The Washington times., 1916-12-08
National League Meets Next
Week to Consider Many
important Topics.
FuLTz CARRIES DYNAMITE
Magnates Will Have to Watch
Him, Lest He Blow Up
Diamond World.
Rx LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

BY LOUISA. BOUCHER.
REASONABLY. annual biow-off comes
nsxt week nj tho waldorf, in New
ya-S =, ,,,,i, h.gin Monday after.
1orh VII ,s,s -, t,a No.
noon win tno
sTsrr. coolies OF prominent minor
ieasuers. battalions of thirty hang.
"a royImont. of scribes on
erson' anu res'o ,.'sa
tion. The next day the three.ringed
circus will get under way when Presi.
-. ,r.. Iii. ar N.ttonai I.eaSue
dent Ieher eal,s INC Na''o"e'
meeting to order.
'u'' 70 snow ns a III, ~.
49,, -, =, Chi,.ra rnis a. .
- -, a., 81. Iohn.ortan ctrc,I,
"a, -. ,,,,,. 80. ga Iii, nh,a,,
$50, -. r,,s,,.i,v
~, -,
,,,,..s tn Iii,
st.,s 80, a. 80 .s.,,.
80. 80. ~, ,
'ters' ana viii convene on Thursoaw In
Chicago. Ban johnson Is no fool,
bark ye.
whsf They Must DO
,,,"h a =, , o, .ne oasooa'I wor,a nave .,,
WINTER; indeed OF tar more import
ance than they have faced since the
first rumblings OF the Federal League
Invasion
lust what the Baseball Fraternity
Va 10 r,,,s auerni,oh cslaent "a.
lighted al recent frienSiy action Nv
the National Commission, r. on rec.
ord as demanding support from both
W i.asueS the ntnt OF nus orsanl'
ISOLATION on main 81 bsy,ns ev.ry
major league player refuse signatures
on 1917 contracts. The National
League win have to face that Prob
lem.
u
wor'ds series scandal
II IL also expected that the 1917
worlds series win be played under
new arransemens ADOPTED NJ next
weeks meetings or both major
leagues.
M.ny .,yy..,I,,. h.,. .s.r .,.a
IA, 49, I.'.s,. ''au.
10 h, don. b.,ore .,y n,. r,an ~,
amalgamation Of plans will be- adopt.
I'd. The public, for one thing. will not
endure high prices much longer. nor
ro,,ving ,pc,,ns ." he,h ne Nv tns
players, "''
II has been suggested that nat sums
bc paid the players ot both teams en-
s sss ~ INC Worids ehnmpionship
gnsE rms VIII nave 20 be decided.
IN, Nat,ynhl League VIII nave 10 race
'""' p'oo'om'
Cutting Down Salaries
wh., ,n,.r..,. $780, -
pas's w" more
IMAM phshhtes ~ the suggestion that
salaries be cut down. The National
League IL more Interested in thI. than
r. the American Icseno hnca"s an" '' ~"
Nstlohal League IL carrying moro war
ZINE contracts than Its brother maJo-
Ieasuc,
Apparently there ~ organized eo'
ZION 20 De expected on the part 81 the
PLAYERS against wholesale cutting
uown OF salarles; " the National
$500 no s,Ions s'hnu IN thls
nhtter, the american League may b"
ban johnson, who runs his circuit
MIN an iron hahd, has started the
The National Leagi,e YIN have In
face that nroblem.
Tim, Thlra ,...,.
That proposed third league may be
discussed, but when John HeydIer
calls in the scribes for their IIttIe lee
80 a, -,
,"'o ~ NOT 'Npecteu thht ne VIII
nave anything 10 say about that, To
make the third league "A go. eight
- h.
dropped' four from m" In,er 9 40 o1
Iaaeue and four from the Amsrjcan
AssociatIon. leaving The othar aish,
In the new circuit' And ,hst's 49,
the huioe comes ' ""''e
Ran johnson tbouyb, 70 cIo.. AN
many tronhIes With ria 49,, oSro,,Is
hut the onnositinn aIrasS,, su..,
strone thai n ia thomgb, "a - ~
die stiII.horn '"' '"'a VIII
To malsa am.nds nm, O., ,oo.. A,
game In the Class IA feld. a plan will
s D eGnae ~, a. TOT messing OF the
and the American Association all
ing for interleague games from Au.
gust on. Tomorrow the American
nssoclation viii consider the proposi-
IA Rsrro,y's arsan,as,i M NY. Ny, i LOT,
tbe asSair WIN iao'
Garry Herrmann's Status.
Tho National Iosono on,,i.,
,, ~ asu' ohio'ais'
,housh many were opposed 10 the re-
election or Garry Herman to a place
on the National Commission. are he.
lieyed to have been won over 10 Ma
side, and will give him undivided sun
port. Personal uuarrels have cansed
much bittarness toyvard tha 81 i