Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-11
BASEBALL WAR At
ARM|ST|CE STAGE
Sixteen Club Owners of the Two
Warning Leagues Agree to
Meet in Same Room and Talk
Things Over

| Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 1o-War clouds
Tonight were vanishing from the major
league Baseball horizon with indications
favoring an amicable settlement when
the belligerent major leaguers meet In
joint session in Chicago on Friday TO
effect a peace pact. The National AS
sociation of Minor Leagues, after listen
ing to both sides voted to help avoid
war by agreeing to appoint COM
,nittee to act with the major leagues in
devising plan for baseball re-organiza-
ton.
The sixteen club owners of the two
warning leagues agreed to meet in the
same room in Chicago and attempt to
adjust their differences without tho aid
of any outsiders. 1t was agreed only
the club owners shall attend this meet
Ing and that both President Johnson of
the American League and President
Heydler of the National as well as law
yers, stenographers and others who have
participated in receiN sessions, shall
remain away Major league leaders
pointed out that if lawyers are excluded
so that no technical questions could
be raised. the threatened war could be
quickly settled
The agreement to make a desperate
last minute attempt to avert baseball
of the American League to-day and was
one OF the results of conferences between
owners of the rival major league fac
tons. The peace news was announced
In dramatic fashion in the middle OF an
address. Garry Hermann, owner of
the Cincinnati Nationals, was delivering
to the minor league meeting.
Mr. Hermann. former chairman of the
national commission. was interrupted
by messenger. who handed him a note
which he opened and slowly read Then
he announced that the conference Of the
club owners had been agreed upon for
Friday.
President johnson of the American
League in commenting on the Joint
meeting, issued the following statement
"The American League has been stand
ing for the principle that a reorganiza-
ton of baseball should be worked out
primarily by a committee composed Of
representa- tives from the National League.
the American League and the National
association IT seems now such a COM
mittee is to be created to consider and
work out a plan for reorganization. There
have been certain points of difference be-
tween the two major leagues which thus
far they have not been abe to agree upon.
It has now been arranged that an in
formal conference or major league cluo
owners shall take place-ths conference
to be limited 10 club owners and to be
purely informal. The purpose of the con-
ference is to see if the two major leagues
may not in some way iron out their points
of difference. II H. an attempt to see il
there can be found some satisfactory
basis on which they can harnonize those
differences"
While the National League club owners
issued no formal statement most Of them
take the stand that what already has been
done in the advancement OF baseball re-
organization cannot be changed az the
conference Friday. his was taken to mean
that the Sc ection of Federal Judge Lands
of Chicago as chairmen of he new board
Of control at a salary of $4,000 year
must be accepted by the American League
club owners.