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business and professional experience, IN
no wise financially Interested IN baseball,
whose characters and regulations will be
such as convince the public that bnse-
ball of the future will be conducted IN
clean and fair manner" IA the resolution I
has it,
The board will be selected by majority |
vote of the clubs of the National ana
American Leagues at a meeting IN I'M
capo, November 8, il WAS stated IN tho |
resolution.
The recommendation of club owners |
of minor league cities is invited. Board |
members will be elected for terms ending
respectively December 81, 1925, l9Ib ana
1927, the person selected for the longer
term ranking as chairman.
The American League clubs, Chicago,
New York and oston, which icined III the
REORGANIZATION proposal are the ones
which faced johnson last winter IN the
baseball controversy The five clubs not
in the new agreement today were not rep
resented at the meeting yesterday, Those
who attended were:
Charles II. Stoneham and John
McGraw, for the New York National
| Club: Barney Dreyfuss, for the Pitts
! burg Nationals; George " Grant, Boston
Nationals: Charles II. Ebbcts, BROOKLYN
| Dodgers: William l.. Neect and William
| Wrigey, Chicago Nationals; James !.
| Jones and Branch Hickey, st LOUIS Na-
| tionals: William i. Baker and Charles Il.
Ruch, Philadelphia Nationals; August
| Hermann. Cincinnati Nationals; Charles
A. Comiskey, Alfred Austrian, Louis
| ComIskcy and Harry Grabiner, Chicago
| White Sox: Colonel Jacob Rupert and
| Colonel r. l.. Houston, New York Amer.
cans. and Harry Frazee, Boston Red
| Sox.
| Chicago Oct 10 Investigation by
the special grand jury of the alleged
"fxing" Of the 1919 world series, as well
IA other phases Of baseball gambling, was
resumed to-day.
/ Al the present session II WIS Indicated
that special attention would be paid to
baseball pools, and the grand Jury was
expectcd To make some recommendation
as 10 whether or not they were form OF
gambling harmful To professional baseball
Witnesses summoned for today 5 hear
ing included Harry Frazee, owner OF the
Roston Red Sox, Charles Ebbets. owner
~ the BrookIvn Nationals and Ban john
son. president Of the American League,
Who was recalled. No answers have been
received TO kilograms sent to Arnold Roth
stpin. mentioned in previous hearings as
a New York gambler who prohted hy the
/ oIlored fixing" of the 1919 series; Abe
attel former pngilst Of New York. and
others. asking them TO appear before the
grand jury.
Philadelphia. oct 10 Connie Mack
half owner of the Philadelphia Athletics
said TODAY be was not clear as ta what the
! meeting Of hascbeall men m Chicago was
driving nj The FIVE clubs not represented
Al the meeting constitute a majority oi
the American League, he said We are
the American League, he aided. and
when the tune comes the American league
viii meet At the call of its president And
! no doubt will take acton that VIM he'I
baseball: that will help ralse ITS standard
i and prevent scandals n the iutute.
II am not - sure Mack SAID, thai
some of the National League clubs repre-
scnted at the meeting do not need :
house cleaning No one III or out Of basehal
can point finger al the FIVE American
League clubs that were not represented
They are all clean; not one oi them IN
ever caused anv trouble The club tina
came nearest TO dong It was our own Il
: the Perry case When We knew We wer
= right and threatened 10 take the declslol
Of the national commission into court, !"
were urged by Mr.. Comlskcv Oh In
Chicago Club not 10 do It. STOOD ~
= in our meeting and said II It were the Iude
' rnent Of the members of the league not I
press the matter, so as not to hurt In
game bowed to their will and did moth
mo And vet SIX months later when ComK
KEYS interests were threatened he tired I
start trouble IN attempting 70 get Pltche
Quinn from the New ! ork \ ankees.
If all the American League clubs ha
, supported Mr. johnson, as they shouiC
the present baseball scandal would nevt
y have orccurred. Years ago he wanted I
q take measures to stop gambling but neV'
! received proper support =.
i The American League has no oble'
ton 70 the National League effort TO NJ
e lift the game We VIII JON them
ANYTHING that will RAISE the standard
e baseball The National League seems
- send out the impression that everything
harmonious within It's organization,
i, don't know whether 1t Is true, but {
~ know there Is harmony IN the maloFll
= OF the American League clubs and We a
- not going 10 meet until We know what
- what and when We take action We vi
f make no mistake.
1n Detroit, Oct I9-It would be well
~ await determination by the courts ot &
status Of the present national commissi(
"a "a before setting up another governing bod
~ !. for organized baseball, sud Frank
:. Navin. president OF the Detroit Ameuea
: League club discussing the proPoS'
,iilee reorganization of the game and aboiiti'
- - Of the national commission.
D MIR NavIn IS one OF the five Amerlc'
:. League club heads not represented
- - Yesterdays meeting in Chicago Wien
" " organization was decided upon.
ne mne ut would be wise, Mr. Navln sal
- TO await the decision of the Court
W Appeals IN the Baltimore case. winch "
= decide whether the National Gommissi
~ ~ in baseball is IN violation OF the Sherm
= act.
E Els Baseball, Mr. Navin added IS at prese
~ under fire before the grand JURY II Is I
= duty of the various clubs, he conhnu'
~. "to render all assistance they can
,%ua purifying the baseball atmosphere
.no ,0 stead OF becloudlng 1T with new schemes
this time.
He said he had not decided whether
,oo ~ would attend the meeting IN Chca
- a. next month
oil IL. 900 COAL MINERS STRIKE
IN STATE OF COAHui