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.1 S3 "1 St fit 1 1 it. PAST TWO. ST. LOUIS, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1923. 1 t2S BASEBALL MAGNATES OPEN IMPORTANT MEETING TOMORROW Mi 5 POST-DISPATCH WillM'Kenzie oxers Who Meet Tuesday Night at Coliseum Deals Involving Star Owner of Epinard Wants Match Race nderAny Condition Pikers Schedule Only Four Games With Teams Washington to Play Grinnell, Players Are Expected; Draft Issue Up Again Trades for Hornsby and Shocker, Two of St.

Louis' Leading Lights, Are in the Mak- i ing, According to Chicago Reports. Bj the Associated Preas. CHICAGO, Deo. a. The biggest convention in the history of baseball opens here Monday to continue for six days, with an attendance of moro than 1200, ranging from the loweit bush leagues to the riehaai major, and the prospects of the biggest player market ever held, during ths week, as a resrult of Ilia dispute with the management that led to big suspension on charges of Insubordination.

The oonventlon will open Monday with Individual meetings of tho American Association, Southern Association. Pacific Coast and Western Leagues, and also a meeting of tho minors' board of arbi A Jack Dempsey tTM I Here Tomorrow Ii For Exhibition l. 7 I Champion to Spar on Mullen'- 4 1 V' a I Card at Coliseum Without $C''V'0 Mr Py" To Address Ad Club. I hfjg (Ts0 A unique chapter will be written I -vv- -K Vf- 1 V'V'i-j' lnt0 the tal9 of 8t- Louis boxing iA fW hltory Tuesday night when the rf reigning world champion appears 2 ln th rln tns Coliseum in a I P'aZ- nine-minute sparring exhibition. I A unique chapter will be written into the tale of St.

Louis boxing history Tuesday night when the reigning world champion appears in the ring at the Coliseum in a nine-minute sparring exhibition. mi No less than 15 meetings of In dividual leagues, Including the American and National Leagues; a joint session of the two major leagues presided over by Commissioner Landls, and a meeting of all the minor leagues of the nation, and their board of arbitration, will go to make baseball history ln the biggest week of conferences the game has ever known. It will be first time that officials of all of the leagues of the country have assembled in one session. Besides a flock of pending playing player trades and sales, the most Important business of the conference appears to be the Pacific Coast League presidency dispute, which Is closely inter wo von with the draft problem; settlement of rumored dissatisfaction with Commissioner Landls over handling of the world's series, disposition of a reported $200,000 fund ln the commissioner's hands. and the Seattle club transfer; and the draft issue in the International League, Pacific Coast, American Association and Western League.

Player Deals Expected. The convention is expected to produce at least a half dosen Im portant player deals, as almost a'l of the major league club owners have declared that "We will Uade any player we have, if we can Improve our club." It is expected that a deal Involv ing Rogers Hornsby, atar second baseman of the St. Louis Cardinals and 1923 batting champion of the National League will be consummated, while overtures for the services of Eddie Collins, captain of the White Sox. may be made. Urban Shocker, pitching ace of tho St.

Louis Browns, may be traded tration, which will attempt to eU tie the Pacific Coast League presidency wrangle. The National and American Leagues will meet oa Tuesday.x with a Joint aeaiio.i scheduled the following day. Coast Leaguers Wrangle. The recent eleotlon for president of ths Pacifio Coast League la tho chief business to come before tho board of arbitration Mondny. Ths board will asked to decide whether William II.

