Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29
PRESIDENT LYNCH
SCORES A MAGNATE
Ebbets to Offer Long and
Short Schedule at Meet
ing Next Month.

NEW YORK, January .a.-President
Thomas ]. Lynch of the National League
yesterday gave out statement in which
he resents the action of President Charles
Murphy of the Chicago club in denounc-
ing the work of the joint rules commit
tee of the National and American leagues
at its recent meeting in Pittsburg.
Following Is Lynch's statement:
IF Mr.. Murphy has been correctly
quoted 1 wish to state that he is only
expressing the views of Charles Muir
ply. president of one club in the league.
He does not speak for the National
League. No criticism of the work of the
rules committee is in order until the
changes made are officially promulgated
by that committee. and if ] understand
correctly the provisions of the national
agreement the power of such committee
is absolute and its acts are not subject to
revision approval by either major
league. This is it should he, for the
making of playing rules should not be
left to the whimS or prejudiceS of indiyid-
nal club owners. The private interests
of no league or club were considered
at the Pittsburg meeting. The delibera-
tons of the committee and the gentlemen
of the press who were present were most
thorough and painstaking, and had only
the best interests of the game al large in
view.
Expects Courtesy From Magnates.
II do not expect the committees re-
port to meet with unanimous approval,
but / do expect the common courtesy of
club owners reserving criticism until they
have something officially placed before
Them.
The same views go for the schedule
committee. After four long days of hard
work the National Leagues representa-
tives finished both 1bS and 1al game
schedule. The American Lea que dele
gates although committed to a 15i-game
schedule, were fair enough to give up
two days time to assist in framing
our 16S-game schedule. Our committee
was therefore enabled to comply with
1.-THE instructions given 1T by the National
League Both long and short schedules
twill be ready for consideration by the
league at its February meeting. Neither
one of these schedules is public property,
Y and therefore criticism of the commit
tees labors is all out of order until the
National League meets a body to Sc
lect the schedule it considers most feast
ble."
Ebbets Will Bow to Majority.
President Charles Ebpets of the
Brooklyn club, who has heretofore been
the strongest advocate of the 16S-game
schedule yesterday announced that he,
as chairman of the National League
schedule committee, will present drafts
of 1913 and 154 game schedules to the Ma
tional League at it's meeting in this city |
February 10. According to Ebbets both |
schedules were drawn up by himself
and President Barney Dreyfuss of the
Pittsburg club, the most expert sched- |
ule trainers among the National League
magnates. What the Brooklyn magnate |
wants most of all is harmony. He even |
goes SO far as to say that he is willing |
to vote for the short schedule If his Eel |
low magnates deem it the more feasible.
When the National League schedule |
committees met Mr.. Dreyfuss and 1 en- |
tered upon our duties just the same as |
we have done for five or six years past. |
We worked just as hard on the 16s-game |
plan as We did later on the 154-game al |
fair. Mr.. Dreyfuss requested me to work |
on his draft and i did it willingly.
I'VE have two schemes to present to |
the National League at its coming meet
ing, and as chairman of the committee l
tional League to decide which one 1t |
wants. There never was a schedule |
made that did not have it's good and bad |
points. l will present the strong and
weak points of each. II Mr.. Dreyfuss |
can convince six owners that 154-game |
schedule is right, ] am willing to abide |
by the decision, but ! still maintain that
a 16S-game season is feasible.
LAS chairman of the schedule commit |
tee being instructed to prepare a 16S- !
game document, / am in duty bound to |
do So ] shall present the other at the !
request Of the minority. I am not 60 |
ing to say which / shall vote Tor l
won't commit myself"