Evening star., 1920-01-10
bob" YOUNG MAY
HEAD commission
D. c. Lawyer and Amateur
Official Mentioned as Sue
CeSS0r to Hermann.
by DENMAN THOMPSON.

Washington will be the future head =
quarters of the national base ball
commission if a movement to have
Robert II. Young. lawyer of this
city. named as chairman is successful. |.
Since Garry Herrmann's announce
ment that he will refuse to continue
in the office after February IL. when
the big leagues will hold joint meet
ing in Chicago. speculation has been
rife regarding men available tor his
successor. There are several candi-
dates. avowed or receptive, in the
field, including Judge kenesaw Noun
tain Landis, the noted jurist of Chi
eago: William II. Edwards. collector
of internal revenue of New York, and
John r. Foster, former secretary of
the Giants. Philadelphia also has d
candidate in Rev. Thomas w. Davis
there are others, Young's name being
the latest to be mentioned in this con-
nection.
Griffith Supporting Young.
Young is said to be the choice of
John A. Heydler. president of the Ma
tional League, for the position. and
his candidacy has a warm supporter
in President Griffith of the Nationals
who is convinced that no better man
for the post possibly could be found.
Young is just the man for the Job -
limited experience in base ball, is
thoroughly familiar with the nitric
acieS of the game and is possessed
of sound judgment. l am convinced
he is better qualified for the position
than any other man who can be found
about his selection. To that end
am writing to my colleagues, the
club owners of both leagues. to enlist
their support. Base ball will be i'm
mensely benefited if it can obtain a
man of Mr.. Young's attainments for
the position"
Bob" Young has for years been
prominently identified with base ball.
He is president of the District ANA
teur Base Ball Federation. but his
experience has not been confined to
the amateur game in the capital, hav-
ing been for years assistant to his
father. the late Nicholas E. Young,
who was president of the National
League for eighteen years, from 1885
until 1902, and also was secretary of
the organization for twenty-seven
years. from 1876, when it was formed
until his retirement. During the lat
ter years of his tenure of office his
son assumed much of the burden of
the duties and in that way obtained
wide knowledge of the requirements
of the position and displayed great
executive ability. The elder Mr.
Young died in this city October 81,
1916.
Bob" Young is pract.c'~g the pro-
fession of patent attorney in this city
and served throughout the war as a
ma jor in the Army Aviation Corps, in
which capacity he passed on inven-
tions submitted to the governme nj
designed to increase its effectiveness
in aerial warfare.
Heydler md johnson ON Trim.
CHICAGO, January 10.-August Herr-
mann'S successor as chairman of the
national base ball commission prob
ably will be the man recomme ended by
the committees of the National and
American leagues appointed to pre-
sent suggestions, according to John A.
Heydler, president of the National
League. Mr.. Heydler left today with
B. Ban Johnson. president of the
American League. for Louisiana.
where they will divide their time be-
tween hunting and fishing and draw
ing up schedules for next season.
Heydler and Johnson will name the
third member Of the commission. but
the former believes the new chair
man will be one of the men proposed
by the league committees. The COM
mittees were named last winter when
the retirement of Hermann was talk
ed of. President Veeck Of the Chica go
CluD anu fIeSiocHl bdhcT oI
phia, were chosen for the National
League and President Navin of De-
troit and Rupert of New York for
the Americans. Navin later resigned.
Election February II, Probable.
Election of the chairman probably
will be February II at a joint session
of the two maor leagues. That will
be second of a series of four impor-
tant base ball meetings in Chicago
during the second week in February
I'VE started out with that method
of picking a new chairman" said
Heydler, in speaking of permitting
| the committees suggestion to rule
! "and 1 see no reason for not carrying
it out"
| Heydler said club owners of the Ma
tional and American leagues would
| meet with a committee from the
| minor leagues, probably after the
| joint session of the major league here
| February II. 1t was posi- BILE, he said
a new agreement would be made with
the minor leagues which would give
| them a voice in the commission.
! Relations between the major and
minor leagues were suspended a veal
ago.