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WOULD DRIVE JOHNSON
FROM BASEBALL; MOVE
TO Dust HERMANN
Biggest Figures in Sport Are
Attacked BY Club
Owners.

Chicago, Sept. l7.-Declarations
that Ban johnson, president Of the
American league, should be driven
out of baseball, and that August Herr
mann, chairman of the national com
mission, baseball's highest tribunal,
and president Of the Cincinnati Reds,
winners OF the National league pen
nant, should resign as chairman of
the commission, We're made today by
prominent club owners who met to-
day to nominate a successor to Mr..
Hermann.
Col. Jacob Rupert, president of
the New York Yankees, was en-
phatic in his statement against Mr..
johnson, while William f. Baker, head
Of the Philadelphia Nations. was the
spokesman in regard to Mr.. Herr
mann.
Ban Johnson will be put out of
BASEBALL declared Mr.. Rupert, who
added: "The Chicago White Sox and
the Boston Red Sox have aligned
themselves with the New York club
IN this fight against the American
league executive. We do not believe
that any man who owns stock in a
baseball club in the league should be
head of that organization, and Mr.
johnson has admitted that he is a
stakeholder in the Cleveland club of
our circuit
Furthermore, Mr.. johnson has
of directors in number of instances.
He has refused to attend the special
meetings which we called, he has
failed to submit the evidence which
he claims he has in regard to gamb-
ling at ball parks, an evil which all
the club owners have done their ut
most to prevent, and he also has de-
clined to comply with our request to
submit a statement of the financial
affairs of the league.
Attacks Hermann.
"This is direct violation of the
constitution and bylaws of the
league. We believe that the time has
come when the powers of Mr.. John
son should be curtailed and it is our
intention to carry this matter through
to the end
Mr.. Rupert said that the board
had obtained an abundance of legal
talent to aid them in their fight.
At a meeting Of the majority mem
bers of the board of directors yester-
day, Mr.. Comiskey, president of the
White Sox, was authorized to procure
a complete statement Of the league
affairs from Mr.. johnson. Mr.. John
son, it was said today, had not re-
turned from the east.
Mr.. Baker, in referring to Mr..
Hermann said:
"The Cincinnati club cinched the
pennant in our league yesterday, and,
as a man, Mr.. Hermann should re-
sign from the commission. 1t would
not be fair for baseball for Mr.. Herr
mann to sit as judge on the COM
when his club is one of those
which will be a contestant for the
worlds championship"
When advised that Mr. Hermann
had declared that he knew Of no COM
mittee having been appointed to Sc
lect successor to him as chairman
of the commission, Colonel Rupert
said that the Cincinnati official was
fully aware of the appointment of the
committee.
The joint committee which met to-
day, was appointed in New York some
time ago for the purpose OF selecting
a man to act as chairman OF the ma
tional commission.
The committee was in session for
several hours today, and. when it adj
journed, announced that four names
had been proposed for chairman but
none was given out for publication.
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