Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1942-03-01

BALTIMORE, Feb. 26-(ANP)
Reelection Of the entire slate
of officers, headed by Thomas
Wilson, president; tribute to
Louis "Santop" Loftin famed
catcher who died two weeks ago,
and the report Of the league
treasurer which showed balance
for the first time in the history
of the association featured the
two-day meeting of the Negro
National league held at York no
tel here Saturday and Sunday.
DR.. j. B. Martin, president of
the Negro American league, who
is a Republican candidate for
Cook County commissioner OF
Illinois with the endorsement OF
the Republican committee, head
ed a party of three who repre-
scented the western loop at the
session. Others included DR.. S.
B. Martin, owner Of the Memphis
Red -SoX, and Tom Baird, Of the
Kansas City Monarchs.
Ban Ethiopian Clowns
DR.. y. B.. Martin addressed the
group and obtained joint agree
nfeht. with the. Negro National
league by unanimous vote, ban
ming any; league clubs from play
ing the, Ethiopian. Clowns and
teams bearing the name Of, ."Cu-
bans. with the. exception OF
Alex Pompez'S Cuban Stars which
issa member of. the National
league. - =, .s,~s., = ;. =. : :.
The two leagues. also agreed
to give the Negro American league
sole promotion rights. in St. Louis,
formerly a N. A: l.: city, but now
an open city. The, st. Louis
Stars, formerly. a N. A. L. team,
has disbanded and its. owner, Al
len johnson of Mounds. Ill., is
now. associated with James Sem
1er,. Of the New York Yankees.
Charles Mitchell, formerly. man
ager of the Stars, represented
Mr.. johnson at the, meeting and
along with Senior were dele
gates for the Black Yankees.
Status Of the st. Louis players
will be decided Saturday in Chi
cago when the Negro American
league holds its second meeting
Of the winter. However, DR.. ].
B. Martin, president, made it
plain to Negro National league
club owners that all of the form
er st. Louis players were the
property of the western loop and
could be transferred or traded to
the eastern loop only by consent
Of the N. A. l..
A world series between cham
pions of the two leagues was de-
cided upon with complete ar
rangements to be made at the
East-West game which will be
held in Chicago in August.
Promises to Cooperate with Press
Complaints from the Negro
press for lack Of cooperation by
the league was made by Joe Bos-
tick and Dan Burley, New York
writers, and Art Carter, Balti-
more and president Of the AM
erican Sportswriters association.
The league voted to extend full
cooperation to the Negro press and
to take action on a constructive
plan for publicity releases sug-
gested by the newspapermen, at
the next meeting.
Action on a franchise for the
Pittsburgh Crawfords, newly-or-
ganized by Gus Greenlee, form
erly president of the N. N. L.,
was also deferred until the next
session to be held in Philadelphia
en- Feb. %. Greenlee, i'll in Pitts
burgh, was unable to attend but
was represented by John Clark
and Robert Allen.
The entire slate of officers,
Tom Wilson, president; Ed Boil
den, vice president; Cum Posey,
secretary treasurer was reelected
on Sunday after Saturdays ses-
sion was recessed on this point.
Objection against the election OF