The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-15
NATIONAL LEAGUE
 DIRECTORS MEET Schedule Matter Delayed Until
 Next Days Session. ONLY TWO NEW UMPIRES Philadelphia Club Is Fined for Forfeit ing Game at New York and
 Captain Doolin Also Re-
 ceives Heavy Fine.
ONLY TWO NEW UMPIREs

New York, February 14.-The board of directors of the National league of professional baseball clubs in session in New York today fined the Phila- delphia club s25O for the forfeiture Of the game with New York at the Polo grounds on October last; fined Cap tain Doolin of the Phillies slOO Tor unseemly conduct in the same game and approved the list of umpires selected by President Lynch. Adjournment then was taken until tomorrow
 There probably will be another ses- sion of the directors in the morning and at o'clock the league members will meet to decide whe ether there shall be a schedule of 154 or 16S games the coming season.
 The American league will meet an hour later in Chicago and it is proph- esied here that the American league, which has insisted on the short sched- ule, will be considerably swaYed by the decision of the National league.
 The umpires for the coming year will include only two new men, Henry O'Day, Robert Emslie, James IL. Johh- stone Charles Rigler, William J. hlem' and Stephen J. Kane having been re- appointed. The new men are William Brennan, from the Wisconsin and Him. ois league, and Gus Moran, who last year was an umpire in the Southern league. The double umpire system will be employed throughout the season.
 The claim of William Murray for $500 from the Philadelphia club on the allegation that his cancelled con tract as manager still has two years to run was not heard today owing to the illness of Horace Fogel, the new manager of the "Phillies,' who was unable to appear before the board and offer a defense against the claim.
 The league, to all appearances, has been pretty nearly evenly divided as to whether the clubs shall play the usual number of 154 games or stretch out the season from early April to mid October to cover 16S-game schedule.
 When the leagues board of direc- tors met today to take up preliminary business, however, the advocates of the shorter season, including Garry
  dent that their views would prevail. A demand for the 16S-g game plan by Preisdent Ebbetts of Brooklyn backed by President Murphy of Chicago, was neverth eless expected.
 Votes for the l54-game schedule to conform as usual to the America lea9ue season were counted upon from President Dreyfuss of Pittsburg, Dovey of Boston. Hermann of Cincinnati and probably Robison of St. Louis. BI, of New York was quoted as express ing willingness to favor the long sched- ule only If conflict with the Amer lean league and the worlds champion ship series can be definitely avoided.
 The sch edule fight is set for tomor- row. Today the directors: Messrs. Drey- fuss, Herrma m, Brush Murphy and Ebbetts had before them the tangle created by the Philadelphia club changes of last fall When Horac Fo- gel took over the team William Mur- phy was deposed as manager. Mur- phy has since been at loggerheads with them over the settlement and claims s1500 as due him on last seasons sal ary. The national committee refuses to take up the dispute and referred the question back to the National league directors.
 This being the last time the club owners will meet prior to the opening of the playing season, baseball ob- servers expect the consummation of numerous trades. Several deals of im- portanoe were said to be under way when the big men of the game got to- gether today.