New Britain herald., 1917-11-13
CARDINALS FAIL
 TO LAND HENDRICKS
Hickey WithdraWs His Offer for
 Indianapolis Manager

Louisville, Ky, Nov. 13.-There was no secession of dissatisfied club own CTS of the American association nor was new attempt made to form @ new league at the annual meeting here yesterday of the American asso ciation.
 After a stormy five hour session. during which James c. McGill, presi- dent of the Indianapolis club. made the suggestion of new league the meeting adjourned until Wednesday to await action on redistricting of cer- tain minor league territory expected to be taken by the National Associa- ton of Professional Baseball leagues. !, which meets tomorrow. President Hickey of the American association declared last night that the movement of the Indianapolis, Louisville and Toledo clubs to with draw and merge with certain clubs of the International league appeared to be losing force. He predicted that the association would open the 1918 season intact. There were reports, however. that McGill Roger Bresna- han, owner of the Toledo club, and O. H. Wathen, president of the Louis- vile club, would carry their fight be- fore the National association.
 M. H. Sexton, president of the gov erning body of the minors, said he ! did not know what action would be i taken on the subject of redistricting territory, but if the faction desiring such changes could control enough votes it was probably that some new l alignment would be made.
 Some Changes Needed.
 Tt appears certain that some 1 changes must be made to meet con- ditions caused by the war;" he said. Some of the leagues cannot hope to exist unless changes are made. I doubt if some of the smaller organ izations will open their gates until the close of the war;"
 The American association club own CTS, in considering their plans for next season, expressed a desire to play a 14O game schedule instead of 154 games. They proposed to open the season about May 1, but will not take definite action until the schedule of , the major leagues is decided upon President Hickey pointed to the post ponement of eighty games during the first eight weeks of last season be- cause of unreasonable weather as an argument in favor of shorter sched- ule.
 Joe Tinker of Columbus says frank ly he is Ion the fence," that he is not "goine to jump with either crowd without knowing exactly what he is in for, and that in any event he will not be willing to become a party to the project for new league unal he l is shown how 1t can be worked out satisfactorily.
 The fact that Jack Hendricks, man. J l Tr1 io apolis club of the American associa- ton, was the "college graduate with degree" that Branch Hickey, presi- dent of the St. Louis Nationals, sought to succeed Miller Higgins as manager of the St. Louis club, was one of the big surprises of the day. Hendricks is an alumnus of Northwestern, ahav- : ing graduated at law.
 Hendricks Not Free.
 After opening preliminary negotia- tions with Hendricks Hickey sud- denly withdrew his offer yesterday.
 James c. McGill, president of the Indianapolis club was credited with having blocked the deal because of his demands to be reimbursed for his loss. Hickey, according to McGill, of fered players in return for Hendricks contract, which has two more years to run.
 "I do not want players-I can buy them any day." McGill explained, "but I would have to hunt long time and spend money to find a manager as capable as Hendricks. If I owned major league club I would not take $10O,0OO for his contract
 Hickey announced that he had written the man he had in mind,' that his offer had been withdrawn.
 You may say that I feel as bad ly over this deal as anybody" Hickey said. "The man I wanted was, I understood, free to negotiate. But af- ter I had made certain overtures I found out otherwise"
 Hendricks, it is reported, was of- I fered a salary of $7,500 and 10 per cent of the net earnings to manage the St. Louis club. He alleges McGill agreed to release him from his con- tract, and declared that he would rather practice law than to return to Indianapolis next season.
 BROWN GOT EXPERIENCE.