Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
Seems TO Be Just Now
Almost Wholly on Paper.
Natl. League Reflects Lynch
Brush Writes 10 Johnson.
j. {. Gaffney Buys Boston National
John Ward Manager.

New York, Dec. 13.-The baseball
war which exists on paper between
the American and National Leagues,
went merrily on, today, but indications
We're plentiful that it was to be a
war of words only Officially, the Ma
ffonal League attended strictly to It's
own affairs, re-eleeting Thomas j.
Lynch as president and ignoring the
resolution adopted yesterday by the
Americans. Unofficially, both mayor
leagues laughed at the prospect OF d
real encounter between the ihlill'lis
nj dollars invested in each. The world 5
series ticket scandal continued TO holu
the spotlight. President Brush ol
the New York Nationals, VINO hlaae
public, yesterday, his report 10 the
National Commission on the seaman,
addressed a pungent letter TO Ban
Johnson, asking him TO explain a Few
things alleged to have befallen me
pasteboards in Philadelphia
why pick the Giants for the goat
Mr.. Brush asks, among other things,
while dilating upon the outrage per-
netrated upon the New York public.
through mis- direction and COLLISION
with ticket spectators why do You
NOT exnlain how in Philadelphia ten
persons absorbed over 5000 tickets. an
average of 500 each and 63 others Alb
sorbed 5000 tickets, an average Of 80
each?"
incidentally Mr.. Brush asserts in
his letter that there were no street
ticket spectators in New York dur
ing the worlds series-"It being un-
lawful" The letter, with the excep-
ton of the paragraph already quoted,
follows:
1.-THE New York Club, having given
to the press the ticket scandal report,
demanded by and submitted to the Ma
tional Commission, why is 1t you do
not publish the report submitted TO the
commission by the Philadelphia Club?
Having charged some official OF
the New York Club with handing out
5000 or 5000 tickets to the spectators
out of $4,000 of its reserved seat ca
pacity, depriVing the public to that
extent of an opportunity of buying
direct, why Is it you are silent over
the disposition of tickets in Philadei-
phia, where Sfs1 tickets out of total
of the reserved seat capacity of 1898,
were given to 10 people and there vas
no public sale for the first two games?
while the New York Club report
shows that less than $50 tickets were
taken by its players and its officials.
the balance being available for the
public why is it that you do not ex-
plain how the players and the OIL
Gals of the Philadelphia Club appro-
priated 1900 tickets out of its total of
SS38?
"Inasmuch as there were no street
ticket spectators in New York dur
ing the worlds series--it being unlaw-
ful-why do you not explain to the
public how it was that in the hotels
and along Broad street in Philadelphia
they We're openly plying their trade,
and tell how they obtained them?
I'm your letter TO me you say our
chief aim is TO protect the baseball
public from graft and We should work
together for that purpose and to this
] say Amen am with you solidly,
but why pick only the New York Ma
tional League club for the goat?"
The letter was made public two
hours after President johnson of the
American League had left for Chicago.
tention was called to this fact he said
Mr.. Johnson's movements had not
been taken into consideration in the
issuance Of the letter. Before leaving
New York. Mr.. johnson declined to
comment upon the resolution adopted
by the American League. yesterday
Although filled with possibilities the
National League meeting, today. pro-
daua1nnfaapfc IN he
between the organizations Secretary
Heydler told the reporters that neith-
er President Lynch nor the National
League had received copy of the
American Leagues resolution. To this
President Lynch added that mas
much as ii had not come before the
league it certainly could not be dis
cussed'
The National League will meet, TO-
morrow, however, and, tonight, predic
tons were rife about the corridors d
the notel where it holds it's sessions
that it will frame its answer TO the
American League then-if there is II
be any answer.
Whit Brooklyn and Philadelphia OPP
posing him, President Lynch was re-
elected, the other candidate being
Robert w Brown, Louisville news
paper man. James Z. Gaffney, who
decided over night TO buy the Boston
club and did so, sat in the council,
which also included woman for the
first time III its history-Mrs. Helen
Hathaway Britton, owner Of the st.
Louis club. Mrs. Britton smilinely told
her associates to go ahead and smoke
she was used TO it, and didn't mind
and they filled the room with clouds
but she sat through it all.
The hoard Of directors was reelected
and Joseph OBrien and William
Locke were appointed committees OF
one on transportation and hotels, re-
spectively. The remainder of the meet
ing was given over to informal discus
sion Of various topics and the adop-