The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-08
VA BOUT TOMORROW-SPORT
Big Leagues
 Meet Today
 At Chicago

Chicago, November 7.-' Whether war is to break into the major baseball leagues or the dove of peace is to continue to soar above the professional ranks of the national game probably will be decided here 1 tomorrow when separate meet 1 ings of the two factions in the proposed reorganization ot baseball will be held.
 i Today preliminary conferences were held by both sides. President Ban Johnson of the American league met with Clark Griffith of the Washington club. and Connie Mack of the Philadel- phia Americans. the other three mem bers of what Johnson terms the "ioYaI 1 five" failing to appear. They were eX- pected to be here tomorrow however for the league meeting, which President Johnson has called. Meeting few blocks away with John Heydler, presi- dent of the National league, were lS representatives of National league clubs. Tomorrow they hold another meeting.
 1 The National league men who were there with the Chicago New York ana Boston American league club have gone on record in favor of the "ciVlhan trlo unal" of three financially disinterested men as the controlling body or protes :, sionat baseball. conferred from o'clock this afternoon to late tonight. | A brief recess for supper interrupted l the meeting. | It was known that methods of avoid ] ing a war were discussed by the Na- l tional leaguers. but there apparently was no let-up in their determination to 1 force reorganization of the game, or else form a twelve club league without inc five American league clubs, which, | with President Johnson so far have re- l fused to approve the lasker plan, which is fostered by the-~ National leaguers.
 President Heydler said after< the meeting the situation was the sathe now as when the eleven clubs sisneo their agreement to form twelve-ciuD l league if the other five American ilyeague clubs did not join in the reor- l ganization.
 "The door is open,' he said, ito the | five American league clubs. If they want to join our meeting tomorro" we shall be glad to have them. Any ac- ton at that meeting will be decided py
 a majority vote and we shall stand pS | such action to the end. US eltheI case of the American leaguers Jolnlng us or forcing us to form a new league. After the national league meetihB tro,racapta Of the three American l1eaeue clubs siding with the Natlonai l1ca guers met with them and outlined plans for tomorrow. No officlal acton
 was taken.
 President HeydIer tonight said that while most of the major league owners
 would attend the meeting or the minor league clubs in Kansas City Tuesoay'
 any action taken by the minor leagues
 would have no bearing on the plans
 of the eleven clubs which took the flrst steps toward reorganization.
 q think the major leagues should govern their affairs and the minor
 leagues theirs" he said.
 President Johnston and the Wash = ington Philadelphia Cleveland, Delroir
 and St. Louis American league cIuDs
 have said that they were not opposed
 to some sort of reorganization or the
 game but apparently are opposed to
 the Lasker plan, which takes control
 out of the hands of club owners, mans
 agers and players.
 In this connection they cite the re-
 port of the special Cook county grand
 jury which investigated the baseball
 scandal The jury reported that 1t be- lieved that the men now in control oI
 the game could keep above suspicion.
 a belief apparently held by President
 Johnson and his packers.