New-York tribune., 1921-12-15

- . ~~~~~~fs 49,
=. the second time in the leagues.
,f'sr.s -, the established system of ro-
ns;s nns;sr in electing q board of directors
49, sinIsted at yesterdays mesting.
A. mss he ranks of the loyal five"
s tas hssn raduced by enc member is
sAsssatsd By the fact that Jim Dunn,
lssh y IA Cleveland club, whose turn it
s. serve on the hoard, was not
.;etsei yesterday.
n<suite this Ban Johnson's power
!. fhs board was increased as re-
= III ii the failure yesterday of Bans
,,ssransnts ~ to elect Colonel Jacob Rup-
~ VINO. like Dunn, should have
In En- named yesterday if the rule of
Es,s;an had been followed. Colonel
AK hus refused 60 serve. He is
~ 10 have been named yesterday
- +o have again declined the honor,
sns 1s;,s : to the fact that his single vote
ss.uIS have been OF no avail against
- three Johnson members of the
bedy. H.
ra.s Jim Dunn, Johnson's partner
!, ths ownership OF the Cleveland
ssSsns. was not named as 8 director
r.st.rday, lends convincing color to
ss.ssssted rumors that the two have
s,nksn. One report drifting about
sse eorridors of the Commodore yes
ssrday had 1t that Dunn and Johnson
ssys not spoken since last August
shsn Big Ean ruled IN favor of the
YANKEES in q game which the Indians
III rrosessed In the civil war which
- urscipitated by the Mays case in
ials Dunn lined up with Johnson and
iis other three followers against
Colonel Rupert, Harry Frazee and
Charles A Comiskey and has sup
ported him in every move the league
nrssident has made to thwart his op-
pcnents.
Frank J. Navin. president of the De-
to;t Tigers, was elected in Dunn's
Mace Yesterday, while Connie Mack, of
Ae Philadelphia Athletics, was named
instead of Colonel Rupert If the
eussom Of rotation had been followed
this year Harry Frazee would have
6een called upon to serve on the board.
The other two directors elected were
phiiin de Catesby Ball. OF the st. Louis
Browns, and Clark Griffith, president
of the Washington Senator's both
ssanch supporters of Johnson. Navin
vas reelected president of the
league.
Nays Started the Trouble
The election Of the American
Leagues board of directors for 1929
violated the recognized system of ro-
tatun observed in the American League
ID to yesr ago, and is q direct reflex
81 the internal warfare which swept
The isague in 1919. In July of that
Esr Carl Mays, then star twirler of
tie Boston Red Sox, suddenly left that
slub and went home, giving as his ex-
tuse that MS head was troubling him,
although it was fairly well known that
be was dissatisfied with his surround
ngs.
sisss was suspended, and while under
suspension was sold TO the Yankees.
Tsh whom Ban Johnson ruled he could
not play because he mad left the Red
Scx without permission and had given
no satisfactory explanation for his ac-
ten. The New York club took the
matter into the civil courts, and Su-
preme Court Justice Wagner finally
Issned permanent injunction restrain
Nays. A
As a part of this legal proceeding
Euppsrt, Frazee and Comiskey. who
bad joined forces in the war on john
son and later became known in the
world Of baseball as the "Big Three"
uncovered the fact from the testimony
q ban Johnson on the stand that the
president Of the American League
enned large holdings (s55, ,00o) of the
stock. ?
Broke Precedent
AZ this time the board of directors
sns!sted OF Messrs. Rupert, F'razee,
voalskey and Ball. Several times this
oosfd Of directors had attempted to
ssa Special meetings of the league to
asasn ont the Mays matter. None of
1sf notices received the slightest re-
v0use from the five supporting John
: supreme Court ruling to the effect
Mss tne American League constitution
sss.eo rs board Of directors with abso-
mse authority in government. this
sssFa 4 OF directors issued the call for
- annual meeting Of the American
ssue 70 pc held in New York in 1919.
Saas0n: olsregarding the notice of the
im.u 49, ~ directors, as president of the
q. s1ssan = League, issued the usual call
"a tas meeting TO be held in Chicago,
MA nasn tne board Of directors threat
ss ssss. = ssop the Chicago meeting on a
lrcns lra,pllacy" charge, the five broke
ssss sas and came to New York for the
sssasaag winch the board had originally
,su tsu: ~ Ials meeting broke up in a
x r ssaole any official business could
reached. Johnson and b;z &c