The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-24
Baseball Owners Plan
ToSelect Car TODAY
Ford Prick and Le.li.
O'Connor Are Leadin,
Contestants for Post

CLEVELAND, April IN
Baseball's major league oun,-.
will attempt to select a Comn';.'
sioner tomorrow but TO-DAY t.
were still as far from one n,;e s
as last November Is when .sa
death of Kenesaw Mountain .r s;s
vacated the office for the first ,;r
since it was established "A ys., s
ago. IVA"
The. majors four-man COMMIT.
tee, appointed to sift the long III.
of candidates, will make its reno. s'
And that is where the certainty -.
tomorrow's session ends. Ever ~,
quartet, composed of Alvs Brss
ley Of the Cleveland Indians, ~.
Barnes of the St. Louis Brow,
Sam Breadon of the St. IoW,
Cards, and Phil Wrigley Of ii.
Chicago Cubs, has not decides
definitely whether it will pressT,
one or several names to the OWN
ers.
That decision probably ~m
made when the committee bolS,
its final session two hours betors
the moguls closet themselv., =,
Hotel Cleveland.
Neither was there any Indicate,
whether the committee was consi1
ering an active baseball man ,pr,
as President Ford Prick o, No
National League; Leslie O'Connor
former secretary to Lands and
now a member of the three.m,n
body ruling the sport; or one 0,
a large group of outsiders that in.
cludes James A. Farley, Senator
Albert (Happy) Chandler of Ken.
lucky, Paul McNutt and torme,
Gov. John w. Bricker of Ohio
There was some talk OF naming
a duration Commissioner with
O'Connor the chief candidate. Pro.
ponents of this plan pointed out
that many of the country's best
men are tied up in war work and
would not be available for so in.
portant a job at this time. Tn.
position pays $4,000 annually.
On the other side, however, were
owners led by Horace Stoneham
of the New York Giants and Larry
MacPhail of the New York
Yankees who were outspoken y
their belief that a Commissioner
should be named at once. This
group said it had lined up six Nat.
ional League owners and at least
three American League presidents
who were in favor OF locking
themselves in the room and no!
coming out until a man had been
selected.
eff ever baseball needed a Com.
missioner it does now" sad
Stoneha;n. eve do not necessarily
need policeman but now is the
time for baseball TO plan on eX.
panding and the man we select
Should be good at promotion-one
that can sell baseball to the pub
lie"
But even the men who favor
naming the Commissioner tomor'
row are not together on the >}sn
they want. Farley, who at one
time tried to buy the Yankees,
would like nothing better than to
have the job for baseball is his first
love, bat men close to him say he
would not take it because the SAL
airy doesn't match his present in'
come.
Rumors today were that Chand'
Ter would accept if selected while
Prick remained still in the running
with O'Connor the most prominent
darkhorse either on a short OF
long term basis. Frick lacked only
two of the II votes necessary 70
elect at the February meeting ana
| it may be his hackers can rally
enough votes to put over the Nal
ional League president. BackeH
of O'Cpnnor maintain he is me
one man who knows the JOB De-
cause of his long association WIN
Lands.