Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-11
BASEBALL TROUBLE
NEAR SETTLEMENT
Two Factions Agree on Confer
ence Tomorrow to Bring
About Peace.
Nv Associated Press to Every Evening

BY Associated Press to Every EFchhe
Kansas City, Nov. l1.-Rival major
league club owners are resting on their
arms today preparatory TO the peace con-
ference of the 10 club owners in Chicago
tomorrow. The major leaguers, who OBJ
tanned the aid OF the National Association
Of Minor Leagues in settling the threaten-
ed war, will move 10 Chicago tomorrow:
The impression prevailed in baseball
circles today that Federal Judge Lands, OF
Chicago, who has been selected as chair
man of tn new board of control at n
salary Of SOC, 900 a year, will be unanimous-
ly agreed upon and his appointment rati-
fed by the loyal five" American League
club owners after tho peace meeting to-
morrow
Tho National Association of Minor
Leagues, after listening TO both sides,
voted To help avoid a war by agreeing to
appoint committee TO act with the major
leagues III devlsing a plan for baseball
reorganization.
The I6 club owners of the two warning
leagues agreed to meet in the same room
IN Chicago and attempt TO adjust their
differences without the aid OF any out
siders. IL was agreed only the club owners
shall attend this meeting and that both
President johnson of the American League
and President Heydler of the National, as
we'll as lawyers, stenographere and others
who have participated in recent sessions,
shall remain away. Major league leaders
pointed out that If lawyers are excluded SO
that no technical questions could be
raised, the threatened war could be quickly
settled.
The agreement to make q desperate last
minute attempt TO avert u baseball war
came at a meeting of the directors of the
a, Il .Nf
the results Of conferences between owners
of the rival major league factions. The
peace news wRs announced in dramatic
fashion in the middle of an address by
Garry Hermann, owner of tho Cincinnati
Nationals, delivering to the minor league
meeting.
Mr. Hermann, former chairman Of the
National Commission. was Interrupted by
messenger. who handed him note
which he opened and slowly road. Then
he announced that tho conference of the
club owners had been agreed upon for
FRIDAY.
President Johnson of the American
League IN commenting on the JOINT meet
ing, issued the following statement:
The American League has been stand
ing for the principle that reorganiza-
tion OF baseball should be worked out
"a
representatives from the National League,
the American League and the National
Association. II seems now such committee
j. 10 be created TO consider and work out n
plan for reorganization. There have been
certain points of difference between the
two major leagues which thus far they
have not been able to agree upon. Ii has
now been arranged that an informal
conference Of major league club owners
shall take place-this conference to be
limited to club owners and 10 be purely
informal. The purpose Of the conference il
to see II the two major leagues may not,
in some wav, iron out their points of diff
ference II is an attempt to see if there
can be found some satisfactory basis on
which they can harmonic those differ
ences.
While the National League club owners
issued no formal statement, most of them
take the stand that what already has been
done In the advancement Of baseball re-
organization cannot be changed at the
conference Friday. This was taken to
mean that the selection of Federal Judge
lands Of Chicago as chairman Of the new
hoard of control at n salary Of $50, 900
wear must be accepted by the American
League club owners.
The National Leaguers frankly admit
thev do not want I2-club league unless II
= forced upon them to organize il and that
i, would be "okc Mr.. Hermann stated
that IL would be ridiculous to form league
with two clubs In three cities. Before
leaving for Chicago last night he declared
he was confident the situation could be
adjusted TO the satisfaction OF all.