The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-05

the good Of the sport II the power
IL impending progress.
The 12-club league plan is not
popular. Two eight-club leagues
say. Few will agree that the per-
sons who have been Mentioned as
desirable for the place could not
settle the questions.
Jurfsts have to decide questions
OF baseball and other things far
more important without having
this so-called experience with the
puarticular business In which the
dispute arose.
Lasker Points Faulty.
There are points in the Lasker
plan which do not seem to cover
the Reorganization idea thoroughly.
but 1t seems to answer the ques-
ton better than the counter pro-
posal. because it throws personal
domination to the winds and has a
tone Of sincerity which is utterly
lacking in the later suggestion.
1t is not difficult to picture the
sort OF committee that would be
chosen to represent the American
league, nor to visualize the diff
culties that would follow the selec-
tion of any plan that did not hap
pen to satisfy the American league
"loyalists," even though it did carry
the sanction Of those involved.
Would the five club-owners OF
tho AYnoriaoo Loo ,pd Droe;d,,<
Johnson agree to abide by the will
of the majority of the Committee OF
Nine? Would they insist that the
matter come back to them for
vote instead of pledging them
selves to accept the majority rule?
Would the American league COM
mittee be a hand-picked affair, in
which Charles A. Comiskey or
Colonel Jacob Rupert, or both,
would have no part. despite the
fact that they are presidents of the
two most important clubs in the
league?
Domination Cloaked.
These are questions that close
followers of the sport are asking
today after digesting the terms of
the counter-proposal that was put
forward by the Johnsonites last
week. Between the lines one might
discern the same dominating infiu-
ence which all the National league
club-owners and the three club
owners Of the American league
have resented for some time.
1t seems idle to believe that the
owners OF IL major league clubs
have as little business sense as
some of the American league 10y
alists" and the American league
president would intimate At least
three Of the II in favor of reor-
ganization under the Lasker sYs-
tem--C. Fl. Ebetts, Barney. Drey-
fuss and Charles A.. Comiskey-
have been in the game as long as
Johnson or any of his followers
/ Most OF them have been in much
longer.
There can be no reorganization of
the plan SO much desired as long
as minority can block the will of
the majority, as probably would
occur under the proposition sug-
gested by the American league
'loyalists." As for the minor
leagues. there should be an ar
rangement to yield them every bit
Of the power on the new board as
| their importance warrants.
Minor Leagues Wise.
At the same time, the apparent
solicitude for the minors, as evinced
by certain persons in Chicago a
week ago, is not going to deceive
anybody. particularly the minor
leaguers themselves. They know
who their real friends are among
the major leaguers and are moi
likely to be Influenced by any
honeyed words at this time.
What baseball needs more than
anything else is get-togethel
meeting of all major league club
presidents and club owners, all
pledged to accede to the will Of
the majority. Men with millions in.
vested in baseball and all. rated a.
successful business men, are no,
likely to run wild at such q con
ference. If any man or group Of
men try to block the will OF the
majority, then sufficient pressure
should be exerted to remove the
obstacles. Past powers, or part o.
past powers, must be sacrificed fol