The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
AMERICAN LEAGUE
 SEWERS RELATIONS
Will Have No Intercourse
 With National
ADOPTS RESOLUTION
May Mean the End of the Worlds Series--Generally Regarded as Aftermath of the Ticket
 Scalping Scandal

New York, December 12.-Oficial in- tercourse between the two major base ball leagues ceased this afternoon upon the adoption of a resolution to that effect by the American league except so far as the American league deems itself obliged to deal with the Ha- tional under the national agreement and in the words of the resolution, as may be requisite for the safeguardieg of it's territorial and player rights. Thomas J. Lynch president of the Ma tional league, after reading the reso- luton. said the only intercourse that there ever had been between the 1 leagues came under this exemption. There seemed to be considerable doubt in President Lynchs mind as 10 just what construction to place upon the American leagues action. There were a multitude of reports to explain why it had been adopted. One had It
 that the resolution was the American .eague's answer to the statement last
 night of August Hermann, chairman of
 the national commission, that httte headway has been made in the inves- | tigation of the worlds series ticket scandal.
 Ban Johnson, president of the Amer ican league, said the resolution spoke
 for itself. 1t follows:
 Resolved, That the American league
 will continue to exercise its privi- lieges and observe its obligations under
 the national agreement but will de cline to have further official intercourse
 with the National league except so far as may be requisite for the safeguare- ing of its territorial and player rights l be it further
 Resolved, That the American league l will not be represented in another series fop the championship of the
 world or in any other inter-leagLe
 event unless accorded sole charge of the sale of tickets to games played on its grounds under an arrangement ana with the understanding that 1t shall not assume responsibility for the conduct of the business department of games
 at the park of the other contestlng
 clubs.Y
 What does It mean?n asked Presi- l dent Lynch after reading 1t over .ftwice .sThe American league never had ' any official intercourse with the Ma
 tional league outside of their commit tees-including the schedule committee,
 which meets as the national agreement
 requires them to do. The National com
 mission for the first time gave the
 clubs this year the right to sell tickets
 to the worlds series games in their respective cities What was the result? Every newspaper man in the country knows of the scandal which followed The Philadelphia club, under the ruling of the commission, had control or the tickets at that city, yet the commits sion has found that the sealpers were busy there too.
 l q can't understand how the American league could ever assume responsibility for the conduct of the business depart ment or any other department on their home grounds
 There was a long discussion before
 the American league adopted 1t. F. J.
 Farrell of the New York club intro
 duced it. and c. A. Comisky of the
 White Sox seconded 1t. The vote was unanimous and copies signed by Ban Johnson were sent to President Lynch of the National league and the National commission.
 Barney Dreyfuss of the Plttsburg club and other National league men who were seen tonight seemed to hold l the opinion that the breaking did not threaten a baseball war, pointing out that it would not involve working | relations of the national agreement Dreyfuss said
 "I have only seen the statement casu- ally and 1 hardly know what 1t all means, but I think you will find that baseball will go on the same as ever. I'm not much worried about it"
 The aftermath of the ticket scandal caused more than one sensation today, Second only to the American league s | lresolution was the interest attached to the making public of a peppery letter
 written by John T. Brush, president of
 the New York baseball club, to August
 Hermann on November P in answer to
 certain inquiries propounded by the National commission.
 Mr Brush declared that after investi- gating the ticket scandal, T have been able to trace but one ticket for the
 worlds series from legitimate hands to a patron through scalper and that ticket passed through the hands of Au- gust Hermann, chairman of the Ma
 tional commission tos B. B. Johnson, president of the American league, in 1 Philadelphia.
 "The gentleman who used the ticket sat 1 between August Hermann and John k. l Bruce. secretary of the National com
 mission. in the seat allotted to B. B. | Johnson by Chairman Hermann for the
 third game and he informed Chairman
 Hermann, Secretary Bruce and President
 Lynch, who also sat next to Hermann, 1 that he bought the seat from a scaiper
 outside of the park for s5.
 l To President Johnson the American
 League left the task of stopping gamb- 1 ling in baseball pools. He also was given l full power 10 act for the league on the request of the International and Pacific l Coast Leagues and American Association
 for higher classification. MT. Johnson, it
 is understood, will vote for sthe higher rating they desire. For winning the worlds championship. the Philadelphia club was given the congratulations of the league and it's thanks embodied in a for maj resolution Another resolution awarded to Umpire Sheridan a medal of honor for past services and placed him upon pension list
 | Purely routine mstters were discussed and transacted, it was given out, by the directors whose meeting preceded the league session This applied also to the National League. Under the caption, Notes from the presidents report a statement issued by the National League reoites that r, 1 iS0 basebals were used during 19l1 that S7 postponed and tie games and 62 double headers were played; that 30 players lad been suspended and 20 fines imposed. St
 Louis was congratulated for it's fight for position and department. but one player. being disciplined It was also announced that the league had signed Umpire Owens | formerly of the American Association 1 Tonight banquet by the Chicago Amer jeans to the Baseball Writers assoca- | -