The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-29

FOR the good of organized baseball,
President Johnson will not submit q mi
hority report. but nevertheless he has de-
clded opinions regarding Kings desertion
OF the game last year. However, he says,
Lyncn Is new man in office, and if he
4au made mistake in this case, which
Johnson believes he has, 1t would only
Marin the national pastime for him to dis
cuss the National league presidents al
legged error
President johnson, who is taking the
paths here. requested today that his name
De removed from the report of the COM
mission on the King case.
L believe mistake has been made by
The commission" he said, "but l shall of
Ter no criticism OF the work of Messrs.
Lynch and Hermann. They constitute the
majority, and whatever they decide must
stand regardless of anything might say.
II Is best l remain silent, especially in
connection with the convictions of Pres
ident Lynch. He is a new man in the ad-
illustrative end of baseball. 1 have no
desire to speak harshly of any error he
may make at the beginning of his ad
miniStratiOn.
Never Did Agree.
Eat no time since the king case came
TO our attention have 1 been able to
agree with the other members Of the COM
mission. l held Odt all along for inflict-
ing more severe penalty than they were
willing to endorse. We had several meet
ings and soon it became apparent that l
would never see the evidence in the same
light as they.
Finally. the other members of the COM
issiOn were able to reach an agree
ment on what they considered a just pen
atty. Their idea did not coincide with
mine. But I informed them they must
return majority report and l would re-
main silent. / learned today my name
had been affixed to the official report of
the proceedings of the investigation, and
nod Lot aHx real- eHn =, ont
publication of the report in this manner.
i am willing to let the case pass without
submitting minority report, but l could
not stand idly by and permit the use of
my name in such a manner as to make 1t
appear that l was satisfied with the pen
atty assessed. -
President johnson firmly refused to give
his opinion regarding the truth of the
statement made by Charles w. Murphy
that he had written King a letter grant
ing him a leave of absence of one year.
Neither would he say what the decision
of the commission would be, or how he
would have penalized King had he won
his fight in the hearing.
The official report of the other mem
bers of the commission will deal with
these matters he said. 1T is not right
that / should discuss their findings"
King No Exception.
rs it not true that on account of the
prominence of Killing there was tendency |
on the part of the commission to make an
example of his case?'' Johnson was asked |
Kings case was taken up in the same /
manner as that of any other player" was |
the reply.
President Johnsons break with the Ma
tional commission on the controversy 4
came this afternoon, when he made the /
above declaration to the Associated Press. |
johnson said he was unable to agree |
with the commission on the amount Of the |
fine King was to be made to pay. He |
would he said, make no minority report. /
but his name must not be placed upon the /
report It had been placsd there by mis- /
take.
Mr. Johnson said he did not wish to |
criticise any one He said he believed /
President Lynch was making a mistake, /
but as he was new in the management he |
wanted to let him go ahead as he might |
see fit. Mr.. johnson declined TO go into /
details