New-York tribune., 1918-07-22

been some "inside" information given
out at Washington favorable to the
completion of the 1918 schedules. This
was based upon Provost Marshal Cen
eral Crowder's statement that the in
dividual cases would continue to be
handled by the local boards in their
order and disposed of at the discre-
tion of these boards
Z. Ban johnson underwent a change
of mind from his attitude Saturday
night, and in telegram to Manager
Rowland of the Chicago White Sox,
now at Washington. directed him to
play all games as scheduled until fur
ther notice.
s. Miller Higgins, manager of the
New York Yankees. said that President
Jacob Rupert and Secretary Harry
sparrow had gone to Cleveland to at
tend the American League meeting. He
SAID the, Yankees would play their
Scheduied game to-day with the St.
Louis Browns and after that, he in
dicated. the course the league would
pursue would be made public.
Garry Hermann Explains
4. In an early statement from Chi
cage it was said Garry Hermann,
had ordered the play-off of two games
between the Cincinnati and Chicago
clubs to be cancelled. Hermann also
said he was attempting to arrange a
meeting of the National League di-
rectors at Pittsburgh Tuesday. In a
later statement Hermann said that
the Cincinnati and Chicago games had
been cancelled because they were not
regularly scheduled games. He de-
clared that under the circumstances he
thought the regular schedules should
be carried out and that the Cincinnati
team would leave for Boston tuesday
to play Wednesday, a regular date.
D. The directors of the American As
sociation decided to close their pen
nant race, awarding the pennant to the
Kansas City club, managed by John
Camel.
6. 1t was rumored in Newark that
Joe Lannin, former owner of the Bos-
ton Red SoX and a baseball enemy of
President Ban Johnson, had convinced
other New international League team
owners not to close shop, intimating
that if the majors did places would be
made for their players in the Inter-
national
Z. President James C. Dunn, of the
Cleveland baseball team. who was first
positively to announce that his park
would close its gates for the duration
OF the war, returned to Cleveland from
Chicago but did not add anything to
his original statement. His club was
not scheduled to play to-day.
Owners Decline to Quit
1t became evident that nothing
positive on the baseball situation could
be gathered until after the league
meetings to determine upon their pro
gramme. An indication of the guess
work" that was going the rounds could
be found in President Johnson's
equivocal statement that American
League baseball would be discontinued
after to-day unless unexpected de-
velopments arose" This august pro-
nunclamento was followed by a point
blank refusal of some of the team
owners to throw up the sponge.
In that event it was obvious that
no action that was not in concert could
De deemed official After the American
League meeting at Cleveland to-day
the entire programme, and an official
enc, could he expected.
In New York it was believed that
General Crowder's somewhat reassur-
ing statement that the individual cases
would not be Immediately acted upon,
Tut as they came before their separate
boards, might make it possible to fin
lsh the season or make stab at doing
SO. 1T was freely granted that the
possibility of this lay entirely III the
unreserved loyalty of the players to
their team owners.
May Depend on Players Plans
If the players are of a mind to step
from the diamond into occupational
work that has been classified as essen
tial, it was believed that the two major
league races would quickly descend to
farcical motif and that, as such, they
might as we'll quit now as later. That
was matter for the league directors
to determine in their meetings this
week. 1t was not believed that either
OF the two major league team owners
had made any elaborate plans to re-
build their teams in anticipation of the
Baker decision.
John X. Tener was one baseball
celebrity to maintain silence Beyond
his, statement Saturday that he had
called meeting of National League
directors for New York on Wednesday
he said nothing. However, in a biting
reference to President Ben johnson
Saturday night he made it plain that
JOINT action between the American and
National leagues could not be expected
Each league evidently is to 60 it alone
and for the time being the customary
relations between them are wiped out