The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-11
BASEBALL PLANS
UPSET BY CHANGE
At Judge Landis's Request,
American League Meeting
Here Is Cancelled.
BY WILLIAM II. HANNA.

Baseball men. major and minor. were
here in considerable numbers yesterday
and there will be more. They are arriving
for the meeting to-day of the joint COM
mittee Of National American and minor
leaguers to prepare a new national agree
ment for organized ball, which meeting
will be presided over by Judge Lands.
high commissioner, and his first appear
ance of Importance in that role.
Somebody remarked that "magnates
are thick around here" He didn't ex-
plain what he meant by that but, any
wav, there were a lot of them Some
confusion was cauesd in the major league
ranks by word from Chicago that Ban
Johnson after calling the annual meet
ing for New York on December IS, had
reconsdered and called 1t for December
II in Chicago.
President Heydler of the National
League had a telegram from Judge Lam
dis. in which the latter said il was his
Judgment that the major league people
couldn't be ready for a joint meeting in
New York at the time planned, and that
Johnson had agreed to postpone the an
nual gathering of his club owners for
Chicago on the 18th, and suggested a
Joint meeting there on the 18th.
When Judge Lands, arrives here this
Leaguers will try to persuade him to hold
to the original schedule. which includes
the American League meeting and the
joint meeting here next week. Judge
Lands. it is said, finds he will be unable
to stay East until next Friday, but the
National Leaguers think the Judge~may
have a wrong idea of how long it will
take them to get ready for the joint
meeting.
They will point out that the National
League in its entirety couldn't be present
in Chicago on the 18th, as several of it's
members will have to be elsewhere and
can't change their plans at this late day.
and that in addition five of the eight
magnatess of the American League will
be in New York next week. These five
are Messrs, Rupert and Frazee and
Navin. Shibe and Dunn. the three last
named being the American League dele
gates to the joint committee to draft
new national agreement.
If there is joint meeting in Chicago
on the 18th, National League representa-
ton will have to be by Committee, and
If there isn't a joint meeting somewhere
next week it will have to go over until
next year, which will mean a loss of
valuable time.
Long, informal discussions involving
the proposed new agreement, gambling.
conditions in general and possible hot
air took place yesterday President
Heydler. J. c. Jones and Branch Hickey
of st. Louis. Garry Hermann of Gin
cinnati. Charles JIbbets of Brooklyn,
Judge McQuade Of New York. Barney
Dreyfuss of Pittsburg. NGeorge Grant of
Boston - all National Leaguers - and
Tom Shibe. Philadelphia American
Lacquer. met in Heydlers office. and
words flowed copiously. Ebbets. Herr
mann and Dreyfuss are the National
League committee on the new agree
ment
Various minor leaguers. who will be
represented by committee of six at the
pow-wow to-day, trickled into town. with
their arrival not causing said town to
halt with bated breath The minor
leagucrs held a long preliminary meet
ing of their own. just like big town
guys. regarding the new agreement. In
some secluded spot they thrashed out
affairs of state or some sort OF affairs.
II am in favor" said Garry Herr
mann, as he climbed into cab to dash
around to the Giants office for a brief
visit. "of some specific action imme-
diately to prepare TO combat any efforts
that may be made to have Sunday base
ball abolished. Something ought to he
done TO COunleracl any HloNtHltHl thoe
might deprive the people of il"
The chances are the Brooklyns will
train in New Orleans. Ebbets has wired
to A. J. Heineman, owner of the club
there. to come to New York and talk II
over. The Flatbush Squire isn't afraid
of his men being distracted from their
training by the racing. IF players can't
behave in a big city. or in small one"
he said "it's time we knew 1t.
1--WE don't want to hit our players
over the head with a bat to get them
to do the right thing by their club and
themselves. we don't want them to
think they are slaves or that we regard
them as slaves. They are expected 20
live UP TO the requirements OF their con-
tracts Just as we have TO do. and one of
these requirements Is that they keep in
condition. The recent decision OF the
District of Columbia Supreme Court in
the Federal League suit will be big
help IN maintaining satisfactory rela-
lions between club and player. IL will
make conditions more stable, and I'm
sure the public will like that better
Squire Ebbets added that his club
had negotiated with New Orleans. PEN
sacola. Alexandria and Jacksonville for
n training place. If New Orleans Is
chosen there doubtless will be n game
or two there with the Yankees before the
two start north on their exhibition tour.
Paul Krichell, former International
League catcher. may be added to the
Yankee roster Of scouts He secuted
for the Red Sox when Ed Barrow man
aged that team and will go TO the
Yanks with the latter IL not retained
by the Boston club.
Manager Higgins OF the Yankees is
due in town on Monday The Yankees
need. among other things. catcher.
two pichcrs and an outhelder. and II
one or moro OF such needs isn't acquired
before Hug leaves next week Il will
he surprising. for the indications are
there will he a deal or two In a few
days.
"Please get me right on one point"
said John McGraw yesterday 81 have
not decided to play FTisch on third base
next season, for l have not come to
any dccision at all i'm thei matter
Whether Frisch is TO be az second or
third or whether Rapp is 10 be Mt
second or third is not something to be
decided during the winter II In
training camp matter. and I shall not
know where they are to play until I
see how they do in spring practice.
Rapp has been playing third base. You
can't always shift man from one base
10 another and have him make good
Arthur Devlin made the shift from
he tried TO play second again he found
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