New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-16
TENER CIRCUIT
TO MEET HERE
TWICE AS OFTEN
Hermann UpSets Drey-
fuss in Tilt for Honor OF
National Commission
By W. J. MACBETH

all Of yesterday pil.ng Up the work It
didn't do the preceding three days. 10
doesn't require whole lot TO keep
some folks busy
LLOYD George Kennedy. dictator OF
the Waldorf-Astoria Thirst Emporium,
sat on his high stool throne totall'ng
Up the weeks losses.
give hundred. SIX hundred. seven
hundred" droncd Kennedy. "lf these
National League magratcs torpedo
many more schooncrs withou. warning
I'm a ruined man. All the profits OF
the last month gone and not chicken
Matched our OF the nest
A house detective sided up.
Mother Nachree,' he calculated.
percy Hauchton has just swallowed
another So check and the NatonaI
League is going 20 poster as twice as
often in tie future. just got the UP
from Joe NcGinu.'
Garry Hermann and Barney prey-
fuss. VINO entered the lists from oppo-
site doors. met within earshOt OF Ken
ucdy in such mad career that their gooo
classcs slivcrCd 20 the very hasp
MARRY. have az YOU" said Garry,
"but twas a noble thrust thou dealt
me in the tilt yard this afternoon. But
Ior the Spanish mail of Armorer John
Bruce ! should have been endorsed.
"Sav rather thirst than thrust" fal-
tered Sir Barney in & hollow voice.
But for the Tibsld potations OF thee
and thy boon companions l had IN
hclmed thee, villain
We Shall Meet Again
eve shall meet again. trust, when
there are none 10 come between,
twill be no fault OF mine else
countcrcd Barney, "nor fault Of the
cood king. John klnley. III! tnen'
BEWARE
Tbos closed the most bloody passage
alarms in National League chivalry;
Because Of the carnage. history VIII /
refer 20 IT as the lady-llke encounter
in oil and hot ar.
Barney Dreyfuss, on the concluding
dav Of the National Leagues annual
session. finally got around TO sn open
ing at Garry Hermann and the Ma
tionsl Commission. But barneys
promised explosion proved provoklng
souid He couldn't produce fire
ff&NhfE NfADlla tANAAs ~ N-N--
omen meeting, and he was thrashed so
soundlv that be had scarce a word 10
saw when he swallowed his chagrln.
An hilarious bscchansl, identified IN
a far corner as one OF the National
League councillors, described the
battle. a.,
Barney never had a chance" said
he. I'VE handed him the works. For
four DAYS. while we stalled, waiting 70
see how the American League would
accept the various issues that perpleN
our national game, we wined and we
dined Drevfuss. We threw him con-
stsntly into the company Of Garry
Hermann. l. is Impossible for even
the most bitter enemies 20 associate
a. pals for four days and still retain
bitterness Of heart. That's how we
clipped Barney's claws"
Conceals His Hand
And clipped they were. Barney had
sworn By all the gods Of Smoke Town
hat II crossed IN ms purpose 70 ouss
Hermann and tho Commission he
would make public divers discriminating
napcrs These papers he withheld on
inc showdown.
At some future time" said he, "you
nav have them and welcome. But my
vcD cCmpels ne 20 conceal my hand
FOR the present
To guard against brain Tag in tho
future, the National League decided 10
.plit I'd its seasons work IN future,
heretofore 10 has been customary 10
hold two annual meetings, the execu-
i've and the schedule sessions, respec-
lively. Al least two extra conferences,
and maybe three or four, will be OBJ
scryedin future. Dreyfuss hopes TO sum
mon tho courage 10 90 after Hermann
roughshod a. ono Of these. He gives
Garry only year 10 live at the out
side. When 10 comes 70 press-agent-
inc himself Barney Dreyfuss needs the
service Of no news syndicate.
At that Barncy's roar against Herr
mann. tame a. 10 was, seemed the most
exciting line of tho closing chapter OF
tho 1916 National League meeting
After warning his colleagues that n
thcy were not careful. he would run
out on them for $500, 600 rock bot
tom price Of the Pirates, with 10 bid
ders). Barney spilled whole lot Of
rhetoric and airy persiAage
Chief Point with Dreyfuss
he Was seemingly guilty Of treason
able utterances on the operation or the
draft which insinuated party leaninCs
toward tie Glass "A demands. This
was ono OF Dreyfuss's chief points no
q petition for non-partisan National
Commits ION 90 succeed the present
body. Bet Barney had lost so much OF
his Gre of antagonism since Monday
that the object Of his ycrba shafts,
Garry Hermann. did noe find it neces-
safy 10 present his b,ll of defence Of
cfcral typcwrltten pages that he had
prcnsrcd for emergency.
brcNuss squelchcd for the time -
least, said Hermann came 10 bat with
OIL proposed remedy for tho conduct Of
the world championship series. The
National Commission chairman pro
posed "a division OF tho PLAYERS pool. %
chat players other than Tho two con
testing ones should share The Ma
'Ioral League Endorsed Hermann sug-
ccsuors and empowered President
Icu'r with power 90 act m conjuuc-
zion with thc American League. This
ie matter FOR joint action by the MA
lor.. Tho American League hiss adopt.
60 resolution to limit tho scale Of
prices 60 double that prevailing through
Inc regular season. The National Com
mission plan is 10 divide the outside
fpoI.s M direct ratio 10 tho final stand
lngs OF the clubs
The National League also went on
record IS opposed 20 existing extravs-
gauccs. Il suggested economical reyi-
sion Of salaries. but decided 10 leave
the solution ~ the hands Of the re
spcctiye club presidents. II recon-
mcrded further that there should be
a restriction Of tho 25-cent Genes IN
all parks. This matter will be worked
cut finally at the spring meeting
New Form Not Ratified