New Britain herald., 1919-12-12
HUSTON GIVES OUT
 REJECTED TERMS
Tentative Agreement With Frank { NaVin Is Explained

effort to bring about a genuine base
 ball peace, and that it was only tho &personal vanity of Ban Johnson, #preskiept of tho league. which 8 Dl 0 cked all efforts of reconciliation #lg the rival factions, Colonel T. L.. Z huston, half owner of the Yankees &and Harry Fraze~, president Of tE" # lSDston fled SoX, yesterday gave out # he full terms of the tentative oIleF # oE coIhpromise submitted to FranN N MNavin, president of the Detroit tlup' # here last Sunday.
 M illusion and Frazco met NaVh Ut % tho Engineers club at l:"o clo"N 8and after an hours conference NaY1h # jupped into a cab to eaten tralh Afor[ Chicago. He took with him the # tentative agreement which, last Mon- E dayI he submitted to Johnson and his 8 'loyar' club owners. It called Tor @ the Following stipulations: 8 The new board of directors so con # sist of two directors from the rival M fact ctlons--Comiskey of Chicago, kup- S pert Of New York, Navin of Detroit @ and Mack of Philadelphia M Johnson to have no vote as OK N DGtro m enbCr of the board. x Nalin to agree to absent himself 1
  # Uiroctors or of the league at the re- M {uest of Ruppert, Comiskcy ani N icrazee thus defeating A quorum and i # prerenting either faction from get s .ng tho worst of it. @ Sorrh. Harmonious Adjustment.
 Tho league to attend the meeting @Bn New York called by the board or a t roc< o1s and to recognize tho right q the board under the constitution 1a call such a meeting. The annual S lacet.ng was only to transact routine # ls1ainess at the end of which the # eight club owners were to attend a'i informal meeting of conciliation the purpose, of which would be to talk 8 things over calmly and seek a har- n,onious adjustment of the leagues difficulties. Ban Johnson was 70 have the privilege of attending such @ a meeting if he cared to. i AL 0f the rulings of the board or dtrectoFst, to be recognized by the S league and the Mays case to be con- & sid deredf settled and dismissed. At the Conference Navln asked that tho disputed third-place money be split evenly between the New York N and Detroit clubs. To this Huston & declined to assent, and after NaVn returned to New York the award 'l tlrird- place moiey to the Yankees was & made one of the terms or the lenIa- tive agreement.
 Another term added to tho agree ment after Navn's return to New s York was that Johnson was to obey tho instructions of tho board of d!- # rectors i'll regard to the chairnanShip of tho National commission and to H vote for such person as the board N stipulated.
 H Nayin Wanted Immunity. At the end of last Sundays nasty conference Navin asked: twill you grant us immunity from litigation if I can induce Johnson and tho other club owners to come to # New York for the annual meeting?' Yes" replied Huston, I've will grant you immunity provided you A bring them back and the club owners have agreed to the terms of this ten- N tative proposition.'
 Huston then called up Comiskey on tho long distance telephone in Chi eago and informed the Chicago mag H nate what had been done. 'I might say that we experienced \ considerable difficulty in gcttinS t'omisbey to approve of what We did
 
 all .deas or peace with tho other fac ton if it kept Ban Johnson president or4the league, but at length he agreed 10 stand by the tentative agreement for the good of baseball" When Johnson and his clubs got into town last Tuesday night Frazce and Huston promptly went into con- EctonceF at the Biltmore, "I brought them here, but [ had a lot of trouble doing it, said NaVin ConIsh ey then also took part in the conTersa tion,
 "It didn't take us very long to find out, however, that Johnsons outn" had no intention of going through WitlLa the provisions of tho tentative I agreement that NaVin took to Chi cago It soon became apparent that they wore here only to railroad us and they had no thought of peace.' Colonel Huston then said: IT believe that our offer of peace was going at least half-way IL was sincere and paved tho way for set clement by which neither party would
 have had to surrender any principle.
 Johnson could have remained tie pfesideht, but his powers would have been greatly reduced. The league would have been run by the business
 ineu who have their money in the
 sport
 However, as the Chicago dclega-
 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
 inmunity and we opened on Johnson
 with all our legal bait cries"
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 The New York club. on "Wednesday