Evening star., 1927-11-03
SOX ARE P[ACATED
WITH JOHNSON OUT.
Comiskey Again Co.operat-
ing With League, Now
That Ban Is Gone.
BY JOHN II. FOSTER.

n YEW YORK, November S.-Co.
N incident with the retirement
.9 VI of Ban johnson as president
of the American League and
the election of Ernest S. Bar.
nard of Cleveland as his successor,
the Chicago American League club
again will return TO active participa-
tion in the leagues councils.
For some years the league has been
divided on a seven-to-one basis. Any.
thing that was proposed by johnson
or that had to do with Johnson would
find the Chicago club either not vot-
ing or opposed. 1t was this severance
of relations between Johnson and
Charles A. Comiskey, the owner of the
White SoX. that gave the American
League more than one anxious mo.
nent when it was fighting for posi-
tion.
There was little danger that the
league would be injured so far as it's
circuit was concerned, but the league
always was jealous of it's prestige and
some of its members snorted with
indignation more than once when
Johnson's policies and politics were so
baked that the American League
seemed to have been left in the back.
ground while the spotlight was shifted
to others.
United Front Due Now.
From this time forward there is apt
to be less of that. The league is ex.
pected to he united as an organiza.
ton and not to dread that its policies
may be embarras ssed because of the
Johnson-Comiskey feud.
When the National League passed
its famous resolution pledging itself
to the reelection of Commissioner
Lands some two years in advance of
the expiration of his term of office,
some American League members
fairly tore their hair in rage. They
thought the National League was
guilty OF discourtesy while Judge
Fuchs of the Boston Nationals, who
engineered the matter, thought the
National League had shown itself
four times a better politician than the
American League. Politics is mostly
the business of Mr.. Fuchs.
The American League learned that
Comiskey would go with the National
and would do anything to keep Ban
johnson under foot. Then some
American Leaguers criticized Comis-
key about as freely as they had criti.
cized the National League The re-
suit of the ComiskeyNational League
alllance, however, was the reelection
of Landis last Winter.
With Barnard now president of the
American League Comiskey will go on
in harmony with his other club MEM
bers. And as likely as not it will be
the "Old Roman" who will lead the
van for the American League-for he
Is very touchy gentleman when his
dignity is trodden down too heavily.
Announcement by the Athletics
that Ty Cobb will not play with them
in 1928 was foreshadowed back in Sep
tember. 1t will be observed, however.
that the Athletics will have to obtain
waivers on his services, as they would
do on any other player. Cobb cannot
get his unconditional release unless
waivers are obtained. Despite his
great reputation, it is very doubtful if
any club in the American League will
pay the waiver price to get him.
The engagement of Jack Slattery,
Boston College base ball coach, to
manage the Boston Braves, carries
with it not much hope that Boston
will get out of the second division next
year. Experiments by which an out.
slider Is brought into the major leagues
to manage a ball club have a remark.
able record of running true to form
they almost never succeed.