The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-19
FIVE OWNERS
YET TO Join
NEW UNION
Eleven Clubs Bolt From Ma
tionaI Commission And Fa-
vor Civilian Tribunal Of
UnintereSted Men.

t>A1O' Oct. lS.-OWnerS OF i've
american league baseball clubs, those
of Philadelphia, st. Louis, washing
tor, Detroit and Cleveland. men who
nave supported President Ban john
son, of the league, in several contro-
versles this season and in past sea-
sons, have until Nov. / the oppor-
tunlty OF Joining the other three club
owners of the league and entire
eight of the National league in the
reorganization of baseball, or face
the prospect of being ousted from
major league play.
Representatives of all National
league baseball clubs and three Amer
icanleague clubs, New York, Chicago
and Boston, today were on record
faYoripg abrogatior of the national
agreement between professional
leagues with the national commission
abolished and a civilian tribunal of
three men not financially interested
IN the game in complete control,
Yesterdays conference of more
than nine hours duration closed it's
work with resolutions adopted last
night proposing complete reorgani-
zation of major league baseball.
The twelfth club of the new sched-
ule of play to be followed next sea-
son will be chosen from some other
city should it develop that none of
the outstanding five club owners ex-
press Willingness. to enter the new
compact, 1t was stated today.
While the definite threat was ex-
pressed in the resolution Endorsed by
the ii baseball magnates to Law plans
Tor new major league circuit with
out the five holdout American league
CLUBS, If they refuse to agree to the
reorganization of the national com
mission, some of the club owners
present declared that no plans would
be discussed for excluding the five
ciubs in the new scheme of baseball
control until they had been given
pienty or time to consider the situa-
tlon. The general outline of the new
controlling body in the baseball world
was definitely expressed, but no steps
were taken toward a realignment of
scheme. ''0"
Reorganization plans, outlined NV
A. d. Lasker. stakeholder of the Chi
cago National league club, calls for
chairman of the proposed tribunal
with salary of $4,000 a year. THE
other two members are to receive
remuneration of $4,000 year. The
agreement, in force for t25 wears
makes the tribunal supreme in an
therity with no appeal from its rul-
ings.
This national agreement SUPPRESSED
ing the one in effect since it's incep-
tlon in 1902 and operation on the
uiafnonds in 1908, formally "abrogat-
ca ana denounced" in resolution last
night, today became passe. the new
agreement sponsoring the board OF
control with it's three members, linen
OF national repute, men ~
such business and professional ex-
perlence In no wise financially in
terested in baseball, whose Characters
and regulations will be such as to
convince the public that baseball of
the future will be conducted in a
clean and fair manner" as the reso-
luton has it.
Majority To Decide.
The board will be selected nv q
majority vote of the clubs of the
American and National leagues st a
meeting in Chicago Nov. 8, il was
stated in the resolution.
The Recommendation of club own
ers OF minor league cities is invited.
Board members will be elected for
terms ending, respectively, Dec. 81
1925, 1925 and 1927, the person Sc
Iected for the longer term ranking
as chairman.
The American league clubs, Chi
cago, New York and Boston, that
joined in the reorganization proposal
are the ones which faced johnson last
winter in the baseball controversy,
The five clubs not in the new agree
ment today were not represented at
the meeting yesterday.
TIL National league TODAY adonted
m ont
Heydler of the league upon his stand
taken in reorganization plans and
expressed vote Of thanks.
Yesterdays meeting of club own
ers was attended by the following:
Charles II. Stoneham and John 7
McGraw, for the New York National
league club; Barney Dreyfuss, for the
Pittsburgh National league club:
George w. Grant, Boston Nationals;
Charles II. Ebbets. Brooklyn Ma
tionals; William l.. Veeck and Will
liam Wrigley. of the Chicago National
league club; James G. Jones and
Branch Hickey, st. Louis Nationals;
VIM. F. Baker and Charles L. Ruch,
Philadelphia Nationals: August Herr
mann, Cincinnati Nationals; CHARLES
a. Comiskey. Alfred Austrian. Louis
Comiskey ana Harry Gardiner, Chi
cagO Americans: Col Jacob Rupert
and Col. r. S. Huston, New York
Americans, and Harry Ffazee. Bos-
ton American league club.
President Heydler today expressed
Che hope that the five absenting
American league club owners would
be present at the NoV. meeting, in
order that the major league clubs
may unanimously go before the minor
leagues at their Kansas City meeting
on Nov. g."
Today congratulatory kilograms
from all over the country were re
ceived by President Heydler and A.
ID. Lasker, of Chicago, author of the
plan to place baseball in the banda
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