New-York tribune., 1920-11-13
Landis Heads
Baseball After
Peace Is Made
Federal Jurist Accepts
Cl1airrnansllip at Salary
of S42,50O Year for
Term of Seven Years
Will Remain ON Bench
To Be Court of Final
Appeal: Warning Clubs
Compromise on New Plan
Special Dispatch 10 The Tribune


CHICAGO, Nov. 12.-Peace was re-
stored in organized baseball to-day
when Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands
accepted the offer extended unanimous
ly by the sixteen American and National
league clubs to become the head Of the
beard controlling the game.
Judge Landis's acceptance was with
the understanding that he was to keep
hls place on the bench where his salary
is $500 and that he should have "one-
man control of baseball, having no
other persons on the board of control
with him. His salary as supreme ar
bitter in all baseball disputes will be
S42,500, with an allowance of $4,000
a year for expenses. He agreed to
serve for a term of seven years.
The offer to Judge Lands came after
representatives of all the clubs, in two
conferences to-day, had thrashed out
their differences which threatened to
start another baseball war. Ban John
son and the other four American
League club owners, who had held out
against the civilian plan Of control
proposed by A. D. Lasker, of Chicago,
compromised when the other eleven
owners, abandoning their proposed
twelve-club league, agreed to certain
concessions ir the manner of voting on
questions of inter-leaguc interest The
result was complete agreement on all
the points at issue.
Lands Ready for Work
After their conferences, the owners
went in body to Judge Landis's court
room, where he received them. He ac-
cepted the offer enthusiastically, say
ing: I'm ready to 60 to work at once.
All you have to do is name the time and
establish me in Offices
Arrangements are being made to open
Offices h re and employ an adequate
secretarial staff.
AT the formal conference which fol-
lowed the first informal gathering Of
the magnatcs the following resolution
was adopted unanimously:
Resolved, That the chairman of the
hoard of control shall be elected by a
ajority of the votes of the clubs COM
posing the American and National
leagues;
"That his successor be elected in the
same manner and this shall be incor-
porated in the new national agreement; ;
at is agreed that upon all questions
of an inter-league nature or in any
matter coming up at joint meeting of
the two major leagues, that the roll
be called and after voting by clubs of
each league, if there be division, then
the American league shall cast one
vote and the National league another
vote. Should these two votes be at
variance then the commissioner shall
cast the deciding vote and there shall
be no appeal therefrom.
Further, That the commissioner
shall preside at any and all joint
meetings."
Minors May Be Represented
When the question Of the number
of the associate members Of the Boart
of Control was discussed the con
sensus was that it should be one
man commission No final action wa!
taken on this question. but it wa:
provided that in case a onc-man com
mission is established the president:
of the two big leagues shall act a
srecial pleaders in eases in which thei'
leagnes or clubs are involved. 1T wa
stipulated also that if the mino
leagues decided to operate with th'
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