The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-19
Not All Major League Clubs
Favor Reorganization. u.
Have Until November 1 to
Change Their Minds.
BAN JOHNSON BLOCKS IT
New Constitution Calls for
Twelve Playing Ball Clubs.
New Major Team May Be Picked
to Fill Place.

Chicago, Oct. 19.-Owners of five
American baseball league clubs, those
of Philadelphia. st. Louis, Washing
ton, Detroit ana Cleveland who have
supported President Ban Johnson of
the league in several controversies
this season and in past seasons, have
until Nov. LIST. the opportunity of
joining the other three club owners
of the league and entire eight of the
National league in the reorganization
of baseball or face the prospect of
being ousted from major league play.
Representatives. OF all National
league baseball clubs and three Ameri-
can league cFuhsN New York, Chicago
and Boston, today were on record fav-
oring ahrogatlon of the national agree
Iient between profession leagues, with
the national commission, abolished,
and a civilian tribunal, or three men
not financially interested in the game
Incomplete.
- May Pick Now Club.
Yesterdays conference of more than
nine hours duration CLOSED its work
with resolutions adopted last night
proposing complete reorganization OF
major league bac sball. The twelfth
club for the new scheme of play to
be followed next season will be chosen
from some other city, should it de-
velop that none of the outstanding five
clubs expressed willingness to enter
the new compact, it was stated.
Reorganization plans, outlined by A.
d. Lasker, stockholder of the Chicago
National league club, calls for chair
man of the proposed tribunal with
salary of $4,000 a year. The other
two members are to receive a re-
Enumeration of $4,000 a year. The
agreement, in force for twenty-five
years, makes the tribunal supreme in
authority. with no appeal from its
rulings.
Snpersedes Old Pact
This national agreement, suppressed
ling the one in effect since its incep-
ton in 1902 and operating on the
diamonds since 1908, formally "abro-
This national agreement, ssuperced-
late last night, today became passe.
The new agreement sponsoring the
board of control with it's three men,
bers, men of national repute; men
of such business and professional ex-
perience, in no wise financially inter-
ested In baseball, whose chaihcters and
regulations WIN be such as to convince
the public that baseball of the future
will be conducted in a clean and fair
manner" as the resolution has it.
The board will befseleeted by a ma
jority vote of the clubs of the National
and American leagues at a meeting in
Chicago November s, II was stated in
the resolution.
No Reason For Hurry--Navin.
Detroit, Oct 19.-It would be well
to await determination by the courts
of the status of the present national
commission before setting up another
governing body for organized baseball,
said Frank J. Navin, president of the
Detroit American league club, discuss
ing the proposed reorganization of
the game and abolition OF the national
commission.
Eavin is pne of the five American
league heads not represented at yes
sterday's meeting at Chicago when re-
organization was decided upon. Base
ball, Mr.. Eavin said, is at present I'M
der fire before the grand jury. at is
the duty of the various clubs" he
continued, ito render all assistance
they can in purifying the baseball at
mosphere instead ofibeeIouding 1t with
new schemes at this time