McCarthy, former president, or Harry A. Williams. Los Angeles newspaper man. was duly elected president Williams received the vote of ths club while McCarthy was supported by three clubs, but McCarthy takes the stand that ths Seattle club, one. of tho members to vots for Williams, was not on.

titled to vote, as It was a "syndicate" club, backed ln part by William Wrlkley owner of tha Chicago Cubs, and the Los Angeles club. Wrtgley has admitted he indorsed a note to help Wade Klllew fer, former Los Angeles manager, to purchase the Seattle club. Th Williams supporters claim tjiat McCarthy, as president, recuy-nized the Seattle club in everything pertaining to the league. The Mc. Carthy-Williams fight also tangted" up with the draft question as Mo-Carthy was the prime movar fh keeping the Coast League from subscribing to the major leagues" draft offer.

developed players. These not being subject to the draft If McCarthy loses his Pacifio Coast League fight it is believed that ciroult wflT accept some form of draft. Many Trades Are Hrpeotad. The American Association at ft meeting la sxpected to complebs its business quickly, adopt ths schedule for tho 1124 saason whld wi3 probably call for 1B4 game, and award the pennant to T'-irug dry. The sale of tho Toledo club which It la understood Roger Breanahaa la anxious to dispose of.

mar Masr 1 New Captain Of Billikens galfback Will Lead St. Louis U. Eleven in 1924, His Third and Final Year, on the Team. Tniliam "Little -Willie" McKen-ll. a halfback, was named captain Of the 1924 St.

Louis University football eleven, at the annual ban- (net tendered the team last night. JJie coming season will be the fffrA and final for McKenzle as. a ember of tno Bllliken aggregation. He came here from Okalona, (Miss.) High School aggregation gnd has been a regular halfback since hia first year on the varsity. However point to his being used at quarter back In 1124.

No announcement wag made regarding: others who were conslder-td as possibilities for the team leadership for next season. No Schedule Announcement. Officials of the Blue and White Echool made the announcement that at this time they could make Bo announcement regarding1 the ichedule for next fall. However it was Indicated that the games to he booked would "duplicate if not 'surpass the 1923 schedule." It teemed to be the consensus that Slaying' big elevens would be the best policy for the school to fol-low. Coach Dan Savage in a short talk to the players referred to 1121 eleven as follows: "While not thsbest team St.

Louis U. has ever baa, it was the gamest." AH the members of the board WftS one exception were present. Among the former stars of the unl-fttiity elevens who made talks were Dr. Dillon, J. Leacock, John McGuire.

'Dutch" KIstner, and Bill Donovan. Hints Made About Stadium. While there was no direct statement regarding a stadium, this waa hinted at by more than one of the speakers in his talk to the athletes. Varsity letters were awarded to 10 of the Eilliken squad and nu naerals to 19 freshmen. A wsl'y letter wa-s-also given to Marlon Hannegan, the student manager of the 1923 team.

The awards were based on the amount of actual play In regular contests. The var tlty men who received awards were: Amaral, Betz. Eggler, Ger aghty, Qrennan, Hlgi, HaUoHn, Hannegan, Kalkman, Krug, L. Mo-Carthy, E. McCarthy.

McKenzle. 1fcConachle O'Toole, Capt. Quirk, Baaacciotti. Schwartz, Schacffer-fcfc Westhus and Manager Hannegan. Freshman numerals were given to Groschen.

Karst, Wallace, wrlght, Beardsly, Ryan, Knight. Roan, Winker, Flsherf Sweeny, tnowley, Klein, McConachle. Oswald, Stamfly, Thornton. Heffern. Boyce.

This array of yearlings wi'l iBrntah the next season varsity with seven backfleld men. seven linemen other than ends and Ave triSCONSIN BOOKS KOTRE DAME, IOWA AND AMES IN 1924 Wktt AnnHit Press. MADISOtf, Deo. 8. Notre Iowa and Ames will meet wtaoonaln at Randall Field here Xt season, according to announcement made this afternoon by the Jalrersity athletlo council.

Notre Will be here Nor. s. Iowa Kot, 15 and Ames, Oct. 4. Min-t4 also will play here on Oct.

Instead of at Minneapolis, as WWously announced. CllOT TIES DONOGHUE LEADING JOCKEY Awoclafd Preas. WJTDON. Deo. A mere ap-tloe, E.

