The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-16
TOMORROW
End of the Baseball War Now
Is in Sight.
All Three Leagues Are Ready
to Make Terms.

New York Dec. 16.-The future
status of big league baseball will be
decided at a peace conference of rep
resentatives of the National, Ameri
can and Federal leagues here tomor-
row if the expectations of the mag
mates who have framed the tentative
agreement after three years of war
are fulfilled.
Members of the National league,
here in their annual meeting, are
waiting today for the arrival of the
conference committee appointed by
the American league to ratify the pro-
posed terms of peace. The committee
is composed of Ban Johnson, president
of the Americans; c. A. Comiskey, of
Chicago: B. s. Minor. of Washington,
and Joseph J. Lanning, of Boston.
James a. Gilmore, president of the
Federal league. and Harry F. Sinclair
owner of the Newark F'ederals, are
ready to take part in the final con-
ference to determine the future of
baseball organization, representing an
outlay estimated at more than &c.,
100000.
No authoritative statement has been
made of the terms of peace. 1t is
understood many knOtty problems re-
main to be decided by the conferees.
Chief among them is that involved in
the demand of President Gilmore that
organized baseball must take over the
S3SO,O0O pay roll of the Federal
league.
Terms Reached in Chicago.
Chicago, Ill, Dec. 16.-The end of
the baseball war came in sight We'd
nesday night when American league
lnagnates at their annual session here
agreed to the peace terms arranged at
New York between the Federal and
National leagues. Within a few days,
according to President Johnson, the
details of the agreement, which does
away with the Federals as indie
pendent league, will be arranged, the
American league having consented to
appoint a committee to meet ENJOYS
from the others
The announcement of the agreement
came after a session which took up
most of the afternoon and at which
nothing was discussed except the
peace proposals of the Federals.
These, agreed to at New York, by the
National league, were related to the
American league meeting by Barney
Dreyfuss, president of the Pittsburg
Nationals. who came on from the east
as messenger of peace. For an hour
Mr.. DreyfusS addressed the American
league club owners, explaining in de-
tail the agreement. Its terms were
not made public, both Mr.. Dreyfuss
and the magnates agreeing to keep
silence on these, but it is generally
understood that the consolidation of
the National and Federal leagues is
the basis.
Only Two Leagues.
President Johnson declared that
there would be only two leagues, the
American and National.
To later session was left the ap-
pointment of committee to meet the
committees of the other leagues. The
joint peace session probably will take
place in a week, according to Mr..
Johnson at New York or Chicago.
Many details remain to be arranged |
These involve the ball players who |
jumped from one league to another, |
and may result in many of the clubs |
getting back those who left in the war
crisis.
- The feeling that peace was about to |
be concluded put a stop to a good deal |
of the trade talk which preceded the |
meeting. That the effect of the wars |
end would be to create an easier |
by the managers, and all concerned |
denied that any trades had been ar
ranged.
Peace talk took up so much time |
That the league at its Wednesday aft |
ernoon session had no time to take |
up other matters, though there was
some discussion of the Cleveland clubs |
affairs. Mr.. Dreyfuss declared there
was no mention of the Cleveland club |
in the terms he brought.
Peace Is Better.
Peace is better than war" said /
Mr. Dreyfuss. And told the American |
league magnates so. We reached |
terms with the Federal league which |
National league. and our proposition
met with the approval of the Ameri-
lean league. Our close relations with |
the American league made it desirable !
that complete accord exist on the uues-
ton. and it looks as if that had been
reached.
81 laid the terms before the Amer
lean league at its meeting here and
can say no more about it. I can give