Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-02
COMMISSION
IS SUSPECTED
BASEBALL TRIBUNAL DEALS DOU.
BLY, WITH ASSOCIATION
Resolutions offered by O,6<ien ln-
tended to Better Conditions
Of the National
Game

When it comes to asking for favors
and getting nothing the American as
ISOLATION looms up as the champion of
champions.
Everybody delights in taking smash
at O'Brien's league. The Microbes, rep
resenting the country's minor league
interests, hurl their singing jolts from
below, while the majors and the ma
tional commission finish the work by
doing the sledge hammer stunt from
above.
The association has received many
hard iolts during it's short and stormy
career, but the hardest blow of them
all was the turn down given certain
requests made by the A. A., at the
meeting of the national commission
in Cincinnati.
Though all the requests made were
logical and intended to have a remedial
effect on several notorious baseball
evils, the members of the commission
drew themselves up in king can do
no wrong manner and Immediately
consigned five of the six resolutions
to the waste basket.
What does the commission represent?
Is it body Of baseball generally or
of the major leagues? Judging from
the inconsistent and partial manner in
which it deals with questions involv-
ing majors and minors 1t is tribunal
of the majors and for the majors
alone.
A fine example of it's inconsistency
was given on Monday in turning down
the request of the association to place
a team in Chicago. Before the meeting
Ban johnson was quoted from one end
of the land to the other that the COM
mission had no Jurisdiction to decide
such a question. If this be true, why
did the commission, through Gerry
Hermann, say that 1t would unequivo-
cally oppose any move to place team
in Chicago. If it had no jurisdiction
why did Hermann make such state
ment? This only goes to show that the
supreme court of baseball, as 1t is often
miscalled, is the watchdog of the
majors interests. The majors first,
then the Microbes and what is left goes
| to the association. This might be toll
Grated if there was anything left after
the majors and Microbes are through,
but there never is.
OF the six resolutions presented the
one in which the A. A. requested that
all blacklisted players be restored to
good standing nearly caused a riot.
! Harry Pulliam felt hugely insulted to
| think that such an insignificant or
| gan.zation as the American association
| should dare question his integrity. Har-
! old was quite en-aged, so much so that
| his necktie became mussed. This
stopped the row. however, as Harry
was too busy rearranging his scarf
| for the next thirty minutes to pay
any attention TO such minor matter as
an A. A. resolution.
During the last year the commission
| has reinstated several players, who had
been blacklisted by the national assoc
ciation Every ineligible player who
has shown major league class during
the last two years has been reinstated,
but the men of mediocre ability have
been refused restoration. This is a
great injustice and the association
| seeks to remedy the evil.
Several other resolutions We're pre-
senred. With the exception Of the one
urging the limitation of teams they
were all disregarded by the commits
sion. The resolutions follow:
| Resolved, That the American assoc
citation hereby formally request per-
mission Of the American league and
| National league to locate club of said
| American association in the city OF
Chicago, III, on the north side of said
city, north of Chicago avenue, under
the terms of the national agreement.
Resolved further, That the said re-
/ quest for permission to locate club
of The American association in the said
city OF Chicago. ILL.,, be presented to
the American league and National