New Britain herald., 1920-10-21
l2 CLUB LEAGUE
 IS MET WITH FAVOR
Eastern Baseball MagnateS Root
 Hard for Place

nothing warliko about tho Eastern
 baseball men who returned yesterday
 from the meeting in Chicago which
 made epochal baseball his- tory. but it is plain to see they were
 in the utmost earnest. It was plainly to be seen that they meant everything they did and said and that they feel they did a good job and a necessary job when they declared the National Commission dead and gone and decid- cd to create in its place a Board of Control with supreme power. Also they made it clear that they are not seeking war or talking war.
 but that the eight National League clubs and New York, Boston and Chi cago of the American are fully deter mined to band together for twelve club league in case Ban Johnson's fac ton of five are not willing to line up with them for a new deal and new form of government for baseball.
 Cols. Ruppert and Houston of the Yankees, Charles Stoneham and John McGraw of the Giants. George Grant of the Boston Braves and Harry Frazee of the Boston Red Sox re- turned in a party yesterday. They dis cussed the Chicago meeting from va cious aspects.
 one of the results of the meeting and it's steps, as made known by Col. Ruppert. is that in the event of a twelve club league the Yankees will share with the Giants the Polo Ground as a permanent home. In the more likely event of the reactionary five changing their tune and falling into line. which would mean continuance of two eight club major leagues, the Yankees are to stay at the Polo Ground two years, not one, as has been the understanding.
 Talk of a twelve club league is no bluff. Each of the returning magnates said that emphatca1ly yesterday. The most important move now is to see that the right men are had for the new Board of ControI.'t said Col Houston. That must be done to back up our course in Chicago. A twelve club is not only feasible, but will come unless the five other clubs join with us, and what's more will be a success.
 ''Conditions which existed twenty five years ago when a twelve club or held forth have nothing to do with conditions today. Times have changed; conditions have changed.
 
 when it had a population of only 100000. were in the circuit then. but today we'd have two clubs in Boston, two in New York, one in Brooklyn, or maybe two; one in Phil adelphia.
 That would give a strong Eastern circuit. Two clubs in Chicago, one in Pittsburg, one in somo other city would give q strong Western circuit. Circuit plans are all tentative, but the question of circuit and schedule was discussed from every side in Chicago and everything else of importance we could think of gone over thorough ly before we took any action. Experts on the subject. such as Barney Drey- fuss, said workable schedules were a simple matter.
 There were experienced baseball men at this meeting and they agreed that a twelve club league would be success. At first John McGraw didn't think so. He said there would be two too many tail enders, but he changed his views on hearing it discussed and said he thought it would be a go after all. There would be six second divi- sion teams. of course. but a two-part season would give all a better chance"
 Think They Arc Sore. Col. Houston when asked about what motive the Johnson five could
 have had in staying away from the
 meeting. replied that maybe they were
 sore because the plan didn't originate with Johnson. If there had been a proper tribunal at the time. he pointed out. the Mays case would have been adjudicated by it without a row. l Col. Houston wasn't sure that
 the Johnson coterie would fall in with
 the others, but said they could organ ize four or six club league of their | own. But, he added. the average l amount taken out of New York ir | 1920 by each of the remaining sever
 clubs was s55.o00. and as Boston ant | Chicago are fair to middling them ] selves at whirring the turnstiles h.
 didn't believe the five would hold out
 without thinking it over carefully. |
 they were sensible, he said, they't | come in.
 | Nos After Johnson.
 Col. Ruppert stressed the point tha | this was no war on anybody and n,
 desire to force out Ban Johnson O l anybody else. The idea was. he con 1 tinued, for Johnson to remain presi