Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-13
BASEBALL MOCULS SIGN
PEACE PACT At CHICAGO
sweep Away Last NcstiHc of Dis
agreement Over Government
of National Game.
MINORS ACCEPT JUDGE lands
Squabhling Factions of American
League Signatorics To Agreement
10 Stop Public Criticism. vi Zach
Other and Accept Decisions.
lEy Associaied prsas.l

D
/ oi disagreement from It's ranks IN
a series of conferences. which
nn9usni signed peace agreements not
leagues, but between Individual club
! owners. Who have yigorouSIy on
| posed each other in affairs OF admin
/ !StratioH and policy.
! The two major leagues signed the
I New naiiona. agreement making
| Judge ~. Nj Lands baseball com
missioner, With supreme movers. ANA
/ IN" minor leagues also signed an
| "ErcHmvnt win Judge Lands as their
ruler. but il differed in one rnpow-
/ rTinE word from that signed by The
| majors.
'Inis difference. it developed. wa.
! due 10 :. misunderstanding in tho
! Joint meeting OF the drafting com
mittecs yesterday when the agree
| !acilt Mas drawn up. and il WAS am
nouuced that Inc minors later would
sign an agreement Identical with the
one approved by the major Organi-
| cations.
Besides signin;, the national agree
| incnt, the individual major league
c!ub owners aIliNed their signatures
| 90 a cJntr+ct in which they agreed
not t. publicly criticize each other
or talk about one another and to
accept amy decision made by Judge
lands. regardless OF their personal
J"hnNon Signs Pact.
Included in the siEnatorics To this
J agreement We're President Il. Il.
| Iohnsuu OF the American League
ana TWO OF tn" three club owners
| who have fought his administration.
| Charles y. Comiskcy. OF Chicago. and
Jacob Euppcr,. oil New York. Harry
fra@ee, 81 Boston, the third CLUB
| owner. who OppuScd Johnson IN 70
cent American League Disagree
fncnis. announced that he would sign
The contract He was not present
Wien .Tr It wHs drawn up.
J u
men, from Judge Lands concerning
| the powers he must have. AMI led
! TO erroneous reports that he had is
sued an uItimaiuin giving the CLUB
owners ititccn minutes in which to
make changes he demanded The
J ,lT H'd not set {" tiinr limit, but
poMers mast be supreme.
! Nhcn the copy OF the new national
| agreement was brought before the
league representatives it contained
| siohtr AFTER investigating amy al
iair lac cons tdcr,d detrimental to
baseball. could "rccommcmd such .,c-
| tioh as he deemed advisable"
i.nn,iis Interrupts.
| JudS" Lands interrupted the read
| ing OF the document to say tuat this
must be made TO read take sucn
"You have told the world tina, my
TO give me tnc power merely TO
i'C'''i"'t4u taxes 3!I power out of
my hands, I VIII retire from the
room, gentlemen, and YOU can discuss
TINS matter.
hnt want YOU To know that
SHch action as wish or else YOU
had better seek 4 new comm! Is !Oucr
wou.dn,t take this job for All the
So.d IN the world unless knew my
hhnds were to he free"
ON motion OF Ban Johnson. the ma
Jor !caSu"rS voted 10 substitute the
WORD take for recommend" cut il
VAS found that the minors were not
IN oiheiai session and The matter
Would have 10 so through their draft
'"f e ,,n.'l,i,t,, again
~ standing vote assured the judge
mend the same as lake" In that
| 'hry were hound 10 abide by his de
m"nt could be formally taken up
! again the word would be changed and
! they would sign.
! Tonight the major leagues signed
| the contract with Judge Lands making
| han commissioners for seven years a;
! S"''"v" a year. The national agree
mcnt VIII remain in effect SO long
! as Judge Lands is commissioner
Demands SALARY Reduction.
Judge Lands. however has st!p-
g ynar ihnI his . salary Of S'5oo Z,
from his baseball! salary, so he viii
! actually get only $1,000 Il year from
! baseball
The new agreement also provides
/ '"r restoration OF the drai; with tho
| prices scaled down from $4,000 for
| class "A leagues 10 $1,000 FOR class
! - The american Association and
| the new International League re-
! manned on, of the draft. willie Ia
J enc Coas, League. the other class
| M. prSanizaiion went in
Ne" players contracts covering
| what tho club owners termed The
| eih.cs Of the game" were approved
! 10y the ma jors
"mc claus" in tn, new form Of CON
nllssdgcs loyalty. TO his club and
! pledges himself to the American
| pa ms 10 conform 10 high standards
! ~ ia!r play ana good sportsmansh!p .
! ga decisions of the commissioner ana
/ 10 keen himself in good physical con-
d!i,on throughout the season
w ith re various icagnc ANA inter
! league d.sAticcmcnts settled at to-
| days ha$ehul! meetings. the club
! owners. Judge licncsaw NJ Lands.
! DaschII commissioners and tho states
, attorneys Office tonight began formu-
! lation uf plans which II was cXpccf.I
/ would result ia an carly trial Of Tho
! men Indicted ior conspiracy I'm tn"
I WORLDS series aud which 1T was hopod
/ would STAMP out gambling and game
VIII irrni.n Indicted Men
''''' .'l''i'' U.s. - lstill state {
attorney wh" has b,"r placed In
. r.Irg" OF IN" has.h:ll case an
noUnced that The Indicted mon would
Ice "rrd'En"d about February nrl
~. an immediate trial would bee held
s. That tn" case could hc disDosal OF
bcf ,rr tho hrs"ball season opened
] INC American League appropriated
/ ftHrN. - b" used Ina prosecuting tn"
men. and lui%r Lands issued a siatc-
! mcnl SAYING that even II the men
we're found not guilty ;h"y would not
I u"c' SshrilN bee allowed to return To
Organ'zed baseball
rho minor leagues started their
/ rtinpaigI by voting to taxi. action
! against players who haze taken part
~ ghm"s "l the Pacific Coast With
Fred MnAl!li"ir an Indicted Chicago
Will" Son player. and by sU~rcnding
,cpHs' players recently indicted
NJ Ci"rluan In Announcing MIS-
,ulaus 70 have the mon arraiGnah by
February J. snid he han been read
ling Tho grand jury testimony aud that
it, length had delayed the case TIL"
i"stluouy io,hl.d more than 900. 900
words. ~" said
"Whcthcr tho accused mon arc
f"Y'd guilty or innocent; tn" trial
w.l@ result iE tn. STAMPING oG, az
gambling" sa!a judge Lnnis FOR
lspl'"h'c action viii b" taken against
ituy men Who have no; acted Justly
j" :u'hil.n" ihoi" contracts"
DALLAS TO >. ;. FOR PRICE
OF EXPELLED BALL PLAYER