Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17
PEACE COMPACT
MAY COME TODAY
Johnson Wants Pink Slip For
All Outlaw Players; Tener
Favors Reinstatement

If plans do not miscarry to-day, the
baseball peace agreement will be
signed at a meeting to be held in New
York. All agree that the plan to alb
sorb the Federal League and thereby
restore baseball to its former popu-
larity is a practical one. The peace
emissaries who will endeavor to end
the so-caIled war of the four leagues
most concerned are as follows
American League - B. B. John
son, president; Charles A. Comiskey'
Chicago; Colonel Jacob RUPERT New
York: Benjamin Minor. Washington;
Joseph Lannin, Boston.
National League - John K. Tener'
President; August Hermann, Clncln-
natl; Barney Dreyfuss, Plttspursh,
Harry Hampstead, New York; james
Gaffney, Boston. -,
Federal League = James a. Gill
more. president; Charles Weeghman,
Chicago: George S. Ward, Brooklyn;
Harry Sinclair, Newark, n. j.; Ed:
Gwinner, of Pittsburgh, or Hanlon, OF
Baltimore.
International League - Ed. e.
Barrow. president; John Farrell sec
retary of the National Association;
other member not yet selected.
Western Opinions
President Johnson who has never
been of a peaceful turn of mind, is GER
tain that the struggle is over and that
the differences will be smoothed out In
a short time.
"The peace plan under consider
alton is practical" he said, "and 1t dill
Gers considerably from plans which
have been discussed in public
President Comiskey, who has the
reputation of being one of the pest
fighters in the American League, Tor
the first time has expressed desire
for peace.
President johnson in an interview
that was startling in it's frankness
told some of the details that would
be worked out when the four commit
tees got together in New York, and
made the declaration that the Amer
lean League players who jumped in
.midseason would not be taken oack'
Tener Favors Leniency
President Tener said also that he
was in favor of restoring all contract
jumpers from organized ranks to good
standing again and by inference made
it appear that such an understanding
had been reached between the Nation
al and Federal League officials at the
recent secret meeting in this city. lie
said:
"I have always believed and I now
believe that no ball player should be
punished unless he has made himself
morally unfit or a real detriment to
ball playing. I, for one, certainly will
not vote to punish q contract breaker
just because peace Is to be establish
ed. 1t would be we'll for those judging
him to think of the conditions and the
temptations. Some of us can remem-
ber back to the Brotherhood days, and
/ am one of them"
The National League executive
further said that every step toward
peace with the Federal League had
be IN carefully thought out by himself
and his associates and that he eX-
pected no further difficulties in the
negotiations so far as his league and
the Independent interests were con-
cerned. The National League had
been for peace for long time, he
stated. and all the details had been
worked out before public announce
ment was made of the probability of
q harmonious settlement of the base
ball strife. All that remained was
for the American League to acquiesce
and enter into the agreement