The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-17
HIGHER SALARY
FOR BIN JOHNSON
President of American League Re
eeives an Increase of
$4,000
ELECTED FOR 20 YEARS
League Selects Its Playing Dates.
Season Opens ON April
14-154 Games.
ELECTED FOR 20 YEARS

CHICAGO. Feb. 17.--Byron Ban
croft johnson was reelected presi-
dent, secretary and treasurer of the
American League at salary said to
be $4,000 a year at the closing
session of the annual schedule meet
ing Wednesday.
The agreement under which the
league has existed since November,
1900, was renewed Tor a period OF
twenty years, In the new agree
ment Is clause 1orbidding any club
owner or holder of stock in any
club to hold shares in any other
club In the league except as an
| emergency measure All the Other
articles OF the agreement were re-
tanned In the new one
Uniform tickets with rain Acheek
coupons, practically the same as now
In use in the National League, were
adopted.
A schedule of 154 games, opening
on April ii and closing on Oct 9,
was unanimously adopted. This sche-
duie was the only one submitted to
the meeting, and was chosen With
out change. 1T was announced that
the dates selected would be retained
whether the National League plays
154 or I6S games.
Only Ten Conflicts.
If the National League selects the
shorter season there will be only ten
conflicting dates Between the two
leagues. Eight Of these viii be IN
Chicago and two In ST. Louis.
While no official announcement
was made that Mr.. Johnson's salary
has been increased irefa $4,000 to
$4,000, it was said on good au-
tho1ity that such was the case. Mr..
Johnson refused -talk-ot- the re-
ported salary increase, but smiiingl5
said that 1t was a personal matter,
lie ALSO returned the same answer
TO the question OF bow old he would
be when his term of office expired.
This Is the longest tenure of office
to waiGa~ any baseball president MAS
ever elected. 1t was made coexistent
with the length Of the new agree
ment. 1t Is said that Charles A.
EptnisAey- of-chiG2go-- and BaA3aIaaIa
A. Shioe, of Philadelphia, We're the
men behind this signal tribute to
Mr. johnson as a league leader.
The adoption of a twenty-year
agreement was said to be in the ma
tare of q compromise. Some OF the
club owners favored the renewal for
ten years, while Others spoke for q
perpetual agreement such as now
exists in the National League This
was the main subject of debate IN
yesterdays meeting, and the voting
en- it was POSTPONED until to-day.
The article added to the agreement
forhidding syndicate baseball reads
as follows;
syndicate baseball Is prohibited.
except as an emergency measure, and
then only with the consent of the
Ia Oh a
stakeholder in one club own or
ocntrol stock in another club In the
American League, under penalty of
being voted and dealt with as an
undesirable associate and barred
from all connection with the league"
The Case OF kiing.
President Joheon to-day declared
he did not know when the National
Baseball Commission would decide
the case OF Johnny King. holdout
catcher of the Chicago Club.
III President hermann calls a
meeting OF the commission to be held
in New York Johnson said he would
attend. but so far no such meeting
has been called lie declared it was
likely that the meeting would be held
in Cincinnati after the adjournment
of the present National. League meet
ing Johnson also displayed u tefe-7
gram from HERMANN, In which the
letter denied that he had announced
ne would vote for Kings reinstate-
ment.
1t developed to-day that during the
recent schedule meeting at Pittsburg
the National and American leagues
agreed 10 adopt a 1874 game sehed-
ule. Johnson is said to have tele-
graphed Hermann to-day asking why
the National League has not lived up
to its agreement and declaring the
American League would regard Ii as
q breach OF good fellowship for the
National to accept a 1913 game sched-
ule now
Practically all ei the American
League magnates left for their homes
to-day without single major league
trade having been announced.