Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-16
BASE BALL WAR
COMES TO END
IN COMPROMISE
American League Magnstes Agree
to Settlement Reached by Ma
tional and Federal
Moguls,
INDEPENDENT LOOP WILL GO
ban Johnson's Organization Will
Name Committee to Meet En-
voys Of Other Bodies.
I'oUTLAws' ARE. GOING TO BUY IN

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-The end OF
the base ball war came in sight to-
night when American league mag
mates at their annual session here
agreed to the peace terms arranged
iat New York between the Federal
and National leagues.
Within few days, according to
president B. B. Johnson of the Amer
lican league, the details Of the agree
ment, which does away with the
IFederals as an Independent league,
will be arranged, the American
league having consented to appoint
IA committee to meet ENJOYS from the
lother two organizations.
The announcement of the agreement
came after session which took up
most of the afternoon and at which
nothing was discussed except peace pro-
posals Of the Federal league.
Drryfuss the messenger.
These. agreed to at New York by the
National league. were relayed to the
American league meeting by Barney
Dreyfuss. president of the Pittsburgh
Nationals. who came on from the east
~ a messenger of peace For an hour
phIr Dreyfuss addressed the club owners.
Terms of the agreement were not made
public both Mr.. Dreyfuss and the mag
mates agreeing to keep silent on these,
but it is generally understood that the
consolidation of the National and Fed
eral is the basis. President johnson de-
clared that there would be only two
Mt
To a later session was left the ap-
lpointment of a committee to meet the
committees of the other leagues. The
joint peace session probably will take
place within a week, according TO Mr..
johnson, at New York or Chicago.
Many details remain to be arranged.
These invaIve 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
Easter Market in sight.
Tha feeling that peace was about to
be concluded put stop to a evod deal
OF the trade talk which preceded the
meeting. That the effect OF the war
end would be to create an easier market
for hail PLAYERS was admitted by the
managers, and all concerned denied that
Peace talk took up so much time that
the league at it's afternoon session had
no time to take up other matters, Though
there was some discussion of the Cleve-
land clubs affairs. Mr.. Dreyfuss declared
there was no mention of the Cleveland
club I'm the terms he brought.
Peace is better than war;" said Mr..
Dreyfuss tonight, "and told the Ameri-
Nean league magnates so. We reached
terms with the Federal league, which are
agreeable to both them and the National
league, and our proposition met with the
approval of the American league. Our
close relations with the American league
made 1t desirable that complete accord
exist on the question. and 1t looks as IL
we had reached that.
No Cleveland Angie.
"I laid the terms befire the American
league at it's meeting here. and can say
no more about it, 1 can give out no de-
tails My work is over and ] expect 70
leave for Pittsburgh. There was no Cleve-
land angle to the terms-the Cleveland
clubs affairs are i'm the hands OF the
American league and our league has moth
ing to say about them"
.aThe end Of the base ball war is in
sight" said President Johnson. The
plans for peace submitted by Mr.. Drey-
fuss were agreeable to the American
league. according to the senseof our meet
ing, and tonight at later session we
shall appoint a committee to go over the
details. 1t is probable that a meeting
of the three committees will be followed
nv a meeting of the national commission
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