The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-24
CLUB OWNERS
NAME NAVIN
ACTING HEAD
JOhnsOn's Physician Says Ban
May Never Be Able to Re-
sumo His Duties
BADLY IN NEED OF REST
Action of Club Owners Auto
matically Postpones Ses-
sion With Lands
BADLY IN NEED OF REST

Chicago. Jan. :4--LP)--Frank j.
Navin Of Detroit today is acting
president Of the AmcricAn League.
Byron Bancroft 1eAeson, who
founded the circuit in 1900 and has.
been its president ever since. has:
been voted temporary vacation"
because of his health. His physician
said johnson never again may be able
to assume the duties Of president OF
the league.
Action of the eight league club
owners last night in relieving John
son of his post automatically post
poned the meeting Commissioner X. M.
Lands had called for today at which
there was to have been show down
between the commissioner and john
son over the Ty Cobb-Tris Speaker
charges.
Lands said he would have state
ment later on the status of these
players who johnson previously had
said would not manage American
League clubs this year.
Cobb May Play With Orioles
With the passing from ieagne
councils, at least for time, Of john
son, there came from Baltimore The
report that Cobb had been offered
salary of $4,000 to play this year
with the Baltimore Orioles OF the In
ternational League.
Jack Dunn, president of the ORR
olcs, said no one has told him he
should not do business with Cobb.
''He is Il free agent, as far as know"
Dunn said, $50 have the right to
cndeavaor to sign him."
The immediate effect of the alb
sence of johnson from the league
leadership will be that other hands
viii Observation-Disclosures ,-1sea sss4a
schedule which johnson heretofore
arranged himself. The schedule will
be drawn by u committee named by
the club owners.
Ready to Ask Resignation
While the Afternoon and evening
! meetings were secret, it was under
stood that a majority of the club
owners entered the first session,
WHICH had been called by Johnson,
ready to ask his resignation. The de-
sire for their presidents scalp, how
ever, was said to have been some
wha. Modified when DR.. Robert 3.
Drury Of Columbus. Johnsons physi-
clan and part owner of the Boston
Red Sox, told the club owners that
his patient was in poor health and in
urgent need of a rest.
The afternoon meeting adjourned
with the club owners giving no ink
ling of any decision. Then the night
session was called. johnson was not
invited. Commissioner Lands and
Comiskcy, neither of whom we're in
vited to the afternoon conference.
were present at night and Lands
said that the vacation" arrange
ment, with Navin acting rs president
of the league, would be satisfactory
to him The commissioner expressed
regret of the i'll health Of the man
with whom he has been at logger
heads most of the time he has been
the high court Of organized baseball.
Will Fight to Hold Office
At the johnson home. last night;
the door was answered by nurse
who said that both Johnson and Mrs
johnson were too III tt see anyone.
DR.. Drury was at the johnson resi-
dcncc for several hours.
So far as the title goes, Johnson
remains president Of the league,
drawing his $4,000 year salary.
His contract does not expire until
1885, and his last public utterancc
yesterday was that he would fight to
hold his office until hell freezes
| over"