The Washington herald., 1920-11-11
BASEBALL WAR
''SETTLED' BY
is MAGNATES
Garry Hermann Brings
Factions Together at Kan
sas City Conference.
SIGN UP AT CHICAGO
Peace Meeting Tomorrow
Expected to FIX Terms
Without Lawyers.

KANSAS CITY, MO-, NV w.
rhe baseball war has exploded An
lrmistice has been arranged ana
when the factions get together In
Chicago Friday the peace terms will
De concluded. That, in a nutshell.
the major league situation to-
aight- Some predict there never
will be peace with Ban Johnson
and Charles A. Comiskey in the
yane league, but a majority of the
baseball men here say there will
be a general love feast when the
sixteen club owners meet In Chi
:ago.
Fridays meeting will be informal.
It is the result of a meeting held
today in Garry Herrmann's room
Mr.. Hermann Is here as a repre-
sentative of the new National
League. an organization that lived
but a short while.
MaEnafes I'm Conference.
The following well known mag
Mates met with Mr.. Hermann:
Barney Dreyfuss. Pittsburgh Ma
donals; William Veeck, Chicago
Cubs; Clark Grifith, Washington
Americans; Bob Quinn. st. Louis
Americans. and Connie Mack, Phila-
3elphia Americans. Griff1th played
an important part In the role OF
oeacemaker.
he ball men together. And IL is
a k1( T. RA
peace. The Cincinnati magnate al
ways has been a big man for base
ball. He has ben cuffed about and
abused as chairman of the old Ma
donal Commission, but Garry Herr
mann is a big man In baseball.
There will be no lawyers at Fri
days conference. Neither win
Presidents Johnson and Heydler be
asked to attend. The sixteen men
who have their money invested win
name their own peace terms.
No Need Of Lawyers.
The baseball men figure they can
better adjust their dificuities with
out the AID Of hish-priced lawyers.
They argue. IL the lawyers arepres-
ent- they Will raise many technical
questions" and the battle will be on
again
A baseball war is a big thing for
The dove of peace was hutterins 9
hither and yon during the early
hours OF this morning. At the end
OF the Elks' smoker everybody
seemed to love each other. Both
sides were represented at the
smoker.
Rar Ioh,.o, - .
and mingled with persons OF no less
prominence. George Grant, who be-
longs to the opposition. sat right
back Of Ban. Clark Grifffth mingled
with the other side" and at bells
this morning peace was a certainty.
When Ban Johnson left the BANQUET
he was given three rousing cheers.
Sood brew accomplishes wonders.
To Leave for Chicago.
The ball men, a big majority OF
them, will leave tomorrow night for
Chicago. Louis Comiskey and Harry
Grabiner. of the White Sox. returned
tonight but President veeck of the
Cubs and his bunch, with the other
major leaguers, are still here. They
ngnre this is where they belong.
When the major leaguers sign the
peace pact Friday they must agree
upon a new board of control. The
National League. with Comiskey
Rupert and Frazee, of the Amer
can League. will insist upon Judge
Landis. He will be made chairman
The American League will name
Judge Macdonald, close friend oi
Johnson, and the jurist who con.
ducted the baseball Investigation
The minors will appoint Mike Sex
ton. president of the National As
sociation. as their representative
The minors will have committee
in CHICAGO Friday and will be ready
70 act with the majors just as soon
as peace is declared.
Objection. to Lawyer.
Among club owners who believe
that a Chicago lawyer has bean
m obstacle between the big eleven
and the loyal FIVE Is George w
Grant, owner of the Boston Ma
sional League club.
He came into our meeting in Chi
caEo Monday" said Grant today
-and we pleaded with him to bring
the five club owners of the Amer
lean League TO our meeting. a meet
ing in which three of the American
League owners already were sit.
ting. We pleaded with him, we
begged him to bring them over OF
send them over.
do you think he would listen
to our plea? He would not. Rather
he declared that the i've owners
who are against US would not at.
Tend our meeting. He said he ad-
vised them not to meet with US
BE would not allow them to meet
with us. And the thing that stands
In the way of peace Is whether
we vote by league or by clubs
That's all. and because of that the
lawyer would not let the American
owners meet with us. even to dis
euss informally, unoficially that
phase of our dissension."