Elliot, tied Steve Jaofhue at the top of the list f''lnnlng Jockeys during the rac-rt Season in Great Britain this Each had 89 wins. An jockey. George Archl-eleventh In the list with Victories He was second In 89 and third In 17. but his av-en leaders, for while Archibald unplaced only 208 times Don- ne tailed to finish among the Jt three ln 391 races and Elliot among the also-rans on 367 eoMlone. This was Donoghne's tenth sea- cnampion Jockey, but it was "Performance of Elliot that re ths most nraine.

rd terby heads the Ust of "With 18 horses he races, and pHies totalln l7! which won the Derby rP raced Harry F. Finclalr-s '-rear-old 2e at Belmont Tc-rk. won three races fr owner. Ben Irish. the 20.000 that was Mefs end of the Belmont Park NEW YORK, Dec.

8. racing; thoroughbred may claim world's cham pionship laurels until ha has met and defeated my Epinard," according to Pierre Werth-eimer, millionaire owner of the champion French three-year-old. M. Werthelmer arrived today on the Paris and although his trip was made for business purposes, he expects to meet Harry Sinclair, owner of the American champion, Zev, and arrange a match or series of races between the two thoroughbreds. "I hope Mr.

Sinclair will find it possible to accept my challenge to a match race In Franca early next May," said the French turfman. "If that 1 unacceptable, I shall offer to ship Epinard to America for a match raoa to be held late in September or early In October. The match may be either a single race over any distance between six furlong and one and one-half miles, or a series of races at these and Intermediate distances. "I am willing to start my horse against Zev alone or against a field of your leading thoroughbreds which may In clude My Own, In Memorlam or any other star thoroughbred. In the event Zev makes the trip to France and is defeated.

I will aexee to ship Epinard to this country for a return match." ROUND ROBIN SCHEDULE FOR BIG TEN FOOTBALL TEAMS IS SUGGESTED ANN ARBOR. Mich- Deo. 8. A round robin arrangement of football schedules, which in the course of 10 years would bring a meeting between all the schools of the Western Conference, was favored here today by editors and business managers of Big Ten college publications, with the exception of Ohio State. The proposition was broached by Minnesota's represen tative, R.

E. Bartholdi, who pointed to the condition of Wisconsin this year as one of the reasons for the initiation of the proposed arrangement. The plan would not necessarily mean that the Big Ten schools would have to discard their traditional football rivals, Bartholdi said, but would so shift the other games that at the end of the period each school in the conference would have played at least one game with the other members. Ohio reserves decision to nwait the action of their publication's board of directors. Illinois was selected as the next meeting place of the association meeting, to be held In May.

T. Sterns of Illinois was elected president. B. R- Gebhart, Purdue, vice president: P. F.

Butts of Wisconsin, secretary, and F. R. Bartholdi, treasurer. HASKELL INDIANS GAIN 35 TO 0 VICTORY OVER TULSA; LEVI IS STAR Py the Associated Press. TULSA.

Dec. '8. Football warriors from the Haskell Indian Institute at Lawrence. easily defeated the University of Tulsa here today, 35 to 0. The Indians hopelessly outclassed Tulsa ln every department of the game, with John Xevi, the plunging: fullback, the outstanding star.

The lineup: Tulsa. Position. Haskell. Patrick L. Carpenter Heradon L.

Roebuck Stafford Killbuck White Jennings Sturbois R. Norton Murrhy R. Casey Lee R. Shunatona Q- Scott Hamilton L. O.

Levi CUne R- H. Elklns Leorone F. J. Levi Score by periods: Tulsa 0 0 0 Haskell 7 16 IS 0 35 Touchdowns: Haskell Carpenter (2), G. Levi (2).

J. Levi (1). Points after score Carpenter (6). Officials: Referee Qulgley (St. Marys).

Umpire McBride (Kansas). Head linesman Watklns (Sewanee). VANDERBILT PLAYS 7-7 TIE GAME WITH OLD PRINCETON STARS By the Associated Frees. NAEHVTLLE, Dec 8. A crowd of 6000 saw a demonstration of Eastern football here this afternoon when VanderblH met a team composed of former Princeton stars In a game played for the benefit of a local charitable Institution.

