Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-09
New National League Is Form. !.
ed With Twelve Clubs In
stead Of Eight; Lands Is
Asked To Take Position A,
Chairman Of Board Of
Control.

Chairman Of Board Of
Control
Kansas City,. Mo-, Nov. 9.--War to
z nnlsh was declared here today by
President b. B. johnson Of the Ameri-
can league and his five ''loyal" club
owners in the fight against the forma-
ton of a new twelve club league.
Y President johnson declared that
clubs would be established in Chicago,
Boston and New York next season to
take the places Of the clubs the revo-
lutlonary. movement to reorganize
baseball would affect.
Chicago, Nov. 9.-Word was await
ed today. from Judge Kenesaw Noun
tain Lands. judge of the district
court of the United States at Chicago,
as to whether he would accept the po-
sition of chairman of the board Of
control for a term of seven years at
an annual salary of $4,000. The
judge had the matter under advise
ment and said he would make known
his decision within few days.
Chicago today was no longer the
ef.dezvous of leading minor and ma
jor league baseball officials. Presi-
dent Ban johnson and several of his
friends left last night for Kansas City
where the meeting of the national as
soeiat ton Of minor leagues was sched-
uled for today. The city was berett of
cthei baseball men who began leaving
for Kansas City as soon as the an
noErcement of the new league was
made yesterday. With the appoint
E.ent of Judge Lands of Chicago as
chairman of the tribunal which will
govern the game, pending his accept
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league included reaffirmation of ac-
ceptance of the Lasker plan of base
bal! reorganization with slight modifi-
cations, chief of which was that the
minor leagues should be requested and
permitted Il. to choose an associate
member Of the board of control Of
their own selection.
New Voting Agreement. 49,
In deciding all baseball matters the
votes in the New National League"
will be cast by clubs and not by
leagues under the new plan, it was
announced.
Boston Braves, the Boston Red Sox,
Brooklyn, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati,
Chicago White, Sox,, Pittsburgh and
ST. Louis. These arc the clubs Of the
now defunct National League, and the
Chicago, New York and Boston clubs
Of the American League whose repre-
sentatives signed the resolutions lin
Chicago, October 1S. favoring reor-.
ganization of baseball; basing their
A. D:sI.ask er.6 st the Chicago National
hssgns tlsssns, elps. sa4 4saS sE q civilian
Tho. i've dissehl,hg clubs left today
League. were Detroit, Philadelphia,
Cleveland. Washington and st. Louis.
President Ban johnson of the league,
leader of the fight against formation
of the new league, fostering its civil
ian tribunal l,sannounced before he left
Chicago. his, determination of the
solidRfve" to proceed with the organ
ization Of a new American Deague.
, Two Representations.
The New National League gives
New York. Chicago and Boston two
clubs in the same league. Brooklyn
also was included. giving New York
other members, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh,
st. Louis ,(NationaD, and Philadelphia
/. (NationaD, the twelfth member which
, it was announced is to be the first OF
. the five dissenting American League
I, clubs applying for membership. The
/, proviso was further made that "fail-
ing to receive such application within
=
to be established by the New National
League and it is not the intention that
! minor league territory be invaded"
Contributory causes of the forma-
" ton of the new league which has its
" inception in the Baseball scandal
q were the lack of a chairman for the
# national commission for many months
81 and the enmity' of the three American
u League clubs for Ban Johnson. These
III three, Chicago, New York and Boston
III American League clubs, joining in the
II plan, have opposed johnson in league
q affairs for years and nearly disrupted
isf the league last year. They charged
Ill Johnson with being the "czar of base.
sss ball, while, clubs friendly to him
AZ countercharged that the proposed re-
Sssg was merely a plan to de
oppose johnson.
! A War in 1914.
I@ The ensuing baseball war which be.
N gan last fall around President Bar
fSst fNSst johnson of the American League anC
gs#has taken three OF its clubs into the
of the new National Leagu.
Ssaf HORNED yesterday today brought fortf
sreminiscence from old timers of the
last baseball war which broke out IL
sssAhc spring of 1914 and lasted two
yea rs. ~ .4
ss.s 1t was early in 1914 that the fedora
was organized and was Tough
sSS.ot only by two major leagues-thf
gational and American-but by al
he minor leagues.
sS The total cost Of that war, which
~ Ea ally was settled early in 1916, never
been stated by those involved, bu
is believed that somewhere between
s sss ), 900, 900 and $4.000.000 was dropped
sS6y clubownerS on both sides.
1seSss The league was organized here will
James Gilmore as president. Charles
eeghman and Wm.Walker, botf
fs ITO tOckhoiders today in the Cubs. werl
ssss principal owners in the Chicago club
IaaSPhil Ball. now owner of the st. Louis
ssi5Browns. was. the principal ..backer'
yss}eo1 the st. Louis federals.
SSs 5SsSx President Gilmore then interested
WI 3Sss SssRcbert Ward Of New York, together
S%Sswith me in Pittsburgh. Baltimore, In.
annapolis. Kansas City. and Buffalo
aNThus the league was launched. II
hssE II was harvest for the ball play,
sssssers. Many who had been receiving
ss salaries Of about $4,000 q season pro,
s Cared contracts. either with the new
S sss or with their own clubs
sss for twice that amount. Injunction
:S suits were common and attorneys fee
&Ewere tremendous. Construction o.
sS&new ball parks cost fortunes. Sever
&fixpf them have been Idle since the wei
fSswas settled after the 1915 season.