The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12

New York, Dec. 12.---In an effort to prove that the American League in surgents went fully half way in an effort 10 bring about a genuine base ball peace, and that it was only the personal vanity of Ban Johnson, pres ident of the league. which blocked all efforts of reconciliation by the rival factions, Col. T. L. Huston, half owner of the Yankees, and Harry F'razee, president of the Boston Red SoX, yes terday gave out the full terms of the tentative offer of compromise submit ted to Frank Navin, president of the Detroit club, here last Sunday.
 Huston and Frazee met Navin at the Engineers club at I:30 o'clock, and -fter an hours conference Navin jumped in a cab to catch a. train to Chicago. He took with him the ten tative agreement which last Monday he submitted to Johnson and his ''IoyaI' club owners. It called for the following sttpulations:
 The new board of directors to con- sist of two directors from the rival factions -COmiskey of Chicago, Rup pert of New York, Eavin of Detroit and Mack of Philadelphia. Johnson to have no vote as eE-Ofti%io member of the board.
 Nav5n tc agree to absent himself from any meeting of the board of di- rectors or Of the league at the request of Ruppert, COmiskey and Frazee, thus defeating q quorum, and preventing either faction from getting the worst of it
 The lea que to attend the meeting in New York called by the board of di- rectors and to recognize the right of the board under the constitution to call such a meeting. The annual meeting was only to transact routine business. at the end of which | he eight club owners were to attend an informal meeting of conciliatiOn, the purpose of which would be to talk thinks over calmly and seek a har- monious adjustment of the league difficulties. Ban Johnson was to have the privilege of attending such a meeting if he cared to.
 All of the rulings of the board of directors to be recognized by the league and the Mays case to be con- s.dered settled and dismissed.
 At the conference Navin asked that the disputed third place money be split evenly between the New York and Detroit clubs. To this Huston declined to assent. and after Navin returned to New York the award of third place money to the Yankees was made one of the terms of the tentative agreement.
 Another term added to the agree ment after Navin's return to New York was that Johnson was to obey the instructions of the board of di- rectors in regard to the chairman ship of the National Commission and to vote for such person as the board stipulated.
 Col. Huston then said: T believe that our offer of peace was going at least half way. It was sincere and paved the way for q settlement by which neither party would have had to surrender any principle. Johnson could have remained the president, but his powers would have been greatly reduced. The league would have been run by the business men who have their money in the sport.
 However. as the Chicago deIcga- ton showed no desire to go through with the terms of the tentative agree ment of compromise, we did not feel ourselves bound by the pledge of no immunity, and we opened on John son with all our legal batteries''