The score was: Vanderbllt, Princeton Stars, 7. The visitors, despite the lack of recent training for teamwork, played a good fame. U. S. S.

WYOMING AND U. S. S. WRIGHT TIE, 6-6 By ins Associated Press. vttw TORK.

Dec. 8. The football championship of the Atlantic fleet is lointlv held by the L. S. S.

Wright and the TJ. S. S. Wyoming as a result of tne 10 of bristling play at the Yankee Stadium today. The Wyoming team was the first to whan largely through the work of O'Regan, it negw tlated eia points in the second pe riod.

But. In the third session of P'ay, v. TWi -Vi alwven tied the eeore, and neither was able to break the deadlock la the final quarter. Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma Next Season. By ths Associated Press.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 8. Failure of the University of Kansas and the Kansas Aggies to arrange a 1924 football game was an outstanding feature of the schedules arranged here late today at the annual meet ing of the Missouri Valley Conference. Both schools held Oct: 18 open. however, and planned a conference ln about ten days to iron out their differences as the result of charg es by the Aggies that university players were unnecessarily rough 'n their game this fall which resulted In a scoreless tie.

Final action on the application of Oklahoma A. and M. for member ship in the conference was deferred until the May meeting after a tentative vote of four to five against admittance. Directors Form Conference. Athletic directors of the conference organized themselves into a separate association for considera tion of schedules and other matters directly concerning inter-conference competition.

Ben G. Owen, director at the University of Oklahoma, was elected president of the new association and Dr. F. C. Allen, director at the University of Kansas, was named secretary-treasurer.

The conference Itself, which is composed of faculty representatives and considers principally matters of eligibility, re-elected S. W. Bver of Ames, president, and W. G. Manly, of the Univcrs ty of Mis souri, secretary-treasurer.

March 8 was set as the date for the annual valley indoor track meet at Kansas City. Tiger- Kans as Date Undecided. The conference took no official cognisance of the football stand- ngs for the 1923 season, as no championship is The season ended with Kansas and Ne braska at the head of the stand ings, each with 1000 per cent. Kan sas won three and tied three con ference games and Nebraska won three and tied two. The date of the annual Missouri- Kansas gridiron contest was left undecided.

The M. U. Athletlo Board will pass later on the pro posal of Kansas to play the game on the Saturday berore TnanKsgiv-lng rather than on Thanksgiving Day. Football schedules were an- nounced as follows uwrvERsiTT or KAJTSASi Oct, onen: Oct. 11.

open: Oct 25. Ne- braska at Lawrence; Nov, 1, Wash- ington at St. Louis Nov. 8, Drake at Des Moines Nov. 16.

Oklahoma at Lawrence Nov. 22 or 27. Mis souri at Columbia. KASHA! AGGIES i Oct. 4, Wash- bum College at Topeka; Oct 11.

Emnorla (Kin.) Normal at Man hattan: Oct. 18, open; Oct. SS. Missouri at Columbia: Nov. 1, Ames at Manhattan; Nov.

8. open; Nov. IB, open; Nov. 22, Nebraska at Man hattan; Nov. 2T, Oklahoma at Norman.

rXTVERSITT OF MTSSOriUl Oct. 4, open; Oct. 11. open; Oct. is, A.mes at Ames: Oct.

25. Kansas Aggies at Columbia; Nov. 1. Nebraska at Lincoln; Nov. 8.

Oklahoma at Norman; Nov. 16. Washington at coiumDia; Nov. 22 or 27. Kansas ft Columbia OF KEBHASKAi Oct.

4. Illinois at Lincoln; Oct. 11. Oklahoma at Norman: Oct. 18.

open; Oct. "25. Kansas at Lawrence; Nov. 1, Missouri at Lincoln; Nov. 8, open; kov.

la. Notre Jame at soam Bend; Nov. 23, Kansas at Manhattan: Nov. 29, open. rxrVERSlTY OF OKLAHOMA! Oct -4.

