New Britain herald., 1915-12-16
|ALL WAR END |NS INEVITABLE
League Will Agree to alS Terms With Feds

lar came in sight last night
 erican league magnates at
 ual session here agreed to
 ms arranged at New York
 he Federal and National
 Within a few days, accord
 esident Johnson, the details
 sreement which does away
 Federals as an independent
 Ill be arranged, the Ameri-
 ie having consented to ap-
 committee. to meet envoys
 others.
 hnouncement of the agree
 he after a session which took
 bf the afternoon and at which
 was discussed except the
 oposals of the Federals.
 reed to at New York by the
 league, were related to the
 league meeting by Barney
 president of the Pitts htionals, who came from the
 messenger of peace. For
 MT. Dreyfuss addressed the league club owners, explain etail the agreement. Its Ire not made public, both MT.
 and the magnates agreeing
 silent on these, but it is gen. hderstood that the consolida-
 the National and Federal fs the basis. } Be But Two Leagues. ent Johnson declared that buld be only two leagues, the n and National. To a later was left the appointment of ittee to meet the committees | ther leagues. The joint peace will be held Friday in New Many details remain to be ar
 These involve the ball play
 jumped from one league to
 and may result in many of bs getting back those who left war crisis. Feeling that peace was about bncluded put a stop to a good the trade talk which preceded eting. That the effect of the nd would be to create an
 market for ball players was Ed, and all concerned denied hy trades had been arranged. alk took up so much time that lgue at it's afternoon session time to take up other matters, there was some discussion of |eveland clubs affairs. MT. |ss declared Nthere was no men, the Cleveland club in the terms hght.
 Ice is better than war" said teyfuss, "and I told the Ameri- hgue magnates so. We reached with the Federal league which treeable to both them and the Ial league, and our proposition 1e approval of the American End in Sight"-Johnson.
 @ end of the baseball war is in said President Johnson. '"The for peace submitted by MT. lss were agreeable to the Ameri- ague, according to the sense of leeting, and we shall appoint 8 ittee stotggos over the details. is probable the meeting of the committees will be followed by sting of the National Commits The proposition for peace in- the remaining two major ,s."
 peace terms as previously given 7 members of both the National ederal leagues, included the pur- of a large interest in one of ew York clubs by Harry Sin the purchase of the Chicago nals by Charles Weeghman and the sale of the Browns rdinaIs at St. Louis to Phil Ball Otto Stiefel and the amalgama- of the Brooklyn Nationals and .als. Neither MT. Dreyfuss nor American league leaders would these statements.
 War Began Two Years Ago. , peace protocol ends a war that ! to attract attention just two ago this. month. The Federal e had been in existence then a but not until Joe Tinker, un- o reach terms with the Brooklyn nals, had agreed to join the Chi Federals, did it look serious. IT induced 8 number of players both rival leagues, to join the league, and it's organizers sue q in attracting additional capi- !, as packers.
 ) new league then expanded, put cams in Brooklyn and St. Louis dition to it's former circuit, ant " one, gathered into its folt star ball players. The legality 1tracts brought the fight betweer rederals and organized ball into ourts in several cases, the clima7 1g with the antitrust suit filet e Judge Landis about a year ago case came to trial last January fudge Landis has never handed a decision, and some baseball thought he was hoping for thu ss of peace negotiations, since lg the trial, he declared he wa Lst anything calculated to tea, this structure known as base