New Britain herald., 1919-12-10
10 FINISH IN
 AMERICAN LEAGUE
mlskey and NaVin Have Warm
 Tilt at New York

$&N ace there will be war to the hilt in 8 American league. All Of yestcr- &sy the peace dove coocd swectly, but @ night it suddenly vas put to rout IMarles Comiskcy, president of the
 lite SoN, and Frank Navin, presi- Nnt Of Detroit Tigers, representing So rival forces, had a conference 0i
 s Biltnlore last night. and it almost BzHoke up in a. riot. One Ching that |@ opened was that Comisl1ey, the old
 pman, read the riot act to Navin in &8yay that let him know the war still @ or.
 # For d time last plight if looked as
 ough everything would be patch@d M in the American league. Ban KS hnson and his five so-called 'hon- M boyaI' clubs came, here from Chi N 30 in a very amicablo mood. There ELS nothing Warike or com batatiVe NJ Mout them. Ban Johnson called Elem his five sensible club owners, H q tcoipmon sense" was to govern s st order of things in the Am erican NsgHle. Johnson's cohorts were pre- "a rcd to mako numerous concessions SIl q everything looked lovely. Bomb Expfodes Al Night. M Late last night Co.'s. Ruppert and Muston announced that the war is on @orc bitter than ever and issued the AiloWang statement:
 M ~I1r. Navin and MT. Comiskey met M the yiltmore last night. It devel- &ped that the professions Of peace is M cd by MT. Johnson and his cohorts Ssa their arrival in New York last M ght were absolutely insincere. SS,,tt 1,N Britv intend at today's meeting to @ote out the existing directorate and Sote in their own men. They will N ake NeLvin vice president instead of @onhskey.
 'Tn retaliation. the clubs const:- Nlting the minority will take such measures as will demonstrate that @aey will not submit to the tyranny Mf those who merely register the will Sf this discredited man.
 'The vanity of one man is the only #hing that stands in the way of peace &n baseball Johnson has placed per- #onal consideration above the good of 6he league and baseball in general Colonel Huston further accused Aohnson and his faction of intention Slly attempting to camouf1ase the Baseball situation so aS to make it 8ppear that they are anxious for beaco and that it is the three ma Hority directors who are obstructing < he way to peace.
 Tt is now clear why Navin was 1Dussy footing around here last week." Aontinued Huston. The Johnson people have been working for over A fn 1,n 1,, hyos and pretend that the way was ppen to conciliation. But they will lind that they have played their cards badly.
 They may find themselves in tho majority at the meeting tomorrow, but we shall not permit the tyranny of personal majority over the power |of principle, even if that principle happens to be in the minority.
 '*rhird-place money and such things are merely triHes as to the issue at stake. We should gladly pay our players this money out of oul own pockets if that would help settle the issue, but the issue never was sc closely defined as at present. It is whether Johnson will be permitted to usurp the arbitrary powers ant high handed methods which the American league constitution newer gave him.
 Averages Include Mays Record.
 Johnson, however, admitted that the American league batting and pitching averages, which will be re- leased within a few weeks, include the games in which Mays took part and that Mays games with New Yorl are included in his batting and pitch. ing averages.
 Johnson said that the American league factiona1 strife did not holc back his official averages, but tha Harridge, his secretary had beer overworked during Johnson's illness
 Forfweeks baseball men were await ing the American league official aver
 a ges to see whether Mays record would include the games in which h' appeared for the Yankees.
 Johnson's admission that the May
 games, are included in the otiica
 averages is, therefore, one of the mo os
 significant things he has said durin!
 the controversy. It makes it cortail
 that these games arc regarded by tn
 league as official contests. and tha
 if they are included in the batting an 
 pitching averages they also must b
 treated as official contests in tn
 standing of the club.
 Johnson said he does not look fo
 any trouble. "I never look for an
 trouble" said Ban. "Of course, if
 comes we are ready for 1t. We didn
 come all the way from Chicago ur
 prepared But we don't intend to q
 any fighting unless it is forced upo
 us'
 Asked what were the propects C
 peace in the league Johnson intimat
 ed that it was up to the Ruppert
 Comiskey- Frazee trio. "I am not
 mind reader; I don't know what thes
 gentlemen have on their minds" con
 tinued Ban.
 VIII Attend Directors Meeting.
 Johnson said that despite the fac
 that he and Dunn constituted