Edmond (Ok.) Normal at Norman: Oct. 11. Nebraska at Norman; Oct. 18, Freshmen at Normin; Oct 25. Drake at Ds Moines; Nov.

1. Oklahoma A- and M. at StHl- water: Nov. 8, Missouri at Norman: Nov. IB, Kansas at Lawrence; Nov.

12. Washington at St Louis: Nov. 27, Kansas Aggies at Norman. AMESt Oct 18. Missouri at Ames; Nov.

1. Kansas Aggies at Manhat tan; Nov. 8. Grinnell at Grinnell; Nov. 12, Drake at Ames.

DRAKE Oct 18, Orlnnell at Des Moines: Oct 25, Oklahoma at Des Moines; Nov. Kansas at Des Moines; Nov. 22, Ames at Ames. WASHINGTON 17 NITERS ITTi Oct 11. Grinnell at Orlnnell; Oct 35.

Rolla School of Mines at St Louis: Nov. 1. Kansas at St. Louis; Nov. 18.

Missouri at Columbia; Nov, 22. Oklahoma at St LouIsv GRINNELt, COIXEGEi Oct. It, Washington, at Orlnnell: Oct 18. Drake at Des Moines: Nov. 8, Ames at Orlnnell.

FOOTBALL SCORES r. i. 9. wrispat v. i.

wr- satns; PfcMBtx Jmm. OH. TV stakatw-flelel Jmm. OUL 9rmU Hick 24. Cr Rapt to Hick 31.

VaaaertUt T. ITtaxwtew tam T. 1 Landis' Efforts to Gain Control Over Umpires Likely to Cause Controversy WITHOUT FINANCIAL. REMUNERATION. The Angelica Club's card of five bouts is attractive enough to stand on its own feet but with the additional attraction of the Jack Dempsey in a sparring match the program has become one of the mosT promising ever attempted here.

Dempsey will arrive with his manager, Kearns, and his trainer and secretary, Teddy Hayes, and two sparring partners. tomorrow morning. He will stop at the Jefferson Hotel. Dempsey has consented to speak before the Advertising Club of St. Louis at luncheon at the Hotel Statler Monday.

Fred E. Winsor. ecrefary of the Ad Club, closed negotiations with the Den.psey par ty by long distance phone last night. Five Referees to Work. An imposing array of officials will handle Tuesday night's show.

Dave Barry, who won the welter weight title from Martin Duffy In St. Louis twenty years ago; Eddie McGoorty and Dave Miller will come here from Chicago to offi ciate. Harry Sharpe and Walter Heisner, local referees, will serve as judges and one of the two will handle the two preliminary bouts Three ten-round and two eight- round bouts make up the regular program. Ernie Ghuzeman, of Milwaukee, who made a very pleasing impres sion ln Murlen's last show when he forced Eddie Anderson to quit, will oppose Jackie Hausner of New York at 124 pounds. George Butch and Patsy Flana gan, St.

Louisans, will mix at 124 pounds and Babe Herman, who has been trained and groomed by Jack Dempsey. will tackle one of the toughest lightweights in the country in Mike Dundee of Rock Island. 111. The preliminaries will see Char lie Nashert opposing Bob Sage in eight rounds at 155 pounds, and Jimmy Gorry against Tiger Cllne at 150 pounds. Dempsey.

in his sparring exhibi tion, will face Alex Trambltas, welterweight. WORLD RECORD BY MISS STINE ACCEPTED BY NATIONAL BODY By the ABsndated Ptsb. MAMARONECK. N. Dec 8.

One new world's record, one new national record, and two new prep- aratory school records, were officially accepted today at the annual meeting of the National Women's Collegiate and Scholastic Track Athletlo Association meeting, held at Oaksmere School, It was announced by Miss Susanne Becker, secretary of the association. To Elisabeth Stlne of Leonla, N. high school, is credited the new world's record, a high Jump mark of four feet. 10V4 Inches. The new national record, eight secrnds for the 60-yard hurdles, was set by Josethlne Schessler of Agnes Scott College.

