Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-19
MAY KICK F|vE;
CLUBS OUT OF
BIG LEAGUES
Three American League
Cubs May Combine
With Nationals.
CIRCUIT OF TWELVE
TEAMS POSSIBLE
Five Cities Holding Out Against Plan
For Reorganization Of National
Came Given Alternative Of Coming
il or Being ousted From. Major
League PIay-Plan to Abolish Ma
tional Commission Approved.

League Play-Plan to Abolish Ma
tional Commission Approved.
BY Associated Press.
Chicago, Oct. is.-choice OF Joining
the movement for reorganization OF
baseball or facing the alternative OF
being busted from major league play
was extended today to the owners OF
! five American League clubs--Phila-
dclphia, ST. Louis, Washington. De-
troit ana Cleveland men who have
supported President D. e. johnson,
of the league, in several previous
controversies as we'll as the present.
The offer is open until Nov. and
vas extended by the three remaining
American League club owners and
tho entire eight Of the NationaI
League. who met here yesterday for
Z the purpose Of. reorganization.
Representatives Of these clubs
were too ay ON record favoring
abrogation OF the national agreement
i,otween professional leagues, with
the national commission abolished
and "a civilian tribunal of three men,
not financially interested in the
81 game, in complete control.
! Yesterdays conference closed with
resolutions adopted last night pro-
posing complete reorganization OF
major baseball. The twelfth club for
The new scheme OF play to be fol-
lowed next season will be chosen
FROM SONS other city should 1T de-.
svclop thar none Of the outstanding
Glib owners fail to express wiling
hess to enter the new compact. 1T
WIS stated today ~
! Want States 10 earsGambiing.
b The preliminary steps taken at the
session were:
I Appointment of special commit
Atee of six to prepare in concrete
! e rIs9, embodying the idea of the
4 s. ~sker plan, q new method for the
gN .rnment Of baseball, together
viii l-uggestions for selecting com
mis- ave. and for providing it with UNI
linisS Uncover:
Ado .;on Of resolution favoring
the pa ge by all states of laws
designed to punish all attempts to
bride baseball players and al GAM
bling on any game to which the
public is invited, also the draft Of
proposed law to effect these re-
suits.
Adoption Of a resolution altering
the Cook county grand jury the as
distance of any and all Of the clu.s
,5wners or officials in their investaga-
lion of baseball gambling and in any
prosecutions that may follow.
The special committee to draft a
new form of government and new
agreement to cover, all major; and
minor leagues was appointed as fol-
lows:
Alfred Austin, A. D. Lasker, and
Charles ,Cimiskey of Chicago;
James C. Jones Of st. Louis Barney
Ioreyfuss Of Pittsburgh. and Gel.
Jacob Rupert of New. York.
Report Back to Owners. 81
This committee was instructed to
report at later conference of the
interest,". club owners.
Previous to the decision to go
ahead with the work of reorganizins
the game a thorough discussion OF
the situation and of the need for re-
formation was INDUCED in by the
eleven clubs represented, and the at
tftude of President johnson of the
American league and the Cleveland
!. ST. Louis, Detroit, Philadelphia, and
Washington clubs in absenting them
selves from the conference was char
aeterized as a. direct snub."
1t was decided unanimously, how
,ic Oft RI do
lay the movement to clean up base
ball and provide for its rehabilitation
in the eyes of the public st the
earliest opportunity.
of the special committee honored
with the work of drafting a concrete
pi.,n for new super-commission,
aressrs. Comiskey and Lasker Of Chi
ca,,o, Dreyfuss Of Pittsburgh, and
Y Rupert of New York are club own
ers. Mr.. Austrian, attorney for MI;
Comiskey, and Mr.. Jones, attorney
for the st. Louis National league
club. compile ted the committee.
Grand Jury Resumes Inquiry.
Investigation by the special grand
jury of the alleged fixing" of the
1919 world series as well as OTTER
phases of baseball gambling, was re-
sIraed today. The last session was
held just before the world series.
AT the present session it was fndi-
Gated that special attention would be
paid to baseball pools, and the grand
Jury was expected to make some
recommendation as to whether OF
not they were a form Of gambling;
harmful to professional baseball.
Assistant State Attorney Replogle
in charge of the investigation, said
1t was possible that there might be
indictments In addition to the eight
already returned against members OF
the White Sox team, but said it vas
unlikely that any of the men who
played in the major leagues in 1920
would be involved.
When the special grand jury inves-
tigaI.ing gambling in organized base
ball resumed it's Investigations today,
CHARLES Ebbets, owner of the Brook
Ign Nationals, and Harry Frazee,
4 president Of the Boston Americans,