The sun., 1910-02-18
DEADLOCKED OYER SCHEDULE
NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL
MEN STILL TIED Up.
NInrphy Of Chicago says Ban johnson
Has Put u All Over Ihc Cubs In the
Matter OF CONFLICTING Dates on SUM
days--Rcady for Another WrangIe.

FnuEktUy w NNhVAAO says AbAu SDtttheapu
Has Put u All Over Ihc Cubs In the
Matter OF Conflicting Dates on SUM
days--Rcahy for Another WrangIe.
The National League baseball maRnates
again failed 10 agree upon a playing sched-
ule after another stormy session at the
Maldorf-Astoris yesterday. In fact the
matter was not formally discussed. as il
was impossible 10 secure enough votes
10 take the matter from the table. Pres-
dent Fogel Of the Philadelphia club went
home in the morning and President Robi-
son of the st. Louis club attended matt
nee their proxies being left with &. n,
Ebbets OF the Brooklyn club.
The meeting did not take place until
nearly 4 OolOck. because Ebbets said he
had "A severe headache and did not feel
like getting up until after the lunch hour.
Then when the magnates tried o get into
the room they had used for three days
they discovered that tea party was in
progress there and that no other reserva-
lion had been made for them. Garry
Hermann of Cincinnati finally secured a
smaller room. where the magnates wranged
until after o clock behind closed doors.
John r. Brush of the New York club.
who abandoned the lSs game schedule
"Wednesday night. lined up with Cincinnati.
Boston and Pit sburC as soon as the meet ing
was called to order Hermann made a
motion to have the revsio of the constitu-
fion dropped 40 that the schedule matter
might he taken up again. but after two
hours OF red hot ARGUMENT the mot ion was
lcet by vote of rtoI
II developed during this argument that
Sunday games scheduled for Chica 20 this
year by the American Lea gue have cut
G. Nv. Murphy to the quick. The Cubs
owner after looking over the American
Lea cue schedule set IN a howl He de-
clared that President Han johnson had
put IL all over the Cubs in arranging con-
6lcting dates in the Windy city and went
into details to prove his assertion. He
set forth that the Dctrots have been sched-
uled TO play four games in Chicago with
the White Sox on Sundays in conflict with
the Cubs ganes Nth the ~ Louis Browns.
and he argued that under the "irc umstances
his club WOOL suffer from the stronger
attraction At Ccmiskey's new ball park
Murphy couldn't see why he hadn't
received aclsar field on those days when
the White SoN could have pla yed in Detroit
instead lie refused TO be convinced that
q change in the American lea que schedule
hf this late day could not be made and
practically said right out in meeting that
he didn't want to play
In the informal discussion that followed
Brush showed hat the Iss gar schedule
wes too long and that with twent y-One
double headers in addition 10 others caused
by postponed games II would ohea pen
the national ga me. But Ebbets who wants
to crowd in many games a. poss BILE
regardless of the unpopulsri'y OF the ISs
was deadlock
and HERMANN would adopt other methods
20 bring the opposit ion to terms, but the
Murphy Fbhets omOina ton laughed when
ikey heard Il, As there is no provision in
the Lea gue's constitution for the number Of
ssnes TO be pa yed this year, the present
Z oil 10 Ela ftsNfa
4 by which in future years the Nationa
Gommission will haN e power to act.
A. anv rate sOrrs HgreemeDt must he
rca ached and IL is simply quest ion OF which
i eide possesses the greater amount of stay
ing power, The maGRates will 20 into ses-
GiJn 81 o'ctorg a3ain to-day and are pre-
pared TO femain here indefinitely It was
<sid last GiEkt that the chicago and ~.
sIther the lss or the Isl rsTe. schedule as
4t present drafted and that l. they can have
their way there will be some changes no
President Farrell of the Wizhlanders ar
rlse1 here at . o'clock vest erday from the
Ess accompanied by Arthur Irwin. bur
Manayer Stallings went South from the
a1s 70 ssEs5s tor Te or ,rrS S,TyS Of h.
fardins The american League meeting
for H ohnsGH assrv DTssdent Sss int
Creased 10 s25On0 He has done splendid
ssrned his re reward' Our n messing qn aWI Was mas ss
smooth. as. silk and We are now ready for
iSs 81. al PLAYERS 70 Set into harness The
the scheduJe makers and viii have so many
games az home during the month Of May
silns. u veil essipped % a ss fsfi 'sisn;. s,'f he
says. and feels confident that the team Will
rac.ori9 ssi9 he he penRSsnt pSIrS, ,n.t rsFe ern.n m
tfyIne TO lard couple Of star players and
may be successful. II he is baseball poll
Ef@ DO with II
when FogeI Of the Philadelphia club
wiia@ WI Muarag anrou The co cnbs nR nc formeT ae
manager. who claims th-t be has an IRON
tlsd eopIra,t which the, lub has repndiated.
might be settled by arbl' ration. The Ma
ticnal Commission. it was said. might be
called upon 70 pass. OF II. but FoRel in,
70 more iurisdiction than the leagues
qlrectors; Although he was al the hotel
sse Ss sae of ep 70 psn snybody is
authority. VII ich strengthened the belief
that there Is an agreement among the
"A quiet tip is in circulation that Murphy
viii receive uo.ice to-day that II he doesn
rsinstatsd rs a a question S % Whether 70 Ban
gQhnsoD will vote for the renst atement OF
King under any circumstance.
the IS4 game schedule would be sdoptedd
lnst as soon as some Of the conflicting
Ebbets and Murphy are pursuing a
penn wise and pound fo9lish policy, said
ones y BIO want the loS game schedule and
their arguments are transparent
we Will get what we want. said Murphy |
ror no schedule viii ne adop.ed I don't
intend 10 let Ban johnson make a monkey
of the National Leagu' any longer and ]
VII not 60 back to Chicago to be ridicu!ed
This Is q fight . a finish
TI care nothing about the meeting. said
Robis9n OF St. LoJLs The other fellows !
know that want l6s games. 80 whats the |
Aee Of talking until you're tred?"
~ will be l5t games or nothing" de-
clsred Hermann of Cincinnati We will
put ON the StreNs tomorrow and these
feiloxs will be made to dance al our COM
msnd"
The schedule wranRle is the longest in
The history OF the National League and H.
tuetrates the intense partisanship that