 There were expectations that at the interleague meetings that year, the National League teams would vote for it, and the American League teams against it, leaving Landis to cast the deciding vote.In the event, the proposal was withdrawn, and Landis did not disclose how he would have voted on this early version of the "designated hitter" rule.Landis disliked the innovation of "night baseball", played in the evening with the aid of artificial light, and sought to discourage teams from it.