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Show DISCLOSES PLOT FOR Till ftt LEAGUE American Association President Pres-ident Says Conspiracy Will Be Defeated. CHICAGO, May 26. Existence of a plot to wreck the American association and form a third major league was revealed at a special meeting of the association here today. The meeting was for the purpose of formally cancelling the inter-league inter-league series with the clubs of the International Inter-national league. The vote for the cancellation can-cellation was unanimous. The plan to disrupt the association was , outlined in a statement issued by Thomas Thom-as J. Mickey, president of the organization. organiza-tion. Hickey, while declining to mention men-tion the names of persons alleged to be back of the movement, said that a meeting meet-ing of the association club owners would be called in the immediate future and "all members will act in concert to defeat such disrupt ing efforts." President Hickey's statement tn part follow.;: "It is safe to say that when the meeting meet-ing is called and all club owners are present that they will stand as a body and pledge themselves to an agreement for the full protection of the American association." Joe Tinker, president and manager of the Columbus club, said he understood t lie plan for the formation of a third major league included disruption of both the American association and the International Interna-tional league. The four leading cities in each organization were to he selected to nnike up ti:e new league, lie said. In addition to cancelling the series of forty-eight games with t he 'International league, the club owners pledged tliem-I tliem-I selves to reduce the salaries of Mgh-I Mgh-I priced players L'S to 50 per cent. Players j refusing to accept the reduction will be released. |