New-York tribune., 1919-07-18
New Division d
OF Big Series !
Players Pool
Flag Winners to Split 1870:
McCraw's Protest Of
Reds Victory Allowed

The retention Of the 140 game schsd-
ule announced at the beginning of the
season was decided upon at a msa,;nu
of the club owners of the Nat;ora1
League here yesterday. Several of ths
moguls recently suggested lenpthen;r,.
the playing season to l54 games. 30 ~
the past years. When the ouast;a.
came up for vote, however, it was de-.
clded to close the season on Septer,.
Der 80, as originally planned.
Several other subjects of mid season
Importance were discussed and DE-
clslons reached. including an unan;-
nous vote in favor of the recently
revised rules for the division of the
world series proceeds as proposed hv
the National Commission. If ny
American League takes similar acton
the division of the players pool next
october viii be as follows:
Seventy-fve per cent Of the pool to
be divided 90 per cent to the winners
and 40 per cent to the losers. with
the remaining % per cent of the pooi
divided among the players of the sec.
ond and third teams of the two
leagues.
, Ban Exhibition Games
Further exhibition games between
| teams of the National League during
the remainder of the season were nro,
hlblted, with the exception of one con.
test already scheduled between Boston
and Chicago for Syracuse sometime in
August. 90
A communication from the m;nor
leagues organization was received and
discussed, and it was unanimously re.
solved not to enter into any formal
agreement with the minor league,
unless the right of the major leagues
to draw players from the minors was
! included, so as to enable baseball play
ers to advance in their profession as
provided for in the present national
agreement.
h At subsequent. meeting of the
board of directors Of the league it was
decided to expunge from the record
the. second game of July 6 between
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, at Cincin-
natl, and the teams were ordered to
replay the contest on July 27, or in
case OF postponement July % or Au-
gust 81.
McGraw Protest Upheld
Attention was called to this contest
by Manager McGraw of the New York
club, who alleged a violation of ths
league constitution on the ground that
the game was called early in order
that Pittsburgh might catch train
when there were later trains which
would have carried the team to its
next destination after full nine in
ming contest had been played.
Cincinnati won by score of 2 to o,
the game being called at the end Of
the sixth inning by agreement. AS a
result of yesterdays decision one VIC
tory is substracted from the Cincn-
natl club record to date, and one de-
feat removed from Pittsburgh's record.
Garry Hermann Objects
CINCINNATI July II. - August
Hermann, president of the Cincinnati
Baseball Club, was astounded when in
formed to-day tn at a meeting Of
the board of directors of the National
League, tho. second game with Pitts
burgh on July 6 had been ordered ex-
plunged from the records.
"To begin with" said Hermann,
"the board of directors has nothing
to do with the matter. This protest or
complaint must be decided solely By
the president Of the league, under Sec
tlon Ia of the constitution.
II cannot conceive of President
Heydler deciding this case without
hearing the Cincinnati side of it. as
provided for in the constitution.
have wired him to thu. etfnrt