The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-11


 oday and was one of the results of con erences between the owners of the rival najor league factions
 The peace news Jas announced in lramatic fashion in the middle of ad Fress Garry Hermann, owner of the Gin Einnati Nationals, was delivering to the hlinor league meeting.
 MT. Hermann, former chairman of the National commission, was interrupted by
 messenger who handed him note, which he opened and slowly read. Then he made the announcement that the oint conference of the club owners had been agreed upon for Friday.
 JOHNSON'S STATEMENT
 President Ban Johnson of the Amer can league, in commenting on the joint meeting, issued the following statement:
 The American league has been stand ing for the principle that reorganization of baseball should be worked out pri- marily by committee composed of rep- resentatives from the National league, the American league and the National Association. 1t seems now that such a committee is to be created to consider and work out plain for reorganization. There have been certain points of dif- ference between the two major leagues which thus far they have not been able to agree upon. It has now been s ar ranged that an informal conference Gf major league club owners shall take place-this conference to be limited to club owners and to be purely informal. The purpose of the conference is to sec if the two major leagues may not in some way iron out their points of diff ference. It is an attempt to see if there can be found some satisfactory basis on which they can harmonize those differ enceS." A
 While the National league club owners issued no formal statement, most of them take the stand that. what already has been done in the advancement of oase- ball reorganization cannot be changed at the conference Friday. This was taken to mean that the selection of federal judge Landis of Chicago as chairman of the new board of control at salary of $5e0O0 year, must be accepted by the American league club owners. The National leaguers frankly admit they do not want a 12-club league unless it is forced upon them to organize it, and that it would be joke" Mir. Hermann made a statement that It you'd be ridlc- ulous to form a league with two clubs in three cities Before leaving for Chi cago tonight he declared that he was confident the situation could be adjusted Ito the satisfaction of all.
 PLEAD FOR HARMONY ] After Mir Hermann addressed the minor league, Charles Ebbetts of the Brooklyn club and Barney Dreyfuss of the Pitts burg Nationals were called upon to talk and the keynote of all three speeches was harmony. Mr. Hermann said the Il clubs which he represented would be willing to meet with a committee of any size from tho minors for reorganizing the control of baseball. President Sexton of the Ma tional association of minor leagues will appoint the minor league committee to- morrow.
 After listening to the pleas of the 1nor TOT minor 1eaguers went into executive ses- sion and voiced their suspicion of the professed affection" expressed for them by the two forces involved in the major league split. They warned their asso- cates. from which committee will be appointed to confer with the inaJor leaguers not to cede any of the rights of the minors in working out reorgan- ization plan for the sport. The minor leaguers took the position that whiie they might act as bearers Of the ohNe branch in the threatened baseball war they would not go so far as 10 SCOTCH their own wings
 The y,inor leaguers recommended that pres;dent Sexton of the Minor League association be placed on full salary ana devote his full time to league affairs The resolution carried proposal for sal aries of s, 900 each for the president ana secretary of the organization, but sus- eestions were made for an increase to s75oo or 3lO,0Oo year. The proposal was referred to a committee for decision to- anaorrow. The establishment of a central rtadouarteIs for the association was recommended.
 ADOPT RESOLUTION
 Joining in the crusade against gam bling in baseball, the minor leaguers unanimously adopted a resolution urs- ing the passage in every state legisla- ture of a bill designed to stamp out the evil which, in large measure, brought to a head the necessityNof reorganization of baseball.
 The resolution followed the lines of a bill proposed for introduction in the Ts~,s legislature. It sets the punisn- meet for bribery or attempted bribery . of any baseball player, umpire or man aeer in a baseball game or any other ,ersons connected with baseball, a; imprisonment from two to five years The minors adopted an amendment to broaden the proposed legislation to in clude the punishment of baseball owners and officials who are connected in any way with fixing games.
 In adopting this feature some of the minor leaguers pointed out that the world series baseball scandal was ex- nosed lons after officials of the matol leagues had Knowledge of crookednes' ot the players, and declared thar tns baseball cub owners anG officials must nlace themselves on the same plane witt inc players and unlpres and the punish nent of wrong doing to gain the conf deuce Of the baseball public.