The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-03
BASEBALL S0LONS
IMPORTANT MEET
-Four Matters of Especial In
terest Are to Be Taken Up
BY Commission

Cincinnati, Jan. 3.-Baseball mag
mates from all over the country ar
rived here today to attend the meet
ing of the national baseball. commits
matters to he given consideration.
the Investigation Of the commission
into the alleged ticket scalping' evil
In New York during the worlds ~
ries. The American association. the
International .(eastern) league and the
Pacific coast league will probably he
raised to special the class by them
selves. and given greater privileges.
Charles Murphy of the Chicago Ma
tional club by. Roger Bresnahan,
manager Of the st. Louis Nationals,
Will be discussed and the schedules
of the two leagues for the coming wear
will be signed.
An Immense amount of business is
to come before the commission and
II probably will require moro than
II session.
Cincinnati. Jan. 3-With four of the
most important cases that ever were
brought up before 1t at any one time,
besides numerous small cases to be de-
cided upon. the national baseball COM
mission went into session here today
that promises to make baseball history.
w iNS lIIlIJOILduL UuSlS
ness to be discussed will be tho scan
day over the scalping Of tickets at the
last worlds series. August Hermann
1ntimated today that quite a good
deal of new evidence was accumulated
and a definite finding may result.
h schedules which were made up
st French Lick Springs last week are
ready for adoption and these will be
signed by the league presidents and
announced.
A number of minor league magnates
Will be here to AXE q hand in the
adoption of the new rules. creating a
class AA for minor leagues. 1t is pro-
posed and there is hardly a doubt
but what the proposition will carry,
to put the International league, Amer
lean Association and the Pacific Coast
league in this new classification. Some
little antagonism is expected however
from the Southern league and the
Western league.
The election of officers for the COM
mission is also OH the program.
Despite this mass of business Chair
man Hermann stated Tuesday night
that he expected the meeting to last
only one day unless President johnson
of the American league, who has been
III. would fec inclined to a longer
session.
AC" 1oIn, JdI. Ill ilOu1dS a.
Lynch, president of the National
league left here Tuesday afternoon for
Cincinnati to attend the annual meet
ing of the National baseball commits
sion which he said promised to be the
most important held in years. A ses-
sion lasting until Saturday was in
prospect. he said, because of the great
mount of business to come before
h body. Mr.. Lynch thought it hard
ly likely that there would be any OPP
position to the concessions demanded
by the National association which are
to come UP for action.
A finding by the commission on the
worlds series ticket scandal in New
York and Philadelphia is one of the
possibilities of the meeting according
to the National league. President
Lynch said that his signature and that
OF President Johnson of the American
league would be affixed to the sched-
ule of the two big leagues for 1912,
drafted at the recen joint meeting of
the schedule committee at French
Lick Springs, Ind.