The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-11-13
BASE BALL WAR
ENDS AND lands
TAKES CHARGE
Fighting Factions Reach Agree
ment at Chicago
NEW PLAN is COMPROMISE
Sixteen Club Owners Vote Unanimous.
ly TO Make Judge Lands the
Baseball Supreme Court.

Chicago, Nov. 12.-Peace settled
over professional baseball today when
the opposing factions in the reorgan-
i2ation OF the game reached an agree
ment on every point at issue and thus
ended a war which for five days ap.
parently had disrupted both major
leagues
Three hours of argument and YER
bal battle, which although rather
warm at times never were bitten,
found the magnates, emerging from
their council chamber arm in arm,
calling each other by first names and
laughingly referring to the threats
each side had made a few days ago.
The end of the fight came when the
sixteen club owners voted unanimous
ly to make Judge Kenesaw Mountain
Lands Chairman Of baseball" and a
committee of one 10 act as a final
court Of appeal in all matters or dis
pute between the two major leagues
and any minor leagues which may join
the major In reorganization of the
game pudge Lands accepted the pro-
position but it was stipulated that he
might remain on the bench and han.
die both positions.
Each side In the battle made con-
cessions before an agreement was
refrhed. but the meeting unanimous
ly approved the principles of ethical
control OF baseball included in the
Lasker plan which was ia9tered by the
eight National and the Chicago, New
York and Boston American League
clubs, and which started the fight.
This plan originally was bitterly op-
posed by President Byron Bancroft
Johnson OF the American League and
the Philadelphia, Washington, Cleye-
land ST. Louis and Detroit Clubs,
which sided with him.
In other matters, however. the ii
clubs favoring the Lasker plan, con
ceded points to the five opposing IL.
Instead Of civilian tribunal as the
governing body of baseball. Judge
Lands probably will remain the fl
nal Judge, although the club owners
may decide later to appoint two civil
liam associates to act with Judge
Lands.
II the one man commission IS re-
tanned the president of each league
will be special pleader for clubs un-
+ der him. All matters will he taken up
az a Joint meeting Of the two leagues
where the vote viii be cast by clubs
If there is a division, vote then will
be taken by leagues, each organization
having one vote II they cannot agree
the two presidents then will appear be
fore Judge Lands and his decision will
be mede.
This arrangement Is a compromise
between the plans suggested by the
two sides The eleven clubs wanted
the vote to be entirely by clubs, while
the Johnson tcafi ouehndlot ?lsloeo.a
the Johnson faction held out for vote
by leagues. The two plans were com
bined.
Immediate attempt will be made tC
bring the minor leagues into the plan
A committee OF six. three from the Ma
tional League and three from the
American League, will confer with q
committee of six from the minor lea
gues II the minors come in they vii
be given the right to appoint a specia
pleader TO appear before Judge Landi,
when matters involving them are con
sidered.
Judge Lands term is for sever
years and then an election will be
held. by all leagues in the plan to de
termine who shall be commissioner
He will have power to question aEy
player, club owner or league presi
dent and to take any action he sees fl
in all cases The leagues agreed K
sign a contract to abide by the judges
decision.
Chicago will be headquarters sol
the baseball commissioners, and OF
fices wi be opened here Immediately
II second and third members arC
chosen for the commission, it is vir
tually certain, according to the clul
owners, that Judge Charles A, Mac
Donald OF Chicago will be one of them
although no vote was taken today.
Judge Macdonald indirectl,
brought on the baseball war, for h,
started the ba eball scandal investi
cation which brought about the pro
posals for reorganization of contro
OF baseball.