Georgia, and the new girls' preparatory school marks of 84 feet 64 inches, for the eight-pound shot put. and of 80 feet for the Javelin throw, were made ln a recent Oaks-mere School meet by Helen Messit of Oaksmere School and Kathertne Fields of Briar Cliff, respectively. Dr. Barry E. Stewart of New Haven was re-elected president.

Other officers elected were: Howard Cleveland of Long Beach. vice president: Miss Susanne Mamaroneck. N. secretary, and Joseph A. 'Angola, Newark.

N. treasurer, JACK HAUSXER Greb Speeds Up For Tunney Bout Pittsburg WindmiU Confident of Regaining Light Heavyweight Title Monday. By Fair Play. (Copyrlgrht. 1923.) NEW YORK, Dec.

8. In spite of the reports that Harry Greb has been slipping ln the past months he certainly gave every Indication of pep and general enthusiasm in his workout today at the Garden gym where he is tapering off for Monday night's battle against Gene Tunney. Greb is confident of regaining the light-heavyweight title from the ex-marine. He says that Tunney has shown he cannot hurt him and that his Greb's recent bouts against fast middleweights have In creased his speed a lot. He expects to pile up a big margin of points, Tunney, a real outdoor man.

Is finishing up his training at the usual place. Red Bank. N. and reports that he was never better prepared for a battle. This means that his hands have come back to condition.

Tnnney's Hands Brittle. Tunney is one of those fighters who can hit harder than his hands can stand and after every battle his maulies need rest and treatment. If. however, his battles with Greb are any indication of what may be expected on Monday, he will not damage his knuckles serl ously on the middleweight cham pion who is a pretty swift moving and elusive guy. Tunney is a big favorite ln New Tork and there is no doubt he has the punching power to lay anyone low if he gets his sock in right.

This Luis Vlncenttinl, the Chilean lightweight, will meet Johnny Shugrue on Dec. 14 and after him. Pal Moran. If he can dispose of these two tough nuts he will receive 850.000 to tackle Bnny Leonard for the title that is if Benny proves willing. Roland Todd, the Englishman, middleweight champion of Europe, appears in the semifinal bout at the Garden Monday night against Tom my Loughran.

Todd is so highly touted that all the top-liners have been ducking him In a final bout, so the best the European champ could get was a semifinal against a tough trial horse. $10,000 DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST JACK DEMPSEY Br the Associated Frees GREAT FALLS. Dec 8. Trial was begun in District Court here today of a suit filed by A. P.

Oeranols, against Jack Dempsey, v.TT!rht champion of the world, and Jack Kearns. manager, for 110.000 damages lered to have been suffered by the U-year old girl ward In the case throuah being bitten by a dog at the Dempsey training camp near Great Falls, June Attorners for Dempsey said tl; dog did not belong to Dempsey. that the attack upon the girl occurred at a time when there was no and a aim warned the public from coming Inside the camp fence. on the outcome of the league's a- i tlon on the draft. 1 1 The conference next weak girts promise ln being the biggest trad- ERXJLE GOOZEMAX Zbyszko Arrives Here Tomorrow Ancient Pole to Oppose Hus- sane at Coliseum Thursday Night.

Stanislaus Zbyszko, man of the wrestling former heavyweight grand old game and champion. will arrive ln St. Louis today to train for his coming match with Yuslff Hussane the "Terrible Turk." The contest is bookod as one of the attractions of a mat card to be held next Thursday night at the Coliseum, under the direction of Tom Packs, a former Chicagoan, who has supplanted John Contos as promoter of wrestling bouts in St. Louis. Zbyszko Is scheduled to work out this afternoon at the National Gymnasium with Dan Koloff, a Bulgarian grappler, who makes his home in St.

Louis. Josef Gurke-welcx, a 215-pound Polish wrestler, who is scheduled to oppose Champion Lewis ln the main event of Thursday night's card, will alto train with Zbyszko. Lewis will reach St. Louis tonight or Monday morning, according to a wire from his manager, Billy Sandow. Logas Meets Norman.

