The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
BIG LEAGUES BROKEN UP AND ONE 12-CLUB
 CIRCUIT IS FORMED
fight National League Clubs and Three From American Are Admitted, the Twelfth to Be Chosen Later-Las- ker Plan Aopted
By Associated Press

oy aSSOclate0H ffeSS E Chicago, November 8.The a1ajor baseball leagues today 5fere broken up and new ] welve-club league composed If the eight National league
 lubs and the three from the American leaguge which have lided with them in the plans
 Tor reorganization of the game |vas organized. A twelfth mem Der will be chosen later, it was announced.
 Organization of the new league came |ftere the five American league clubs had Efused to reply to an ultimatum issued i Iy the other eleven clubs, giving them In hour and half to join in the reor- i |tanization.
 After organizing the new league the Baseball magnates proceeded with the tasker plan for civilian control of pro- Eessional baseball and appointed Judge hennesaw M. Landis of Chicago chair pan Of the tribunal which will govern he game. U 1 Judge Landis, if he accepts the posi-
 
 leagues joining the plan and will receive |b salary of $50,000 year
 MINORS TO BE REPRESENTED II Second and third members of the tri- Punal will be appointed later, and one |Pf them will be chosen by the minor leagues Representatives of the new league left tonight for Kansas City. khere the National Association of Minor Leagues meets tomorrow to present the proposition to them. '
 II The minor league member would serve For six years, while Judge Landis would be given a contract for seven years, ac- 1cording to a statement made after the meeting by the club owners Judge Landis was notified of his ap- |pointment by committee of five mem |bers and he told them he would take |the matter under advisement for few |days. The plans for the new league and a new controlling body contain frequent reference to the minor leagues, which are given assurance that lthey will not he overlooked in administration of the game and that their territory will not be invaded in selecting the twelfth mem Der of the new league.
 The action came after an all-day ses- |Sion of both factions in the reorganza- ltion plans, with neither side yielding to the other Enissaries from the Johnson camp conferred with the club owners al joint session of eight National and three American league clubs, but with out results At 2:30 p. m. the joint ses- sion issued an ultimatum to the Johnson clubs telling them that they could either come over and take part in the meeting, which would be governed by majority vote. or new league would be formed. Failing to hear from the five American league clubs, the other eleven clubs went ahead with their announced plans.
 The five clubs with stood with Johnson in the fight are Detroit Philadelphia, Cleveland, Washington and St. Louis Tonight they maintained that the new league would have no affect on them.
 TO BE AMERICAN LEAGUE
 We are the majority of the Amerl- can league. and consequently are the American league,'' Clark Griffith of the Washington club said. The American league will operate this year with or without the Chicago. New York and Boston clubs"
 The new league will give New York, Chicago and Boston two clubs in the same league Brooklyn also is included, giving Greater New York three repre- sentatives. The other members are Cin- cinnati, Pittsburg. St. Louis (NationaD, Philadelphia and the twelfth member .
 yet to be chosen.
 Previous to today's action, members or ) Johnson's ''solid five" had declared that the three American league clubs woulc not be able to take their players into the new league, maintaining that the play CTS on a club belonged to the league un- der contracts previously made. This fac tor, they said, would give the five re- ,naining American league clubs additional strength and enable them to proceed with organization of a new American league. Individual club owners said they would fight to the last court before allowing any player to be taken over py the new league.
 The new organization will be known as the New National league and John Heyd- Ter will be president.
 Tn deciding all baseball matters, tse \ yotes under the new plan will De cast by clubs and not by leagues.
 Meetings were called for today by both factions, the clubs backing Johnson prev iously having countered with proposi- rion that each league appoint commit tee of three to confer with like com l,littee of the minor leagues
 The eleven clubs refused to change from the original stand and when their final ultimatum, issued at 2:SO p. m today, was not answered, went ahead with their plans.
 Lack of chairman for the national committee for many months. the base ball scandal and the enmity of the three
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