Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-20
POSSIBILITY Of
ROW IS SEEN IN
ORGANIZED BALL
Plan to Abolish the National
Agreement and Form a
Civilian Commission Finds
Some Opposition. n
(By The Associated Pressl

Chicago, OCT. Eff the action
Of eleven major leagne baseball
club owners las. night in going ON
record as favoring abrogatiop Of
,ht national agreement which gov
crn~ professional league, results in
a baseball war. the responsibility
will rest with the five American
clubs which have not yet signified
their intention Of taking part in
the proposed reorganization of con-
rol If the game, President John
Heydler, Of the National league,
said tonight in a statement.
The eight National league clubs,
and the three American league
cmbs--Chiaaeo, New York and
RCstun-did not declare war when
they Advocated control Of baseball
tribunal of three men not finan-
claily Interested in the game, but
were making a declaration of prin-
ciDl" in order to save the game,
Mr.. IIeydler said.
"The action taken at Monday
nights session was the elimination
Of careful and dispassionate deliR
GRAFTON Of men of unqueStiOned sin
Cerity and honesty of purpose and
who are determined that in no
other way can the revision of base
BAH government be accomplished
and the just demands of the Amer
lean public be met he continued.
THE men who have so pledged
themselves constitute not only
eleven siXteenths of the major
league membership. but they rep
reaent. more than three-fourths al
he capital invested in the sport.
Have Charted Their Course.
They have charted their course
and have Compacted to see 1t
through at all hazards,
Theirs is a declaration of prin-
ciples. not a declaration Of war.
Protective measures and ways and
means, however, have been provid-
cd for any eVenulality.
If it does mean war, then the
responsibility for war mast rest
with those who deliberately chose
to remain aloof from the councils
Of their friends and business asso-
GATES at this time when the in
tegrity of the game is at stake,
u wish to rciterate that at no
time has it been the purpose OF the
National league nor will il he, 10
any manner interfere in or en-
GeayOr to dictate to the American
league or any of its component
clubs as to the conduct of their own
affairs. We have confined our
selves solely to extending cordial
invitations to their president and
-. ia with
Door of Welcome Is Open.
Rather than this war; ] say the
door of welcome is wide open ana
we viii again plead to all to take
their proper place in line ana SO
present a united front in this fight
for the common good.
speaking more personally, | do
not understand why such men az
Clarke Griffith, Connie Mack and
Robert Quinn did not attend. They
are thinking men and baseball
represents their lile's work. | i'm
agine they either do not fully un-
derstand the proposition or do not
appreciate the seriousness OF TINS
situation"
Probability Of a baseball war
was freely discussed by baseball
men today. many of them called to
testify before the grand jury IN
vestigating the baseball scandal,
While President b. b. Johnson, on
the American league, refused to be
interviewed, friends of his declared
an attempt was being made to oust
MIN from the American league
presidency. Men who We're not
favorable to Johnson said his APP
parent opposition to reor9anlza
ton was simply a continuation OF
his opposition to the club owners
who sided against him last winter
Much Depends Upon Minors
Some baseball men profess to see
the solution of the problem in the
meeting of minor league officials
at Kansas City, November ., say
ing that whichever side the minors
,ided with would win, for the
other side would be unable TO op-
tain ball players and would be
starved OUT