The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-17
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mission he said left the board no OPP
ton but to reclassify.
While the status of both the Three
and the Western leagues Is affected
by the 1910 census, it is believed the
old verbal agreement which the latter
had with the association will protect
it's interest against reduction in
classification. There Is no disposition
to question the authenticity of this
agreement.
The association adjourned until to
day at IL o'clock. but the board
Of arbitration renewed its delibera.
tons last night. 1t is hoped to finish
today.
New Glass Not Being Pushed.
The old matter of new class AA
to support the dignity of the Ameri-
can Association and the Eastern
league will not require consideration
at this gathering. The American AS
ISOLATION is not represented to the
meeting and President Pat Powers
OF the Eastern league said he would
not bring up that issue now.
At the afternoon session, the board
of arbitration was selected as follows:
W. w. Kavanaugh, Little Rock. Ark;
f. R. Carson, South Bend, Ind; T. j.
n. Murname. Boston, ]. H. O'Rourke,
Bridgeport, Conn; ]. Cal Ewing. San
Francisco; NJ E. Justice, Keokuk,
Iowa; c. R. Williams, Roanoke, Va,
and j. H. Farrell, Auburn. N. Y,
chairman and secretary. OF these men
Justice and Williams are new mem
bers. D. M. Shiveley of Kansas City,
Kan, withdrew from the board owing
to his retirement from baseball activ-
tiles.
M. H. Sexton of Rock Island was e
elected president and ]. H. Farrell OF
Auburn, n. Y, was made secretary of
the national association.
Class C and d leagues were given
representation on the national board
of arbitration, which body was in
creased to eight members, three to
be those of class B, and one each
| from classes C and D.
Powers Threaten Trouble.
President Pat Powers of the East
next year trouble could be expected
/ from his league in regard to CLASH
| fication. Mr.. Powers said:
Il don't know whether l shall be
head of the Eastern league again Oh
not, but can say to you that the
the ten-year agreement of the asso
citation. That does not expire unit
next year. Next year. however. an
quite sure the ten-year agreement will
not be subscribed to, unless it il
changed in the meantime to give III
higher classification. We do not wan
to be major league, but we do wan
higher place l can add, also, tina
in this the Eastern association is no
in partnership with the American
association, as has been suggested"
! Following his remarks the associa
ton altered its constitution to pro
i duce the following results:
/ Hereafter there will be eight mem
bers of the arbitration board.
Money going through the secre
tary's hands to the credit of default
ing players, clubs or leagues can b'
seized by him to satisfy the default
4 Contract jumpers" can be rein
stated under certain conditions.
The period at which protection mus
4 be secured and from which all yearl,
obligations must date, was changed
from October to September l.
San Antonio, Texas, secured mex
} years meeting. The only other cit.
, suggested was New York, but thu
) Texas city won out by vote of seven
: teen leagues to seven. The invita-
ton was then unanimously accepted
Mr.. Ewing invited the association t.
: hold its 1915 meeting at San Francisco