The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-18
LEAGUE MAGNATES
FAIL ON SCHEDULE.
Deadlock Is Unbroken After a
Do Nothing Day
ONLY ONE VOTE TAKEN
Another wrangle Has Been Started
Over Conflicting Dates and Direc-
tors May Adjourn for Two
Weeks to Settle Matters
'NLY ONE VOTE TAKEN

New York. February 17-After four
days of endeavor, National league mag
mates were unable tonight to adopt
schedule for the coming season and ad-
iourned until tomorrow. Up to nightfau
Horace Fogel, president of the Philadel-
phia club. was still confined to his room,
ostensibly suffering with govt, but ABOUT
9 o'clock he quietly left the Waldorf
climbed into taxicab and was or, pre-
surnably for Philadelphia. All week the
magnates have been waiting for Fogei
before acting on the claim of William
!. Murray, former manager of the Phila-
delphia club who asserts that he was de-
posed when his contract had two years
to run. Fogels departure forestaiis any
action in the matter.
With Fogel in his ROOM Stanley Robin
son of st. Louis, Ill and in bed, and =
III. Ebbets of Brooklyn also on the SICK
list the adjourned meeting of the mag
mates which was to have been called at
2 O'Clock this afternoon, did not get To-
gather until 4 o'clock. Ebbets by that
time was able to attend but it was some
what of a gathering of invalids, for
President John t. Brush of New YORK
was also ailing and had to be assisted
to the meeting.
Only one vote on the question of adopt
ing the long schedule of loS games OF
the short schedule of 154 games was
taken. When the proxies of Fogel ana
Robinson held by Charles w. Murphy
NJ Chicago. it was announced that the
vote of yesterday was unchanged o'h-
cinnati, Pittsburg and Boston raVorlns
the short schedule and the others hoio-
ing out for the long list
Heated argument arose over the TACT
that both schedules assign six contilct-
ing dates to St. Louis and two at Cnicaso'
both Robinson and Murphy are insisting
that there must be a change. This COM
r,,cates matters SO that it looks like
homeless deadlock with the possibility
that the rnagnates may adjourn Tor TWO
weeks tomorrow with the hope of effect
ing settlement.
When President Murphy OF Chicago
heard today that the American league
had voted a salary of $4,000 year 10
Ban Johnson, he said:
That's pretty hot press agent WORK.
Drevfuss said tonight that the National
league magnates were acting like
lote of Jealous chorus girls" that II was
zone grand fight over trivial matters
and that he was going home to attend TO
more important business.
President Lynch said tonight that ne
Thought that after this season the ma
t.ona1 commission would pass upon the
schedules, arranging dates that would
york automatically year after year
One prediction from q well informed
source before the magnates resumed tneir
debate today was that the schedule an
~ouncement would not be made peIore
Monday next. The club presidents LOOK
~p proposed amendments to the consul
tntion and let the rival schedule PROPOSE
<aons simmer. 1t was hoped by anxious
fans. however, that before night the
league would get down to the playing
Iates business again and settle the dis
quite.
The leagues voting strength as the sses-
don was resumed was understood TO pc
equally divided between the long and
she short schedules. President Brush OF
New York is understood to have been
ION over to the side of the 154 game sea-
son adherents, voting with Messrs, Herr
mann of Cincinnati, Dreyfuss or. Pitts
Surp and Dovey of Boston for the short
oeason. Against them for the 16S game
oroposition are lined up Messrs Ebbets
x Brooklyn. Murphy of Chicago, Robe
con of ST. Louis and Fogel Of Philadei-
Dhia.
There were indications today that Meth
n of the schedules prepared in advance
would be adopted in its entirety. The
Herrmann-Brush -Dreyfuss side Is re7
sorted to have offered compromise 70
he Murphy Ebbets faction, one PROPOSE
don being TO close the season little
later than the short schedule now pro-
V1des for, allowing for games on Column
ous Day, October IL.