New Britain herald., 1919-12-09
JOHNSON 0N WAY
 EAST TO TALK PEACE
Loyal" Club Owners to Attend
 Session at BiltmOre Hotel

New York, Dec. 9.-The merry tWittcr of the little peace dove WIS heard in baseballs domains yesterday, when the five so-callcd 'loyal' club owners of the American league met in Chicago and decided to como on to New | York for the meeting called by tho board of directors of the ledSu at the Biltmore hotel tomorrow
 This is considered a moral victory for the baseball "insursentS' hnd' besides, Colonel T. l.. HuSton' halt owner of the Yankees, admitted yes terday that the big thrce-NeW ork, Boston and ChicagQ-had been ap- preached on the subject of peace by the loyal cubs.
 It was Frank Navin, president of the Detroit club, who started the peace dove on it's way
 we were approached by the other faction,'' said Huston yesterday. "Navin first called on Ed Barrow, the Red Sox manager, about a deal. Later he had several conferences with Harry F'razee, president of the Boston club, about affairs of the league.
 Last Sunday morning l had an entirely unsolicited conference With Navin. Frazee asked me if 1 would sec Navin. We talked baseball mat ters for about an hour, but the talk was entirely informal. l had no authority to talk or make any con- sessions for Comiskey, Frazee and Ruppert, and Navin had none. to talk for Johnson. He told me he realized that things are pretty badly muddled in our league and expressed a desire that our differences be speedily patched up.
 Huston Convinced Navin.
 q think 1 convinced NaVin that the meeting called by the board of direc- tors was the only official meeting and that if the other clubs attempted to hold a meeting in Chicago it would be an illegal gathering.
 "Navin left for Chicago shortly after he talked with me, and l think he carried the impression with him that the directors, under our consti- tuition, have the full right to call d meeting. Whether it was on Navin' $ advice that tho men in Chicago de- cided to come to New York I cannot say.
 We are firm on one point and don't intend to retreat an inch. That is that no single individual again can dominate this league and usurp the powers that Johnson did before the Mays case brought this condition tO the surface. This case has shown uG that we have a constitution, and here after we insist that that constitution be obeyed to the letter. Hereafter our board of directors must be q board of directors"
 Huston added that the question c1 peace will be determined by the con meeting.
 If they come to New York in tending to put over anything on us they'll run into a hornets nest'' salC Huston.
 However, the five 'loyaI' clul | owners are not coming here to fight Navin, it is understood, is willing t. withdraw his protest against the pay. / ing of third place worlds serie money to the Tanks if such a ster ! will accelerate the esta blishment 0 1 baseball peace.
 National Leaguers Here. With the exception of Barne, 1 Dreyfus, all of the National leaguer
 were here yesterday, and the Pitts burgh man arrived this morning. Th' | National league committee on consti
 tuition met yesterday in the Nationa ! league offices. The committee con
 sists of Hermann, Cincinnati; Baker
 Philadelphia, and Hickey, St. Louis
 They took up the proposed constitu : tional am mendments proposed by Eh
 bets, of Brooklyn, and will make thei
 report at today's meeting.
 ''I guess our meeting will be ii 1 session for several days" said Johl
 Heydler, president of the Nationa 1 league, yesterday. But there isn't
 cloud on our horizon. The Nationa