New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
SPORTS OF THE DAY
DEADLOCK STILL ON.
National League Osrners Fdl'
to .fcrcc on Dates.


iii. league 81 The wsldort-As.oria- yes
terday, than on Tuesday. when the fight
began nobody -as the wiser. The owners
wasted n lot of time and did not so into
eNecst:ve session behind tightly barred and
closely guarded doors until $50 O'clock. -Four
hours later they filed oUt again, with The
deadlock over the dates still unoroken ana
with nothing accomplished worthy OF the
meme Another session will he held to-day
President Lynch. who. by the way. is get
ting a baptism Of fire. explained to the tlreo
bot stil! eSpectant newspaper men ihai
wfen the meeting called TO order Nj.
Hermann moved to reconsider the mctoh
carried on Wednesday 10 make The 'consti-
tuition the special business for YESTERDAY
This n,as lost bv q tie vote. but In the long
discussion that followed more was learned
shoUt the real objection to the proposed
schedules than had been CLEANED in the
seyen-hour discussion on Tuesday and the
equally long session Of WEDNESDAY
The chief trouble il seems, lies in the
eight conflicting dates between the National
League and the American League in Chi
ssso on Sunday games.
Detroit and Chicago. Of the American
League. will play in the latter city each
of the eight Sundays, and il was claimed
that. es Detroit will play Sunday hall this
season. four Of those games should be
zlaved there To help matters out. Barney
Dreyfuss of Pittsbure. offered to take
three OF these conflicting Sunday dates for
his club but that did not satisfy thos" VINO
ere standing out for the l6s-came scheou!e-
President Lynch said he thought that
the fes-earle schedule might pass II IL
were not for the reason that four Of The
club owners thought il would cheaper The
game. there being twenty-five double
hesd ders on the liSs.
Ar Lynch said further that 1e thought
that after this season the national commits
sion would PASS on the dates. and that
eventually the schedules of both leagues
would work automatically. that is, the
schedules adopted for 1911 would again he
In effect in 1913, and the schedules for 1912
sn 1914 and so on. thus repeating them
selves every two years. This would do
ausv with the Joint schedule committee
meeting Of the two major leagues each
Year
Horace Fesel. Of Philadelphia. started
for home yesterday. leaving his proxy with
Charles II. Ebhets of Brooklyn. It was
said that the claim Of William Murray. the
.Ieposed manager OF the Phlies. for $4,000
from that club would be settled by arbitra-
ton
In discussing amendments to the 'consti-
tuition the owners reached Section II. and
10 changes were made Of any consequence.
Before leaving for Philadelphia Horace
Fogel, who has missed all the fun by being
confined TO his bed with the gout, said that
his club mad purchased Jim Maroney who
pitched for the Baltimore club Of the East
ern League lest year. The PhilEes are
strong for ''southpaw'' pitchers, as seven,
including Maroney. are now under con-
tract.
The new S560,et0 baseball park Of The Chi
cago American League Club will be for
mally opened Oh July J. according to an an
nouncenent made by Charles A. Comiskey
IN Chicago yesterday. The St Louis club
Is scheduled to play the White Sox on that
date
The choice Of place for tie big feht be
tween James J. Jeffries and Jack johnson
on July nay be settled to-day or to-mor-
row. Jeffries. Sam Berger his manager.
and Tex Rickard were due TO arrive in
San Francisco last night. and conference
in which Jeffries. Rickard and Jack Gleason
viii take part has been arranged for to-
DAY. Gleason has been quoted as saying
that The conference might last two or
NJ three days or q decision might he reached
in Two hours. There appears 10 be a gen
.ral feeling that the bout win be held on
the Coast.
The story comes from Chicago that the
total receipts OF the eighty-three day tour
of James J. Jeffries and his athletic COM
psny were more than s2oo,Go- OF this
amount Jeffries was credited with receiving
s62Sl2 q
Elmer jacobson. who defeated Phil
kesrney by 2 quarter Of a lap in a two
mile skating race at jamestown, y. Y,
"n Wednesday night. when he covered the
distance in 300 60. is now anxious TO meet
Edmund Lamy. the national and interna :
sionsl champion. Jacobson is ambitious.
hut Iamy is likely to beat him easily
a he has The resi- Of the flyers who have
1ried 30 take his measure.
Wcrd comes from ST. John. y. B.. that
Fred Logan equaIled the worlds skating
record OF 1922 seconds Ter go yards in
heating Fred Robson. Of Toronto on
"Wednesday. Amy can now look for an
oJher challenge.
The trial OF Melvin ". Sheppard on
charges growing oct OF a set of games IN
Philadelphia some time ago viii begin to-
morrow afternoon ct the list Regiment
Armory.
Al y meeting of the registration commit
see OF the Pennsylvania division of the
Military Athletic League in Philadelphia
en Wednesday evening William J. Hayes,
who was suspended al the same time as
Sheppard WAS barred from further com
retitior as an amateur Hayes did not
appear 10 answer the charges
Thomas Hitchcock, il, has reported me
ueath Of the once famous Salvidere' me
.nanpior two-year-old of 1906.
Jolr, J. McCfraw. Christy Mathewson ana
ArIie Latham left yesterday by tram Tor
the training camp Of The Giants. al Marin
Springs, Tex.
Ter runners have been selected 10 start
IN the big professional Marathon race
,.-o{cf, viii be the feature of the Dis running
meet at Washington Park, the gronfids ot
,f,e r7rooklvE National League club, on
pNashington's Birthday. The ten runners
are AZ Raines the winner OF the hVe-mile
race in Madison Square Garden last Mon
DAY night: Ted Crooks. of Canada Lone
Eek and BIZ Davis. two Indian runners
pa, Dineen Of Boston: Pat White Of Ire
sand Fe4ruccio PsnZerT1. Of Italy; hafl
Ipfls of Cam