The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-17
BAN JOHNSON IS
GIVEN BIC RAISE
American League President Is
Again Honored
SCHEDULE rs ADOPTED
Short Season of I54 Games Is Agreed
Upon And Agreement BY Which
League Exists Is Renewed for
Period of Twenty Years
SCHEDULE IS ADOPTED

Chicago, February 16.--Byron Bancroft
johnson was reelected president. secre
tary and treasurer of the American
league at a salary said to be $751;
year at the closing session of the annua
schedule meeting today.
The agreement under which the league
has existed since November, 1900, wa:
renewed for period of 20 years. The
new agreement includes a clause forbid
ding any club owner or holder of stock
IN any club from holding shares in any
other club in the league except as an
emergency measure" All the other ar
ticles of the old agreement were retained
in the new one.
Uniform tickets, with rain check cou-
pons, practically the same as now in use
in the National league, were adopted.
A schedule of 154 games, opening on
April IA and closing on October g. was
formally adopted. The schedule was the
only one submitted to the meeting and
was chosen without change. It was an
nounced that the dates selected would be
retained whether the National league
plays 1874 or 16S games.
If the National league selects the
shorter season there will be only ten
conflicting dates between the two leagues.
Eight of these will be in Chicago and
the two others in st. Louis.
While no official announcement was
made that Mr.. Johnsons salary had been
increased from $1,000 to $4,000 it was
said on good authority that such was
the case. Mr.. Johnson refused to talk
of the reported salary increase.
His is the longest term of office to
which any baseball president was ever
elected 1t was made co-existent with the
length OF the new agreement. 1t is said
that Charles A. Comiskey of Chicago
and Benjamin F. shibe of Philadelphia
were the men behind the signal tribute
to Mr. Johnson as league leader.
The adoption of a 2O-year agreement
was said to be in the nature of a com
promise. Some of the club owners IA
vored the renewal for ten years, while
others spoke for a perpetual agreement
such as now exists in the National
league.
The expected big trade in which the
Louis clQD WAS ~ NC q party iAoN
not developed up to a late hour. Several
conferences were held by the various
managers, but nothing of Importance de-
veloped.
The majority of the club owners and
managers left for their homes to-
night
Robert L. Hedges. president of the
St. Louis Americans, denied he had
any intention of trading Outfielder
George stone and Shortstop Bobby
Wallace to Cleveland FOR Catcher
Clarke and First Baseman Stovan.
IT cannot see why the National
league should hesitate about adopting
the 154-game chedule, which was
drawn up at the meeting of the joint
schedule committees at Pittsburg," said
President johnson today The TWO
schedules arranged there were the best
ever drawn up since the two leagues
have been working together. There were
fewer conflicts and a better arrange
ment of dates than we have ever had.
1 have telegraph ed Mr.. Lynch that we
Will adopt the usual length schedule
today, regardless OF any action the Ma
tional may take"
The following telegram was received
by Mr.. Johnson from August Herr
mann:
"All articles having been offered as
emanating from me with reference to
King are absolutely false. Have not
made any statement excepting that the
cese would be taken up soon"
The adoption Of a 20-year agreement
was read as follows:
Syndicate baseball is prohibited ex-
cept as an emergency measure and
then only with the consent of the
leagues president and directors shall
stakeholder In one club own or con-
troll stock in anoth err club in the Amer
lean club under penalty of being voted
against and dealt with as an undesir-
ablse associate and barred from all con-
nection with the league"
The Saginaw club of the Southern
Michigan league secured two American
recruits. 1t purchased Second Baseman
Weaver from Cleveland and Pitcher
Arnold from Philadelphia. The same
club also bought Pitcher Burgess from
the Springfield, Mo, club.
Ban Johnson, president of the Amer
lean league, discussing the possible eff
feet of the proposed 163game schedule
of the National league said today: 1T
is too early to discuss the effects on
the worlds championship series. The
national agreement favors the playing
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