The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29
JOHN KLING WILL
 BE RE|NSTATED
Ban J Johnson Will Have Moth
 ing to Do With Case
NAME IS NOT ON REPORT
President of American League Thinks Reinstatement of klinE Is Mis- take, But Leaves Matter to
 Others of Commission
.u,a.n Ienrue Thinks

Excelsior Springs, Mo-, March 2S'-- Catcher John G. Kling. formerly mem Der of the Chicago National league baseball club, will be penalized put reinstated into organized baseball some tune during the next week, put it will not be with the consent or B. B. Johnson, presinet of the Amer ican league. The report of the find ing in the case will be signed by Gar ry Hermann, chairman of the national baseball commission, and Thomas d. Lynch, president of the National league, who, with Johnson, comprise the com mission.
 For the good of organized base ball" said President Johnson, he would not submit a minority report along with the findings of Hermann and Lynch, but added that he held decided opinions regarding Kings conduct last year. As MT. Lynch is new man in office, it is asserted, Johnson believes it would only harm the national pas time to discuss the National league presidents action, which is an error III the ODlDlOn Ol JOnHSOH liiliSciAi niiO has held out all along for infiicting a more severe penalty than Lynch for mira ctions and more than Hermann would agree to. President Johnson, who is taking the baths today, re- quested that his name be removed from the report of the commission on the King case, and gave the foregoing in formation as to his viewpoint in the matter
 q believe a mistake has been made by the commission" said Johnson, but I shall offer no criticism of the work of Messrs. Lynch and Hermann. They constitute majority and whatever they decided must stand regardless of any thing I might say.
 Tt is for the best that I remain silent and especially in connection with the convictions of President Lynch. He is a new man in baseball. I have no desire to speak harshly of any err TOT he may make at the beginning of his administration.
 At no time since the Kling case came to our attention have I been able to agree with the other members of the commission. I held out all along for infiicting a more severe penalty than they were willing to agree to. We had several meetings and soon 1t became apparent that I would never see the evidence in the same light as they.
 Finally the other members of the commission were about to reach an agreement on what they considered a just penalty. Their idea did not CO., incide with mine. But I informed them they might return a majority report and l would remain silent.
 T learned today that my name had been affixed to the official report of the proceedings of the investiga tion and immediately took steps to prevent the publication of the report in this manner. I was willing to let the case pass without submitting a minority report, but I could not stand idly by and permit tho use of my name in such a manner as to make it appear that I was satisfied with the penalty assessed"
 Johnson firmly refused to give his opinon regarding the truth of the statement made by Charles W. Mur- phy to the effect that he had written kling letter granting him a leave of absence of one year. Neither would he say what the decision of the com mission was or how he would have penalized King had he won his fight in the hearing.