The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-10
'PEACE:
TREATY
SIGNED
Five American League Club
Owners Quit Kicking and
| Will Join With
Eleven.
CONFERENCE FOR FRIDAY
! Threatened Baseball War Prevented
at Meeting Of, Minor
League Clubs
CONFERENCE FOR FRIDAY

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.]
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 10.-The
five loyal American league club
owners will join the eleven new
National league club owners in a
peace conference in Chicago Friday,
it was announced here today by
Garry Hermann.
Plans for reorganization of base
ball will be drawn up at the Chicago
meeting and the threatened war will
probably be averted, baseball leaders
here said
Hermann made the announce
ment shortly after he began address
ing the National Association of Pro
! fessional Baseball League here. His
talk was interrupted by a messenger
who brought him a communication
signed by the five club owners who
have stood with Ban Johnson in his
fight.
Aside from the announcement that
the meeting would be held Friday
Hermann made no comment and
continued presentation of the argu
ment for the Lasker plan.
The Lasker plan for governing
baseball by civilian commission OF
three will be discussed and indica
tions were that it would be adopted
with slight notifications.
With agreement Of the major
| leagues in sight. for reorganization
/ plans, the minors were expected tt
swing into line and endorse whatever
action the major league clubs may
agree upon. 8
I've are going to have peace ir
! the very near future-that's my in
dividual belief" Hermann said. "Bu
what has been done cannot be
j changed"
| Hermann pledged tnat the terri
tories, contracts and other affairs o.
the minor leagues would not bt
raided by the majors if they refused
! to enter the Laslrer plan.
+ Hermann is chairman Of the new
National league committee sent here
to present the Lasker plan to the
minors for their consideration.
The Chicago meeting will be infor
NAL with no one present but the six,
teen owners, John A. Heydler, presi
dent of the National league, said in
an fnterview.
mo lawyers and no stenographers
will be present and there will be nc
vote" Heydler said. "If, after talking
things over they find there is some
thing on which there is prospect OF
a decision the meeting will convene
formally and consider it."
, Heydler explained that the break
came shortly after he arrived here to
day when Bob Qainn. representing tbs
st. Louis Browns, and Clark Griffith
part owner of the Washington club
called on the National Ieaguers.
They said, according to Heydler
that they would confer with the othe1
loyal American league clubs regard
ing a joint meeting to attempt tt
make peace in the baseball world
The announcement by Hermann fol
lowed shortly thereafter.
[By j. F. Beaman, United Pres
Staff Correspondent
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 10
| Minor league officials were to decid
today whether to undertake the 10
of possible peace makers for wa
ring major baseball factions.
The National Association of Pr
| fessional Baseball Clubs in annu;
, convention here was nominated fc
/ the task of attempting TO end
, threatened baseball war on the ev
of Armistice day, by representative
l of Ban Johnson and his loyal fi'
: American league club owners. The
r selection, however, depends on II
: proposal to be submitted today /
? Representatives of the twelve cit
!. league.
. George w Miller, attorney for II
t American league, accepting an inJ
: tation to present Johnson's views
baseball reorganization before Il
= minor league meeting asked that
( committee be appointed to meet re