on Long
Isla nd Salvidere was bred by the late
s. s Brown and was purcba sod by T Hitch
Monta uk Stakes. brighton Junior. Saratoga
Handicap and Junior Cha mpion. AS a
three-yesr r-old he was viotorious over Ballot
in the Annual Chs mpion and won the Cup
Preliminary and Brighton Cup. He went
wrong as four-yesr-old and vac turned
out. Salvidere wssa geldine hy Belvidere-
SaIlie of Navarro, and Mr.. Hitchcock ex-
pected to develop him into sterltnR Jumper