The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-09
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clubs and the three American League
| clubs siding with them, the plan was
approved and tho other five American
| League clubs notified that they could
| come In or the eleven clubs would form
| a new twelve club league.
! Meetings were called for today by
both factions. the clubs backing John
son previously having C"untercd WIN
! proposition that each league appoint a
: committee Of three to confer with q
! like committee from the minor leagues
! UltimAtum Unanswered.
! The eleven clubs refused 10 change
! from the original stand and when their
/ final ultimatum. issued at 2:Sv p: m;
! today, was not answered, went dhcau
| with their plans.
: Lack of a chairman for the NationA
, Commission for many months the oase-
, ball scandal and the enmity OF the
three American League CLUBS Tor pan
Johnson were contrihutory causes to the
. formation Of the league. The three
clubs joining in the plan have opposed
johnson in league affairs for years ana
nearly disrupted the league last year.
! They charged johnson with being the
"czar Of baseball" while the clubs
| friendly to the American president
countered with charges that the pro-
| posed reorganization was merely plan
| to depose Johnson.
johnson Party LeaveB.
President johnson and several of
his friends left tonight for Kansas City.
apparently having been informed prl-
/ vately of the action being taken by the
| eleven clubs. Most of the other base
| ball men also left as soon as the an
nouncement of the new league was
made. No statements were made by
President Johnson or any or the others
| except Clark Griffith concerning the
new league.
Reports that President Johnson had
| obtained the support OF twelve OF the
score of minor leagues meeting In Kan
sas City could not be verified. The
| only minor league men still here re,
fused to talk other than to say that
! they had heard such reports.
! The eleven club owners had little TO
say after the meeting, John McGraw
, apparently expressing the opinion or
| the others when ne said: our action
I speaks louder than all the words We
could say. We've got too much bust
ness 70 attend TO now in getting our
| league we'll organized TO stop the talk"
! I'll do all in my power to help make
baseball worthy of the name 1t has
decide such a big thing right away"
said Judge kenesaw Mountain Lands.
when offered the Craftsmanship of tho
new baseball tribunal. The proposed
plan should be great thing for tho
| game"
As chairman of the tribunal. Jrdge
Lands would receive $4,000 more a
year than he gets now.
Minor Leagues May Reject.
Kansas city. Mo. Nov. S.-licjection
| Of the Laskcr plan OF baseball reOrgani-
cation by the minor leagues seemed
probable Tonight, as the presidents and
| club owners OF the minor leagues OF
the nation gathered here for the con-
yention which opens tomorrow.
Claiming that the proposed plan,
adopted by tho National Lcabue club
owners and three American League
clubs in Chicago to-day. provides for
| government without representation. the
advance guard uf minor league officials
arriving here declared they would op-
pose every move of the major leagues
| to present the plan for adoption to-
morrow.
The stand was taken that the minor
| leagues a." capable of governing them
selves pnd that they would continue to
direct The affairs of their own organi-
Zation.
Childish, Says Fultz.
David /. FultZ, president Of the In
tcrnational League. characterized tho
action of the major leagues in Chicago
as "Childish."
A. K. T"arne. of Chicago, president OF
| the Western and Three leagues and an
aggressive leader in minor league ar.
fairs. definitely committed himself as
opposed to the I.aSKer plan. He deClaT-
ed that the minors are not suitably rep
resented.
Club owners or tho Western Leagde
| held their annual fall meeting here to-
| day and adopted tentative plans for the
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