New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05
BASEBALL HISTORY
IN THE MAKING
New Problems Confront
National Commission
at Meeting To-day.
PLAYERS FRATERNITY
DEMANDS COME UP
Minor Leagues Also Expect to
Wrestle with Terms of
Federation.

/ Cincinnati. Jan. 4-The arrival here to-
day of President Ban Johnson OF the
American League, Secretary John Hcyd-
Ter OF the National League and Barney
Dreyfuss. president OF the Pittsburgh club
| OF the National League, is but a forerun-
ner of a meeting of the National Baseball
Commission here tomorrow that bids
fair TO make baseball history.
Besides the initial appearance on the
National Commission Of John *. Tener.
Governor of Pennsylvania. and recently
elected president OF the National League.
the supreme court of baseball will have
before the week is over wrestled with
some weighty questions propounded by
the new Baseball Players Federation.
Nor will the National Commission be
alone In the discussion OF the Players
Federations requests. The National
Board of Minor Leagues has appointed
committee. that is expected to arrive here
tomorrow. to hear the requests of the
federation.
The national boards committee consists
OF Secretary Farrell Of the national board,
President Barrow OF the international
League: Judge Kavanaugh, Of the South
ern League: Thomas Chivington. OF the
American Association. and NJ. f. Justis,
of the Central Association,
The National Commission will meet to-
| Inn nd annual o.
port of its chairman, August Hermann.
and its secretary, John f. Bruce Follow
ing these reports the officers for the en-
suing year will be chosen and from all
indications both Mr.. Hermann and Mr..
Bruce will succeed themselves.
Following the election a number OF
cases of minor importance will be de-
cidcd by the commission. after which il
will go into conference with the COM
mission from the national board relative
TO the requests from the Players Fedora
ton. IT is hoped by Garry Hermann.
chairman OF the commission. that all OF
this work can be accomplished tomorrow.
so that both the commission and the
committee from the national board can
have free hand on Tuesday Immediate
~ 10 go into a conference with the COM
mittee appointed by the Baseball Players
Federation. which will he headed by
David Fultz
Hermann announced tonight that the
commission and the committee from the
national board will decide some time dur
ing tomorrow whether the meeting with
the Players Federation committee would
be open to the public
The requests of the Players Federation
deal exclusively with the subject of con-
tracts. the wording thereof. the reserve
clause and various other angles that the
federation believes should be done away
with. or at least modified. even though
it requires a revision or amendment 10
the peace agreement.
1t is probable that the commission will
discuss the new Federal League in so far
as the signing up by the new league Of
Joe Tinker and Mordeca Brown is CON
cerned II is hardly probable. however.
that any official action on these cases will
be taken until the actual playing season
Of the big leagues opens.
Ban Johnson. president OF the American
League: Barney Dreyfuss. president Of
the Pittsburgh National League club, and
John a. Heydler. secretary of the Ma
tor al League completed the work OF
drafting the 1914 playing schedules for
the two major leagues last night.
Each member declined to give out any
information regarding the work, other
than TO say that April "a had been agreed
on as the opening date in both leagues.
and that information had been made pub
lie some time ago.
AS reason for their silence, the sched
ule makers said they had to report the
result of their labors to each OF the
leagues before any part of the schedules
could be announced.