Arizona republican., 1921-01-13
MOGULS PROMISE ID REFRAIN FRON BAT TIES
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CHICAGO, Jan. 12-Organized base ball today swept the lest vestige of disagreement from it's ranks in confer ences which brought signed peace agreements not only between the major and minor leagues, but between the individual club owners.
 The two major leagues signed the new national agreement making Judge Landis' baseball commission with su- preme powers and the minor leagues signed an agreement with Judge Lam dis as their ruler. but 1t differed in one word from that signed by the majors. Ths difference. 1t developed, was due to a misunderstanding in the joint meeting of drafting committees yesterday when the agreement was drawn up, and 1t was announced that as soon as possible the minors would sign an agreement identical with the one approved by the majors.
 Besides signing the national agree ment, the individual major league club owners signed contract agreeing not to criticize each other publicly or talk about one another and to accept any decision made by Judge Landis.
 Included were President Johnson of the American league and two of the three club owners who have fought for his administration-Char A Co., miskey of Chicago, and Jacob Rup- pert of New York. Harry Frazee of Boston, the third club owner who op- posed Johnson, announced that he would sign.
 The signing of the national agree ment brought a sharp statement from Judge Landis concerning the powers he must be given and led to erroneous reports that he had issued an ulti- matum giving the club owners fifteen minutes to make the changes he de- manded. The judge di dnOt set a time limit, but did issue an ultimatum tell ing the clu bowners that his power must be supreme.
 When the new national agreement was brought before the league repre- sentatives it contained a section say | ing that the commissioner, after an | investigation, "could recommend such action as he deemed advisable"
 Judge Landis interrupted the reading to say that this must read take such action"
 You have told the world that my powers are to be supreme" he said ''To give me the power merely to rec ommend' takes all power out of my T hands. I want you to know that either I must be given power to take such action as I wish, or else you had better seek a new commissioner I wouldn't take this job for all the gold in the world unless I knelx my hands were to be free"
 II On motion of President Johnson tn, major leaguers voted to substitute tho word take" for recommend" but il was found that the minors were not in official session and the matter would have to go through their drafting com. mittee again.
 F1fty-six minor league representa-. tives in a standing vote assured the judge that they had considered "rec. ommend" the same as take" but tha as soon as possible the word would be changed and they would sign. Tonight the major leagues signet the contract with Judge Landis, mak. ing him commissioner for seven year. [ at $50,000 year. The national agree ment will remain in effect so long a. , Judge Landis Is commissioner. Judge Landis, however, has stipu lated that his salary of S7, as judg, should be deducted from his baseball salary, so he actually will be paid onl! SAP, 500.
 | New player contracts covering wha the club owners termed "the ehtfcs O the game" were approved by tn majors.
 One clause provides that the play CTS pledge loyalty to his club ant pledges himself to the American pub lic to conform to high standards o fair play and good sportsmanship."