New Britain herald., 1919-08-06
'UNTRUE,' DECLARE . YANKEE OWNERS
Fake Issue With Johnson Regard-
 ing Statements in Mays Case

New York, Aug. 6.-Abandoning the scheme to hold a meeting of the # American league in this city and 2haye all eight clubs vote on the uues- t1on of reinstating Carl. Mays, storm ¢er of as bitter a controversy as Baseball has known in years, Ban #J ohnson, president of the league left NeW 1ork for his home in Chicago &yesterday afternoon with the case still m an unsatisfactory tangle.
 AS the matter stands today Carl May, one of the greatest pitchers in baseball, is without employment He lis not permitted to draw his salary said to be $8,00O a year while under suspension while the New York club, Ihaving paid a sum in excess of s25,- O0O and three players for him sev- era1 days ago. is without his valuable |services in the fight for the pennant.
 Before leaving New York Johnson declared the matter was closed, so Tar as he was concerned and that the next move was up to Colonels
 Ruppert and Huston. It still is ques- tionable by what method the New
 York club will proceed against John- son in its fight to have the suspension 4Ol .MdyS revoked put the case mas
 been placed in the hands of two firms of attorneys who have been instruct led to push it with all possible haste.
 Colonels Huston and Ruppert con-
 ferred again yesterday afternoon with
 their lawyers, and there is every req
 son to believe they will obtain a writ
 os injunction against Johnson some
 time today. After discussing the case
 with the attorneys, Colonel Ruppert
 gave out the following statement, in
 which they characterize several points in Johnson's recent statement as un- true:
 Not the Real Facts.
 MT. Johnson has not stated the real facts of Mays leaving the Bos- ton club in Chicago, July 13. Mays was struck by a thrown ball from Schang. He left the game in a se- rious condition, went to his hotel, and later left for Boston, where he reported at the Boston office and then went home. Manager Barrow did not send from the bench for the player, as he knew he was hurt The Boston club did not report the incl = dent nor suspend the player, for the reason that he had done nothing that would call for such action.
 "Mr. Johnson was told by us that we would attend no meeting of five : clubs that were on record as having
 negotiated for Mays and then eff MT. #Johnsons statement is true) protest 8 ed his employment by the New York
 club. The action of certain Ameri-
 can league club owners in the interest N of protecting the integrity of the
 game if true, as stated by MT. John-
 son, is not consistent with their ac-
 ton in carrying on negotiations for Il the player. The Cleveland club with
 drew from the negotiations when it
 found it could not trade off in a deal for Mays a couple of sore arm pitch
 CTS.
 Neither MT. Frazee nor Manager
 BarroWs ever received any message
 from MT. Johnson asking why Mays
 was not suspended. MT. Johnson tel 4 egraphed me on July 23, as he states
 but we never received any answer Il from him in response to our request for the names of the. six protesting ! clubs. MT. JohnSon's statement that Colonel Huston told him New York would not negotiate for Mays is not true and is absolutely without foun- I dation.
 Detroit After Mays. "On July 26 Manager Jennings sent Manager Barrow telegram, as fol- lows: Have no players to give for Mays. Will consider cash proposi- tion.' Manager Jennings undoubted- ly consulted MT. Navin in dealing for the player. The telegram above quot ed was sent three days after MT. Johnson says MT. Navin had protest ed the transfer of Mays.
 "The foregoing facts taken with the calling off of the proposed New York meeting, bear out the prevail ing impression that MT. Johnson is acting for MT. Johnson and not for the American league, for we do not believe the club owners in question would stu1tify themselves to the ex- tent MT. Johnson would have us be- 1ieve.
 "Colonel Huston and myself, acting by advice of our counsel, Messrs. Davies, Auerbach & Cornell and Messrs Fitch & Grant, have nothing a to say at this time relative to our legal proceedings in the case.'