Promoter Packs announced Inst night that he has booked JUnmy Logas Greek middleweight star, with Willlahm Norman, a Pennsylvania mat artist, for a one-fall preliminary bout. Logas gave a fine account of himself in two recent matches here. He defeated John Stoeff at the Odeon and wrestled George Tragos to a draw ln a heo-tlc tust'e at the Coliseum. Packs has not found an opponent for Jimmy Londos, the Greek heavyweight champion, who is on his way from California to appear In the Coliseum show. The match with Londos has been offered to Dick Davlscourt, an American heawwelsrht.

but Davlscoutr his not replied to the promoters' offer, In the event negotiations ars not consummated today, Londos will meet John Freiburg ln a one-tall match. The Coliseum program will call for five contests when Londos op Donent Is named. In addition to the bouts previously mentioned, Packs has arranged for Gardlnl, an Italian favorlt-. to meet Jack Bruno of Denver, In a one-fall match. The Lewis-Gurke weic event will be decided by the best two out of three falls.

Phoenix and San Diego Tie. Qw A.nMtf1 PrSS SAV DIEOO. Deo. 8. Elev ens from the Phoenix.

High School and San Diego High battled her this afternoon to a scoreless tie. Commissioner Landls office now has a surplus of upwards of and the question of what to do with this amount is likely to bring forth some brisk discussion. Ac cording to the contract entered Into between the commissioner and the major leagues, the president of the American and National Leagues are custodians for this sum. Part of the criticism leveled at the commissioner dates back to the world's series, when ths commis sioner went to New Tork and an nounced details of the world's series arrangements, except ths appointment of umpires without consulting either President Johnson of the American League or Heydler of the National League. The com missioner followed this move by calling for a joint session of the majors on the day the American League constitution provides for its annual meeting.

Opposition la Expected. President Johnson avoided a clash by moving the date of the American League forward a day. President Heydler agreed to break ths National League's custom and meet ln Chicago Instead of New York. The amendments to be presented to the major league agreement by Commissioner Landls, are expected to develop considerable opposition. One of the chief points which is said to meet with disapproval by the league heads la the proposed amendment giving Landls authority over the umpires.

Some members of the Pacific Coast League havs been strong ln their denunciation of the Commissioner decisions ln the Seattle-Portland Issue when Manager William Ken-worthy and Owner William Klep-ter were suspended. a The draft question promised to retain its customary position in the limelight The American Association. International and Pacifio Coast Leagues are scheduled or Joint meeting on Monday to discuss a plan regarding the draft which will be submitted to the majors. It is generally believed that the arrangement, which the Western League accepted last year would ba acceptable to tho thres Class A leagues. According to this plan a dab Is allowed to rejata tts ewa lng and sales market ln tho history of baseball.

Business along this line promises to become brisk a soon as the majors and minora reach some agreement bn the It is known that at least 10 big. trades involving players in tho Pa-clflo Coast League are on tho tiro. Two of the biggest deals in baseball are said to beMn tho making. These involve Rogers Horntby of me st. Louis Nationals mad Urban Shocker of tho Bt Louis Americans.

Hornsby cams to blows with Manager Rickey last season and was suspended. Bo is anxious to be traded, and tho Chicago and New Tork clubs ars said to havs made generous offers. Shocker, who was suspended for violation of the rules of his club. ha asked commissioner Landls to declare him a free agent It Is understood that the commissioner will decide that Shocker's ease Is a club ter, and the player will be told te report to his club. Reconstruction of the Boste Braves under ths managsmeet sf Dave Bancroft; selection of a now manager to replaoe Mike Kelly ef St Paul, who purchased aa interest ln ths Minneapolis dub; the re- -appearance of Kid Olsason.

as manager of the White Bex. with some major league club; efforts of Clarence Rowland to get oontrel of a Class AA club, and ths timCr plans of Frank Chaaoe. srha returns to Chicago In charge cf tl whits Box. are only a tmr c2 Ci; market posslbtlltlsa aC2tCT3 er trades..