Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-10
Minor Leaguers
Are Opposed to
New Lasker Plan
Executives of q Leagues
Meet at Kansas City for An.
nual Meeting-A1l Are
Against Reorganization.

Kansas City, Mo, Nov. 9.-War
clouds loomed dark for the propon-
ents of the Lasker plan for base ball
reorganization when the presidents
and club owners of The q minor
leagues of the. nation mee in conven-
ton here today to vote on the pro
posed civilian tribunal as the SUI
preme governing body of organized
base ball.
When the committee of three ap-
pointed by the new National
league" organized yesterday in Chi
cago, arrived here to present the
Lasker plan for the consideration Of
the minor leaguers indications were
that it would be overwhelmingly de-
feated. The minor league leaders de-
clared themselves capable of settling
their own disputes and conducting
their own affairs.
The committee which brought the
announcement of the action of the
eight National league club owners
and the three club owners of the
American league in displacing the
present structure OF the major
leagues i'll favor of,a l2-club league
governed by civilian tribunal, con-
sisted of Garry Hermann. chair
man; Barney Dreyfuss and Charles
II. Ebbetts. These representatives
were prepared to offer the minors the
opportunity of selecting an associate
member of the national board of
control under the Lasker plan. =.
Minor Leaders Opposed.
Thomas J. Hickey, president of
the American association; avDid L.
Fuitz, head of the International
league, and A. r. Tearney, president
OF the Western and Three l leagues.
al! recognized leaders in minor
league affairs, were unanimous in
expressing their disapproval of the
Lasker plan.
"To have the major leagues select
the officials to govern US, would be
merely to go back to the old sys-
TEN from which the minors with
drew last winter President Hickey
said
"The major leagues do not have to
select the members of the new COM
mission for us. We are capable OF
taking care of our own affairs.
Twenty-one minor leagues finished
the 1920 season and 81 are ready to
start next season.
I'VE employ more players than
do the major leagues combined; we
have at least as much money in
vested and never will consent to a
scheme by which we would have no
voice in the selection of the men to
handle our affairs"
With a revolutionary movement
sweeping the major leagues, the
minor leIgues themselves started a
camraigk involving a shakeup with.
in .heir own organization. -l-
The movement contemplated the
removal of John H. Farrell of Au-
burn, N. Y. who has been secretary
and treasurer of the association
since its formation 20 years ago, and
the election, of M. H. Sexton Of
Rock Island, ILL.,. as his successor.
May promote sexton.
Sexton for a score of years has
been a dominant factor in minor
league affairs. For several years he
has been president of the National
Association of Minor Leagues, an
honorary office without salary. His
supporters claim to have enough
votes to insure his election. 1t is
planned to. vote him a salary of
$500 and move minor league head
quarters from Auburn to Chicago.
Exposure of crookedness in the
worlds series of 1919 has been a
greater benefit to the minor leagues
than the major leagues, in the
opinion of President Fultz of the In
ternational league.
THE banishment of the guilty
players, the exposure of the whole
vicious plot, will impress on our
young players the seriousness of
their duty to the game more than
any talks by the managers and older
players could convince them," said
FultZ. .