The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-22
JOHNSON'S ORDER
TO QUIT RESCINDED
Wires Clubs to Continue Play
ing Scheduled Games Until
Further Notice.
SEEK TO GAIN RESPITE
Americans Meet in Cleveland
TO-day-Nationals in
49,. This City.
SEEK TO GAIN RESPITE
NJ FREDERICK G.. LIEB.

relative to ball players engaging In Ell
sential occupations, club owners yestei
day set diligently to work to see wha
can be saved from the wreckage.
Both the National and America
leagues announced yesterday that the
will continue for the present. double
header in Chicago between the Cubs an
tho Reds was called off, but II was onl.
an open date in which the two club
were to have played Off a pair Of post
poned games August Hermann, presi
dent Of the Cincinnati club, and chair
man Of the National Commission, an
nounced yesterday that the Wester,
!, clubs OF the National League woulc
start their second Eastern invasion to
morrow and play their scheduled gamei
until further notice.
Ban johnson, president OF the Ameri
can League. who ordered all American
League parks to close after yesterday,
games announcing these Sunday game.
would terminate the season, seems t.
have had a change Of heart over night
for he sent telegram to Manager Row.
land OF tho Chicago White Sox. telling
him to play out his series in Washington
and his other scheduled games unit
further notice.
Prior to Ban Johnson's order both the
Boston Red Sox and Washington clubs
filed strong statements with johnson. In
which they intimated he had no author
ity to make his announcement that the
league should put padlocks on Its parks
tonight.
Yanks to Play To-day.
The owner Of the Yanks did not make
any statement. other than to announce
that the games with St. Louis scheduled
for the Polo Grounds to-day and to-mor-
row would be pla ,ed
owner Fr.zee of the Red Sox, how
ever, took the bit in his own teeth and
said no attention would be paid to John
sons order. Frazee arranged to play n
double header with Detroit to-day. Grif-
nth said pretty much the same thing in
Washington. and 1t Is assumed that
Johnson sent Rowland the telegram al
ready mentioned in answer to one asking
whether he should play in Washington
Both Col. Rupert, president of the
, Yankees. and Business Manager Harry
Sparrow left for Cleveland yesterday
where the American League Is to hold
a meeting to-day to decide on the
leagues future. ..
Charles Comiskey, president OF the
Chicago Americans, who Is spending a
vacation In Wisconsin. yesterday tele-
Eraphed that he would be unable to
attend the Cleveland meeting. but that
he did not see how it was possible to
continue the season and that he favored
closing the parks at once.
Nationals Meet Here To-day.
The National League will not close
until further notice. according to John
*, Tener. president of the league. who
was In Pittsburg yesterday. Tener
VIII await definite action by Secretary
or War Baker in regard to closing
down the game. A meeting of the club
officers will be held in New York to-
day. at which time the question of
continuing the game will be finally
settled.
The National League will continue
to play out its schedule, unm!ndful of
what the American League may do
according to President Tener.
Hermann Is trying to arrange an in
tervtew with President Wilson through
influential Ohio Congressman. It is
Herrmann's idea for a delegation of
leading baseball men to wait on the
president and put the entire baseball
details before him. knowing that here
baseball would receive full justice.
Seeks Two Months Respite.
Herrmann's idea is not so much an An
peal from the Secretary of Wars order
as 1t ts to obtain two months respite
In which to clean up its slate.
\ further analysis of Gen. Crowder's
latest order also has encouraged a num- |
her Of club owners and managers 10 |,
suck 1t out for the present. In this
order the Provost Marshal called atten- |
non to the fact that the ball players
would not be called out on the insta Mt
and from now on the matter was in the
hands OF the local boards. Gen. Crowder
said this would take the players out OF
me leagues by gradual process. and
mat IL would take a month before the
order would be fully In effect. An effort
VIII now be made to get two months
grace '''
Baseball men also are laying stress
ON 'he large amount OF money baseball,
recently has collected on war taxes. Al
! thursdays double header on the Poi,
Grounds $1,000 was turned over to the
.e'ehoe collector and on Saturday II
vas over $4,000. 1t is figured by club
owners That by raising a few million
tolIars In war taxes between now and
october their players can help the Gov
i, rnment more by playing ball than hav-
VIZ some ESQ unskilled laborers added ,
10 eh'pyards.
Players DesertinE II
one OF the difficulties in attemptinp
!" operate under conditions now existing
~ baseball Is whether the players will
Suck long enough with their teams until
nrdtt boards assign them TO war work. ,
ayers no doubt will be anxious to {
eject their own work. which with the
majority Of stars will be the shipyard
,r ammunition plant offering the best in !
Clcemtnts
HOW many Yankee players will report
% HuggHs this afternoon remains to be
zen. number OF the veterans and I
nsher salaried men are unwilling to
IN out on the club pending something !,
more definite. but they want to find out o
- quickly as possible just how they r
lana Until Johnson rescinded his order j
q close American League parks last 4
'sht few OF the New York players ex- d
'tc'ed to go on another Western trip. "
Nv. ne club Is scheduled to open its second
; eslern trip In Cleveland next Thurs
ay' PRESIDENT Dunn of Cleveland was
re nrst to announce that his park Will M
e closed after yesterdays game. X
~ also Is known that Manager Burke Y
/ the Browns had to do considerable =
oaSing to hold number OF his players p
vef sunday. who were anxious to get d
w OF town Immediately. D
Like the two major leagues, the In
national League will continue to
uussIe along until something else
reaks The Atlantic Seaboard minor Pl
~ decide on its fate at meeting to CT
e held next Wednesday. The Amer
,an Association decided yesterday to
lose shop for the war H.
haseball Today. s:ssPN Ny Yankee. III
's' Louis Polo Grds, Adm. 5Oc,-Adp, ba
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