Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-18
SILLY WRANGLE
IN BIG LEAGUE
NATIONAL MAGNATES AGAIN
UNABLE TO AGREE
DREYFUs DECLARES DIRECTORS
ARE LIKE CHORUS GIRLS
Voting Over Long or Short Schedule
Results in Deadlock Which
Voters Are Unable
to Break
Associated Press1

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-After four
days of endeavor, National league
magnates were unable tonight to ADOPT
a schedule for the coming season ana
adjourned until tomorrow.
Up to nightfall Horace Fogel, presl-
dent of the Philadelphia club, was
confined to his room, ostensibly SUI
fering with gout, but at o'clock he
quietly left the Waldorf-Astorla'
climbed into a taxicab and was OFF,
presumably for Philadelphia.
All week the magnates have been
waiting for Fogel before acting on
the claim of William j. Murray, for
mer manager OF the Philadelphia clup'
who asserts he was deposed when his
contract had two years to run. FogePs
departure forestalls any action.
With Fogel in his room, Stanley
Robson of st. Louis Ill in bed ana
C. H. Ebbetts of Brooklyn also on the
sick list, the adjourned meeting of the
magnates, which was to have been
called at o'clock, did not get to-
gether until o'clock. Ebbetts by
that time was able to attend, but 1t
was somewhat OF a gathering of IN
valids, for John T. Brush of New
York also was ailing and had to be
assisted to the meeting.
Only one vote on the question OF
adopting the long schedule of 16S
games or the shorter schedule of 154
games was taken. With the proxies of
Fogel and Robson held by Ebbetts
and Murphy, it was announced the
vote of yesterday was unchanged
Cincinnati, Pittsburg and Boston fa-
voring the short schedule. and tho
others holding out for the long list:
Heated arguments arose over the
fact that both schedules assign six
conflicting dates to st. Louis and two
to Chicago. Both Robson and Murphy
insist there must be a change.
This complicateS matters, so that IL
looks like a hopeless deadlock, with a
possibility that the magnates may ad-
journ tomorrow for two weeks with
the hope of effecting a settlement.
Dreyfus Is Discouraged
Barney Dreyfuss is utterly discour-
aged. He had intended leaving for
Pittsburg tonight and it is probable
he will go in the morning.
Fogers hasty departure for Phila-
delphia tonight came after four days
of virtual imprisonment in his room.
If he had appeared at the league meet
ing the magnates would have properly
felt duty bound to consider Murray's
$4,000 claim. But as it is their desire
and Fogers to test the matter prefer
ably in civil. court, his attitude is
explained.
Murray has been in continuous at
tendance at all meetings, hoping to
have his case heard. Fogel caused
much amusement today by sending
down from his room a story that he
had purchased an elephant for $4,000
to do the work of twenty horses in
covering the diamond with canvas.
When President Murphy of Chicago
heard today that the American league
has voted a salary of $4,000 a year
to Ban johnson, he said:
"That's pretty hot press agent work"
Dreyfus said tonight that the Ma
tional league magnates were acting
like "a lot of jealous chorus girls"
that it was lone grand fight over
trivial matters" and that he was go
ing home to attend to more important
business.
President Lynch said tonight that
he thought after this season, the ma
tional commission would pass upon
the schedules, arranging dates that
would work automatically in after
years.