The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-09
MINOR LEAGUES
OPPOSE PLAN
Are Likely to Reject the
Lasker Plan for Baseball
Reorganization
12-CLUB LEAGUE
SENDS DELEGATION
Following Action at Chi
cago Disrupting the Two
Major Leagues

Kansas City, Mo. Nov. 9.-War
clouds doomed dark and forbidding for
the proponents of the Lasker plan for
baseball reorganization when the presi-
dents and club owners of the 81 minor
leagues of the nation met in conven-
tion here to-day to vote on the pro-
posed civilian tribunal as the supreme
governing body of organized baseball.
When the committee of three, APP
pointed by the l2-club new national
league organized yesterday in Chicago,
arrived here to present the Lasker
plan for the consideration to the minor
leaguers, indications were that it would
be overwhelmingly defeated. The mi
nor league leaders declared themselves
capable of settling their own disputes
and conducting their own affairs.
The committee which brought to the
minor leaguers the announcement of
the action of the eight National league
club owners and the three club owners
of the American league in disrupting
the structure of the major leagues in
favor of l2-club league governed by
a civilian tribunal, consisted OF Garry
Hermann, chairman, Barney Dreyfus
and Charles H. Ebbets. These repre-.
sentatives were prepared to offer the
minors the opportunity of selecting an
associate member of the national
board OF control under the Lasker plan
Thomas j. Hickey, president of the
American association; David l.. fuitz,
head of the International league, and
A. r. Tearney, president of the west
ern and Three ! leagues, were unani-
nous in expressing their disapproval
of the Lasker plan.
'To have the major leagues select
the officials to govern us, would be
merely to go back to the old system
from which the minors withdrew last
winter" Hickey said.
"The major leagues do not have to
select the members of the new commits
sion for us. We are capable of taking
care of our own affairs. Twenty one
minor leagues finished the 1920 season
and 81 are ready to start next season.
eve employ more players than the
major leagues; we have at least as
much money invested and never will
consent to a scheme by which we
would have no voice in the selection
of the men who handle our affairs.
"We went along without the majors
and enjoyed prosperity and ] am conf
dent we can continue to handle OUR
own business
With revolutionary movement
sweeping through the major leagues,
the minor leaguers themselves started
campaign involving shake-up with
in their own organization.
The campaign involved the removal
of John H. Farrell of Auburn, N. Y,
who has been secretary and treasurer
of the national association of minor
leagues since its formation 20 years
ago, and the election of NJ. H. Sexton
of Rock Island, H., as his successor.
Sexton for score of years has been
a dominant factor in minor league at
fairs. He formerly was president of
the Three | league and for several
years has been president of the nation
al association of minor leagues, an hon
orary office carrying no salary His
supporters claim to have enough votes
to insure his reelection. II is planned
TO vote him a salary of 81 800 and
move minor league headquarters from
Auburn to Chicago
Exposure of crookedness in the
worlds series of 1919 has been a great
err benefit to the minors than the major
leagues in the opinion of President
Fultz Of the International league.
"The Punishment Of the guilty play
ers, the exposure of the whole vicious
plot will impress on our young players
the seriousness of their duty to the
game more than any talk by the man
ayers could convince Them" he said.