Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-18
MAGNATES At OUTS
OVER LEAGUE DATES
Baseball Men I'm Hopeless TenSlc on
1910 Schcdulc-MectingM May
Be Adjourned.

New York. Feb ls-After four days
of endeavor. National league magnates
were unable tonight to adopt sched-
ule for the coming season and adjourned
until tomorrow
Up to nghtfall Horace Fogel. presl-
dent of the Philadelphia club. was con-
fined 10 his room. ostensibly suffering
with gout. but at 8 o'clock he quietly
left tho Waldorf-Astori climbed into
a taxlcab and was off, presumably for
Philadelphia
All the magnntes have been waiting
for Fogel before acting on tho claim Of
William j Murray. former manager Of
tho Philadelphia club. who asserts that he
was deposed when his contract had TWO
years to run. Fosels departure fore
stalls any action.
MANY ON SICK LIST.
With Fogel In his room. Stanley Robi-
son OF ST. Louis Ill in bed and l. H. lso-
belts of Brooklyn also on the sick lst'
the adjourned meeting OF the maBnates,
o'clock. did not get together unIli
O'clock. Ebbctts by that timo was able
10 attend. but 1t WAS somewhat OIL a
gathering of invalids. for John BIuSn
OF New York also was allinS and mad 10
bo assisted to the meeting.
Only one vote on the question OF ADOPT
ing tho long schedule OF l6S games or
the shorter schedule of l0i games was
taken. with the proxies of Fogel and
Robson held by Charles w Murphy Oh
Chicago, 1t was announced that the vote
of yesterday was unchanged. Clncinnau
Pittsburg and Boston 1aN9ring the snort
schedule and the others nolulhG out ioi
tho long list
Heated arguments arose over the fact
that both schedules assign SIX confuct-
Ing dates to ST Louis and two TO spa, Cnaf
cago. Both Robson and Murphy inslse
that there must be change. T..
This complcates matters SO that IL
looks like a hopeless deadlock WIN a
possibility that the magnates may Az az
journ tomorrow for two weeks Will 'he
hope of effectins Il settlement
DREYFUss DISCOURAGED.
Barney Dreyfuss is utterly dlscouI-
aged. He had intended leaving lot ,hsi 10,
burg tonight and 1t is prooapie '"a' 'io
Will go In the morning ,-u,
FoCels hnsty departure for Phllaoei,
phla tonight came after tour Gay ~ ~
Virtual Imprisonment In MS room ,,. =
he had appeared at the league moetins IN;
the magnates would have properly 1e1S t
duty-bound to consider Murray sIo.vv9
claim. But, as 1t is their desire anu
Fogers to test the matter, preiHta ex
in a civil court, his attitude Is eN-
Murray has been in continuous at
tendance at all meetings, hoping TO nave
his case heard. Fogel caused inuen .Il
amusement today by sending down IRON rom
his room a story that he had purchase,d
on eIeDhant for $4,000 to do the work
OF % horses in covering the diamond with
When President Murphy OF Chicago
heard today that the American league
had voted a salary of $1,000 year TO
Ban Johnson, he said; .,. =.
That's pretty hot press agent work,
Dreyfuss said tonight that the ma
Al.
ssa LOT of Jealous chorus girl" that 1t
was .one grand fight over trivial mat
ters' and that he was going home TO at
tend to more important business;
President Lynch said tonight that ne
tboncbt after this season, the national
commission would pass-upon the sched-
uIes arranging dates that would work
automatically year after year