New Britain herald., 1919-10-15
BAKER RESUMES FIGHT ON HERMANN
New Crusade Is Started to Dust
 Garry From National Commission

|. Usually it is customary for the own CTS to wait until the end of the football season before they try to get on the sport screen, but this fall there is such a feeling of bitterness between the rival factions of baseball that they are ready to spring at one another at a moments notice.
 The fact that major league baseball has just gone through an unprecedent- ed prosperous season has augmented rather than decreased this factional warfare. Profits have been big and l stakes are high. Clubs are willing to fight harder and spend money moro freely to protect what they regard their rights than ever before. The present factional fight is really a continuation of the stormy uuarreis of last winter when a strong effort was made by reform element to strip Ban Johnson and August Hermann of their power in baseball. When Herr mann was kept at the head of the National commission last winter through the aid of Ban Johnson, it was merely temporary victory.
 This winter perhaps the issue is more closely defined, and the gulf which exists between the two Ameri- can league factions is far deeper now than it was a year ago. There have been some bitter feuds in baseball One of the most bitter was the one between Charley Ebbets and Tom Lynch when the latter was president of the National league. Yet this was tame beside the deep seated antagon- ism which now exists between the Yankee owners and Ban Johnson.
 New Fight on Hermann. The National league men who were so anxious to unSeat Garry Hermann as chairman of the National commis- sion year ago are even more deter mined to oust Hermann this winter It has been proved to them that under no circumstances will Hermann re- sign. Efforts were made to have Herr mann resign last winter, but Garry never noticed them. When it became certain that Gin c1nnati would be a contender in the 1919 worlds series William Baker, president of the Philadelphia club, called on Hermann to resign from the commission. Baker is a member of the National league committee ap- pointed to recommend a new chairman for the National commission.
 COl. Ruppert of the Yankees, who is on the American league committee to report on new chairman, also called on Hermann to resign, suggesting that John Bruce, secretary of the com- mission, act as chairman during the worlds series Hermann Ignored both invitations.
 Baker mas taken the lead in a move ment seeking the prompt removal of Hermann and has lined up most of the National league club owners in his Fl h1C hn c,1F,,, tI,1 moral support of John Heydler, presi- dent of the National league.
 In the American league Ruppert has taken the lead in the fight against hermann, but he only has the back Ing ot the Red SoX and White SoN | The other clubs are sticking to Herr i mann out of loyalty to Ban Johnson It is the same anomaly of last winter
 bunch of American leaguers fight | ing to retain National Ieaguer as chairman of the National commission.
 Comiskcy Fighter.
 The Yankee colonels, Ruppert and ! Huston; Comiskey of the White Sox l and Frazee of the Red Sox, also have l pledged themselves to do all in their l power to get Ban Johnson out and
 failing in that to at least curb his i power
 Comiskey, the veteran White Sox 1 owner was pretty ill during the l worlds series, but he was about and reattirmed his former remarks that the 1 time has come for Johnson to get out | of baseball COmiskey is a hard re- ] lentless fighter, and once before when
 he had a historic fight with Ban John
 son, he threatened to break up the 1 league and forced Johnson to sue for l peace.
 Having all my money invested in
 baseball, I have no desire to entrust
 the welfare of my club to a man
 whose baseball investments run into
 the thousands" remarked Comiskey in Chicago last week
 It must be admitted that from the
 present outlook there seems little
 chance for the triple alliance of the
 American league to get Johnson out. l Though they represent the three most
 powerful and wealthiest clubs in the
 circuit they are a minority, and the
 other clubs are sticking pretty close
 to Johnson.
 The vindictiveness revealed on the l other side of the fence has been evi-
 denced by the actions of Frank Navin, president of the Detroit club, in doine 9
 all in his power to embarrass and an- noy the Yankees. The first indication of this came last September when he , protested the transfer of an unplayed Boston game to New York. Later he
 resigned from the Joint committee ap-
 pointed to select a new chairman ot
 the National commission In an effor-
 to show that tho committee had onl, !, comic opera powers. Within the last - week he has held tip the worlds series
 money of the New York American < players, protesting their right to ge 7 third place money on the grounds tha l the games won by Carl Mays en I 1 hlad thatf 10 finish in tiia nnsitto.,