New Britain herald., 1919-12-08
BIG LEAGUES ARE
 TIED UP BY FEUD
'egislation in National May Be Affected by Americans Quarrel

# New York, Dec. S.-The action of 1@ae New York club in withdrawing
 injunction proceedings against @ ohnson doesn't simplify matters in
 A Aaseball. As the time arrives for the
 @ @olding of the annual meeting base
 a all finds itself in one of the worst, @Snarls in it's history. Even the Ma HM onal League, which holds its an @ ual meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria #8omorrow, cannot help but feel the
 @ fleet Of the quarrel which is shaking 8Mhe American League to its very 1 Foundations aM The election of new chairman of
 #he National Commission, meeting XII a joint rules committee and a
 sneeting of a major and minor league Nonference for the purpose of draw NHng up a new national agreement all #hte likely to be held up by the dispute ASs. to who has supreme authority in E hS American League.
 E "What more can we do regarding @ he commission other than we al
 R Ready have done?" said John Heydler. SH SHpresident of the National League last @Rlight.
 M Tt was a year ago that the Ma %& &iona1 League club owners drew up a 2 esolution ,instructing me to vote for
 a man for chairman of the National M Commission who has no financial in- M erests in baseball. We'll, for a year I've been trying to do it. l must con- 2 ess I am getting disgusted with this
 bntire commission business.
 @ Controversy Holds Up Work. @ 1T am getting disgusted with this a#entire commission business The Ma
 t tional League can't act alone on it. 8We appointed a committee to suggest
 Sseveral names for a new head of the gcommission and our committee, MT. M MBaker of Philadelphia and MT. Veeck Moi Chicago, did some hard work on it.
 The American League also named a & &committee but with this fractional
 #fight in the American League noth-
 ing ever was accomplished. Our # #committee simply was held back be- M cause we could get no action from # the American League.
 &# 1T do not expect our league to take
 M any action tomorrow on the commits a sion. I can't see how it could do any aS more than. it already has done. We
 # have appointed one committee, which 2S did good work, but through the lack M of American League cooperation IN never got anywhere
 sN So it looks as though willy old |8 Garry Hermann will hang on as # commission head for another year. # They just can't get Garry out The # real test before the National League N will come when it is called upon to |M meet the rules and minor league com @ mittees from the American League. S# A c is aa,stoi i,,ty bot +ho, @ will be two annual meetings of the M American League, one here and one @ in Chicago, both likely will appoint M committees to dicker with the Ma M tional League. Each faction will # claim that the meeting of it's rival "a is the illegal one and it will be up @ to the National League to decide aM which, committees of the American # League.
 To Move Fight to Detroit. ga The Ruppert- key-Frazee fac. R@ tion of the American League already M has intimated that it will seek to tic M up the five club owners who meet ir |W Chicago by injunctions in the Illinois # courts. They will be charged witl # holding an illegal meeting and an ef 8 fort will be made to restrain John. # son from putting into effect any man M dates which such meeting ma1 N authorize him to put into force. In # directly, therefore, that would als, N have some bearing on the Nationa M League.
 M John Heydler, president of the Ma @ tional League, was asked if the riva # meetings appointed committee # which one, would be recognize as tn, @ official committee. But John wisel #$# hp bo Jratr into |, @ American League mess more than i @ necessary and doesn't intend to eros s any bridges until he comes to them M The fear, however, has been ex @ pressed by National League men tha M the factional fight in the America W League will prevent all the reform E in baseball which it had been pro 2 posed to put through this winter M such as the final solution of the com @ mission Oh matter. lore stringer # pitching rules more healthy relation S with the minors.
 The average baseball fan is wear, @ ing of the American League intern; B@ fight and would like to hear more @ baseball. The players have entirel
 been lost sight of in this extende s@ controversy. After all baseball pol # ties is something the fans don't giy @ rap about. It is the game and tf M players they are interested in.
 N Several Big Deals Contemplated. # The players. however, should g M their share of publicity at the NatioI M al League meeting, where some liv @ deals will be put over With the Q: M ception of the Reds. who 'are stan, # 'ng pat on their worlds champion M all the other clubs arc in the fife for talent. And even Gin M1au hop M to get sol stronger ut. ty men @ GAcil .lIn lts crack regulars.