New Britain herald., 1919-09-06
JOHNSON IS RAPED
 bY YANkS' LAWYERS
FrOn B. Characterised An l UlnOleSted Despot"

8S @AAI1SIlCdIl league, as an unm O. Rted despot," Joseph Auerbach of @unsel for the New York American Rgue baseball club yesterday opened |3e hearing in the clubs case to have 8hde permanent the Carl Mays in
 nction restraining MT. Johnson from 8forcing his suspension of the pitch The hearing was held before 8stice Robert F. Wagner in Part l. S the supreme court. It took Mr.
 herbach and Charles H. Futile, rep lfenting the Yankees. nearly two 8d one-half hours to present their Ne of the case. On the plea that Ae hour was late Stephen Baldwin, H. Johnson's counsel. requested a Hstp until Monday afternoon @ o'clock. This was granted. SWhile they were presenting the &nhees' case MT Auerbach and MT. @ttle did not mince words. They 6sed verbal grenades into the John 8nian camp without the slightest at Snpt to camouf1age their meaning. Throughout they were plain spoken referring to MT. Johnson as a czar. kThis hearing, following as it did on &e heels of the supplemental exam {ation of MT. Johnson before George zGillespie, the referee, on Thursday, Tabled MT. Futile to lay great stress Ion the fact that MT. Johnson is a fg ,stockholder in the Cleveland club, hich fact was established during the Eamination of the league president. *e indulged in quite a lengthy ha- hgue about Am mericanism and the Hcessity of making baseball a typi-
 ] of rt l Russian pastime with an all-pow-
 Eul czar in charge. He pointed out %e danger not only to the clubs 7emselves but to the very fabric of e game if a president of a baseball Rgue were permitted to hold stock club in the same league. MT. little declared it was sure to lead to Indicate baseball of the rankest sort, ] q syndicate baseball would surely use the breaking down of the 3lndation of the sport.
 Club Alleges Prejudice.
 8It was apparent to all present, and ere was quite a gallery, that both n, Auerbach and MT. Futile were 8deavoring to establish the fact that
 . Johnson had not acted in the &ays case without prejudice. They 7deavored to show that his action suspending the pitcher for quitting
 e Boston Red Sox before he was Ed to the Yankees was prompted by *ne motive other than the adminiS- Rtion of discipline.
 Throughout the hearing Ban John 3n sat in a corner near the rear of [e court. If the pointed references 3Rde about him and the manner in 3aich he had administered the duties his office as president of the Am lean league caused him any pain, fere was no visible sign of it. He hnifested the keanest interest in Eat was transpiring, but not once
 he give any outward sign to in eate that he had been stung.
 &Immediately after, his counsel had
 luested that the hearing be post tned MT. Johnson and MT Baldwin Fld a hurried conference. Follow
 gl this Ban was pressed for a state lent, but he declined to make any mment.
 During the proceedings Colonel Ja- 3b Ruppert, half owner of the Ian- les, sat immediately behind his unset Toward the rear of the room N Colonel Huston, with Harry H. 1-azee, president of the Boston Red &x. It was the first time that MT. Eazee had been present at any of |e proceedings in the case.
 ! kMr. Auerbach in opening the hear 1g reviewed the case at length. Dur [g his address he plainly tried to love that Mays had not been disci- lined by the Boston club because the nciaIs of that club did not deem it kcessary. He explained that during factice in Chicago on the last day lat Mays was with the Red SoX laws had been hit on the head by a [rown ball and that he later had to i've medical treatment. MT Auer- kch explained that this, together Eth the fact that Mays had been dis etisfied with conditions on the Bos- kn club, led the pitcher to return to bston, where, after a conference with |r Frazee, Mays left for fishing trip E Pennsylvania.
 MT. Auerbach, after trying to es- |blish that Mays instead of being a sgerter from the club, in reality was lking a vacation at his own expense, ead excerpts from the constitution F the An6G1Cdh 1SdS uG IO SHOW LlldI
 Twas up to either MT. Frazee or Ed lard Barrow, manager of the team, ' discipline Mays, and that Johnson Sceeded his authority when he sub- eauently suspended the pitcher for ha remainder of the season. During Es address he asserted that Johnson |ad been guilty of general malad- of the leagues affairs" hd called attention to what he armed "Johnson's curiously slothful' nnduct of the leagues business in not fsciplining other players who had |een guilty of more fragrant viola Ions of rules than Mays.
 Absence Would Be Costly. The attorney explained that if the hiunction were not made permanent he Yankees would sustain a tremen- bus loss. He said that altogether he club had paid approximately v5 GOO in cash and other players for