The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-09
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son was planning to start Injunction pro.
ceedings against the Chicago. Bosto.
! and New York American League player:
from playing in the new league. main
tanning that the players in American
League clubs belong 10 the league under
contracts previously made.
Il hope we can get together some
way or other at Kansas City to-mor-
row." said John Heydler, president OF
the New National League, Tonight
Action Now. Says McGraw.
The eleven club owners had little to
say after the meeting. John McGraw
OF the Giants. apparently expressing
the opinion of the others when he said:
Our action speaks louder than all the
words we could say. We've got too
much business to attend to now in get
ting our league we'll organized to stop
and talk
The new league will give New York.
Chicago and Boston two clubs In the
same league. Brooklyn also is included.
giving Greater New York three repre-
sentatives. The other members were
Cincinnati, PittsburG. st. Louis (Na-
tioneD Philadelphia fNatlonaD and the
twelfth member yet TO be chosen.
rho live c'uhr which stand with John
son in the fight are Detroit Philadel-
l...t, Cleveland, Washington and st.
Louis. Tonight they maintained that
the new league would have no effect on
them.
1--WE are the majority of the American
League and consequently are the Amer
lean League" clark Griffith Of the
Washington club said. THE American
League will operate this year with or
An a
Boston clubs
Previous TO to-day's action members
OF Johnson's loyal five" had declared
that the three American League clubs
would not be able to take their players
into the new league. maintaining that
the players on club belonged to the
league under contracts previously made.
This factor. they said, would give the
five remaining American League clubs
additional strength and enable them to
proceed with organization of new
American League. Individual club own
ers said they would fight to the last
court" before allowing any player to be
taken over by the new league
Reports that Johnson had obtained
the support of twelve of the score OF
minor leaguers meeting in Kansas City
could not be verified The only minor
league men still here refused to talk
other than TO say that they had heard
such reports.
One minor league club owner said he
understood there was a plan to depose
Secretary Farrell of the National AS
sociation of Minor Leagues and rep ace
him with Mike Sexton of Rock Island.
who was said to be q Johnson supporter.
Ca Ewing, owner of the Oakland Pa
cific Coast League club, said he thought
the action taken by the eleven clubs was
"a great thing for baseball"
THE minor leagues are for anything
that is for the good OF baseball" he
added. II believe that the proposition
ct new National League will. be sup
ported by the minors. for it's great
thing and certainly deserves the support
of every real baseball lover.
"rhe eleven club owners showed that
they were really trying TO do some good
for baseball when they went right ahead
with a new league wien the others re-
fused to help"
Pres dent Mccarthy of the Pacific
Coast League said the plans for tri-
bunal in charge OF baseball were
great"
Il can't speak for all the minor
leagues he said. "but I know they will
he for whatever Is best for baseball and
I don't see how any plan could be better
tran this one. I'm for it,