Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-29
Killing GIVEN To
A CERTAIN CLUB
No Deal for Chicago National
League Catcher Possible
Under Decision.
TO BE PUBLIC THURSDAY
President johnson Fails to Agree
With Others and His Name Will
Not Be on Ruling.

New York, March 29.-The condi-
tons OF the reinstatement of Catcher
King will be officially announced
Thursday. They include his assign
ment to a baseball club, according to
President Lynch of the National
league.
"The decision infiicts certain pen
atty on King" said President Lynch
today, 'and names the club with which
he must play. 1t also creates a decis-
i've precedence by which all similar
cases will be governed in future No
member of the national commission is
at liberty to tell what the penalty is,
to what league or club he has been
assigned. or what the ruling is, until
Thursday"
Lynch considers this the most i'm
portant matter handled by baseball Of
ficials in many years.
johnson Does Not Agree.
Excelsior Springs, Mo. March %
Catcher John G. Killing, formerly
men, - of the Chicago National
let ..seball club, will be penalized,
pro- g., next Friday. but it will not
be with the consent of B. B. Johnson,
president of the American league.
The report OF the findings in the
Killing case will be signed by Garry
Hermann, chairman of the national
baseball commission, and by Thomas
!. Lynch. president of the National
league. who. with Johnson, compose
Inc commission.
For the good Of organized baseball
President Johnson will not submit
minority report along with the favora-
ole findings of Hermann and Lynch,
but nevertheless he has decided Opin-
ions regarding Kings desertion os tho
game last year. However, he says,
Lynch is a new man in office, and If
he has made a mistake in this case,
which Johnson believes he has, =
would only harm tne national pastiple
for him to discuss the National league
presidents alleged error.
Must Take Name OF.
President Johnson, who is here TAX
ing the baths for a few days, request
ed yesterday that his name be re-
from the report of the commits
sion on the King case. Later he dis
cussed the finding.
Il believe a mistake has been made
by the commission he said, but
shall offer no criticism of the work of
Messrs. Lynch and Hermann. They
constitute the majority and whatever
they decided must stand, regardless
OF anything 1 might say. 1t is for the
best that l remain silent. especially
In connection with the convictions of
President Lynch. He is q new man in
baseball. l have no desire to speak
harshly of any error he may make at
the beginning of his administration.
Not Able to Agree.
cat no time since the King case
came to our attention have l been
able to agree with the other members
of the commission. l held out all
along for inf1icting a more severe pen
atty than they were willing to agree
to. We had several meetings and
soon it became apparent that l would
never see the evidence in the same
light as they.
Finally, the other members OF the
were about to reach an
agreement on what they considered |
a just penalty. Their idea did not
with mine. But l informed |
them that they might return a ma
iority report and would remain silent |
Il learned today that my name had |
been affixed to the official report of
the proceedings of the investigation !
and l Immediately took steps to pre-
vent the publication of the report in |
his manner. I was willing to let the |
case pass without submitting a minor
ty report, but l could not stand idly |
by and permit the use of my name in
such a manner as to make it appear |
hat l was satisfied with the penalty |
Penalty Not known.
The penalty to be imposed on the |
catcher as a condition of his return |
% the game is not known definitely to /
anyone besides the members of the1
but it is believed the fine
will be less than 20 per cent of the
yearly salary he received from the |
Chicago club. He will also be expect
I'd to submit to certain restrictions,
not ordinarily imposed upon players i
1r the club with which they are con- i
lected. X
Killing Says He Wont Pay.
Kansas City, Mo, March 29-JohnN
King of the Chicago National leagueH
,I,,b urbo hoo oo,zad 1870 "