Evening star., 1925-02-22

position OF preSident. ana Tor once
This had been squelched before the
meeting, when a slight disposition
to insurrection had cropped sup from
one source. The member, who was
not quite sure that he wanted Heyd-
Ter to be president, was won over, and
there never has been any reason to
believe that he was ever disgruntled
at any time because Heydler had been
elected.
Th present president had been with
base ball long time and, for that
matter, with the National League for
a long time. He acted as an umpire
for the National League when he
resided in Washington as a young
man and it was through Harry Pull
liam that he was Induced to come to
New York to be the statistician of
the league and eventually to become
its secretary and treasurer as he
grew more and more eonversant with
the duties that he would have to per-
form. He was made secretary some
time after Pulliam went into office,
which upset the slate that had been
arranged earlier, when another was
to have been secretary and a third
man president, due to the TACT that
IL was understood Pulliam did not
wish to be president.
Heydler has been one OF the most
ball organization since there has been
organized base ball. Like all the
others, he has had his troubles, but
he has kept away from most of them
by his knowledge of men and what
is the proper thing to expect, and oy
making his way clear in advance ire
ouentIy has made his way easier He
has had many difficult things to de-
eide, but in the great majority OF
instances his decisions have been wen
founded and have stood the test OF
the disagreements filed by cluo
owners.
Heydler was head of the league
through the long fight that was be-
ing made to get readjustment OF
the national commission, the con-
trolling power in base ball to Which
certain members of the Natlonal
League circuit objected. There was
one faction Of the league which held
that the president of the American
League had complete control Of the
commissions affairs despite the fact
that August Hermann, president OF
tho Cincinnati club, was chairman OF
the commission.
II was repeatedly alleged that the
National League was not being prop
erly considered in the decisions that
were being given out, although thls
was not always apparent " thoSN
who reviewed the decisions. In any
event, the National League deter
mined to force ,Herrmann's resigna-
ton from the commission in spite or
tho fact that he was one of their
own number. and the unpleasant task
fell upon Heydler to ask for the en-
cinnati mans resignation.
Hermann finally stepped out, ana
after he did so chaos, or something
akin to 1t, reigned for a time In the
relations of the two major circuits,
and out of it grew the appointment OF
Lands to the position of commits
sioner of base bail. This quite COM
pletely sheared Heydler of most of
his authority, except as an executive
over his own organization, but he
declared that he was glad of IT, IL
only there could be some adjustment
In base ball affairs by which it was
possible for the major leagues to act
together.
He still is president and will be so
for the next four years. 1t is little
difficult to tell what they will bring,
RS anything is likely to happen in
base ball, from birth to death. The
other day the president remarked
that the years in which Lynch was
president were the most delightful
in all his career, and hoped some
like them would return.