Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-02-12
ADMISSION To
BALL CANES IN
1920 |NCRE EASED
UnreServed Seats in Bleach
erS, Pavilions and Grand
Stands viii Be so and
rs Cents and One Dollar.

10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wlREl
Chicago, Feb. 11.-Maior league
club owners today met in joint ses-
sion and received the recommended
tons of the joint nominating COM
mittee for chairman of the national
baseball commission to succeed
August Hermann, whose resigna-
ton became effective today. Five
names were submitted by the COM
mittee, and final decision was left
to Presidents John Heydler, of the
National league, and B. b. john
son, of the American, who will an
nounce their decision at their dis
cretion.
The names of the men submitted
according to club owners We're:
Judge X. M. Lands, Chicago;
William Edwards, New York;
State Senator j. F.. Walker, New
York; Harvey T. Woodruff, sport
ing editor Chicago Tribune; J.
Conway Toole, New York.
OF the foregoing names, those of
Senator Walker and Mr.. Woodruff
were most prominently mentioned.
Retiring Chairman Hermann de-
clared to newspaper. men that he
favored the selection of Woodruff
as his successor, because he was of
the opinion that newspaper man
was best fitted for the position. A
high official in the American
league said the name of Judge
Landis could be eliminated as the
federal judge would not be chosen.
A resolution commencing the
work of Hermann as chairman of
the commission since its inception
was presented and adopted.
A slight increase in admission
charges to the championship games
of 1920 also was decided upon. The
scale for unreserved seats in the
bleachers, pavilions and grand
stand this year will be fifty cents,
seventy-five cents and one dollar,
war tax included. The reserved
seat scale will be decided upon by
the individual clubs.
! While the owners of the Ameri
can league franchises refused 10
discuss the pact of Chicago" which
ended the factional fight in the
! organization, at an early hour to-
| day, supporters of the minority
faction which included Jacob Rup-
pert, New York; Harry FraZee,
| Boston, and Charles A. Comiskey,
Chicago, claimed victory for their
side and asserted that "Johnson's
wings had been clipped"
! on the other hand, the admirers
of Mr.. johnson and his loyal five"
| ~ L., lnT TnI Il
Navin, Detroit; Phil Ball, st. Louis;
Clark Griffith, Washington, and
James Dunn, Cleveland. declared
that Johnson was victorious in the
battle against the "insurgents" and
pointed out the following reasons:
johnson still remains as presi-
dent of the American league, des-
pite the declaration of the minor
ity faction that they would oust
him from office.
| The dismissal of the three suits
filed against Johnson and one
against each of the Five loyal
club owners" by the New York
| club.
That Johnson still has his five
loyal club owners and will be
championed by Clark Griffith on
the arbitration board.
The reinstatement of Carl Mays
was said to be automatic because
a suspension, as in this players
case, is seldom carried over into an
other season.
The awarding of third place in
the American league race for 1913
to the New York club, was declared
to have been a sportsmanlike move
by Frank Navin.
Failure of the major leagues to
get in touch with the minor
leagues prevented the holding of
Joint session at which 1t was hoped
| that a new agreement would be
reached. The majors, after ad-
tourning their joint session, re-
convened in the evening to meet
the minor league officials, but be-
ing informed that they were not
lpresent. adjourned to hold a session
tomorrow at IL o'clock.