The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
Herman and Tener
 Split on Closing Date
Cincinnati Baseball Club
 President Says He Will Not Attend National
 League Meeting, But Will
 Go to American League Conference.

Garry Herman has ''run out" on John K. Tener, his National League confrere in the National Baseball Commission.
 Ban B. Johnson, President of the American League, has called a meet ing of the Americans at Cleveland on Saturday to discuss the closing of the baseball season on Aug. 20, and Garry Herman says he is going to attend this meeting and that several other National League owners will attend with him to talk with the American Leaguers over the outlook.
 John K. Tener, who adheres to his proposition that he will not confer with the National Commission in any session where Ban Johnson is a par ticipant, has called a meeting of the National League in New York. Of course he will be there. He expects the other National League club own CTS to be there too. It Is going to amuse the baseball public a great deal to see which National League club owners stick to Tener and which ones stick to Johnson and Hermann In Cleveland.
 The Johnson-Herrmann combina- tion apparently wants to end the baseball season on Aug. 20 with worlds series in the eleven days fol- lowing, making the absurd claim that Secretary Baker has ordered baseball to suspend by Sept. 1. MT. Tener takes the position that the games should continue as long as possible with star players, and that it be possible to play a worlds series after Sept. 1 because the Draft Boards will easily allow the twenty or thirty men who are needed to participate in the big baseball event of the year to continue until their services are no longer required.
 The big point in the minds of the baseball fans is that Hermann, a Ma tional League magnate. has lined up with Johnson, an American Leaguer Tn the latest division of the warning forces. MT. Hermann quoted on the side of Gov. Tener in the decision of the Scot Perry case, which precipi- tated the schism in the National Com mission, but he has apparently chang ed his mind as to Gov. Tener since then for he has fallen in with the IOdh JOHIlStJH pIdy Ddll bI quIL uI- timatum since that time.
 In the Chicago despatches sent out last night it was stated that President Johnson was strongly opposed" to continuing baseball after Sept. 1. as he believes to play after that date would be a "violation of the War De- partment's orders.'
 "It would be selfish to take advan- tage of Secretary Bakers orders. This is no time to force recreation on the public when Americans are giving up their lives on the battlefields of France" said the statement issued by MT. Johnson in Chicago yesterday
 From Cincinnati came the Herr mann decision that he would not at tend the meeting of the National League called by Tener. MT. Herr mann said: "I am not going to the meeting of the National League call ed by Tener and some other National Leaguers will not be there either. Why should we go? We have tacit understanding to keep right on with the schedule until Sept i and not to worry in the meanwhile. There f4n't any reason why a worlds series can-- not be arranged to begin Sept. 3 or 4. and the men who will play the worlds series can get an extension of ten days or two weeks by their draft boards in which to find jobs.
 From Pittsburgh Barney Dreyfuss, who has been representing the Ma tionaI League in conference with the American Leaguers on the question of closing the season said: "So far as Ban Johnson and the American Lea que is concerned I shall make no further effort to consult with them regarding the worlds series of the closing of the regular season. I am in favor of complying with the gov ernments ruling that all players with in the draft age must seek useful en ployment after Sept. 1. But the gov ernment is not going to stop us if we continue with teams outside the draft age. I believe. for my part, that ma jor leagues should go right ahead and finish their schedule"
 Branch Hickey of the St. Cardin- als announced yesterday in St. Louis that he would favor ending the base ball season Sept. 1.