Show tI REINSTATEMENT OF KLING CAUSES ROW National Commission Splits With Ban Johnson the J Minority Excelsior Springs Mo March 28 Catcher Johnny Kling formerly a member of the Chicago National league baseball club will be penalized but reinstated in organized baseball some time next week but it will not be with the consent of Ban B E Johnson president of the American league The report of the findings in the Kling case will be signed by Garry Herrmann chairman of the tIle National Baseball commission and T TU U J Lynch president of the National league who with Johnson compose the commission For the good of ot organized b President Johnson will not submit a It mi ml minority minority report but nevertheless he has ha de decided decided I opinions regarding Klings desertion of ot the game last year However he says sars T Lynch Is a new now man In office and If It he had made a mistake In this case which Johnson believes he has It would only harm the national pastime for him to dis discuss cuss CUllS the National league presidents al error President Johnson who Is taking the baths here requested today that his name be removed from the report repart of the com coin commission commission mission on the Kling case I believe a mistake has been made by the commission he said but I 1 shall of ofer I Iter I fer ter er no criticism of the work of Lynch and Herrmann They constitute the majority and whatever they decide must stand regardless of anything I might say It Is best I 1 remain silent especially in connection with the convictions co of or Pres 3 ident Lynch He is a new n w mah man in the ad administrative end of baseball I have no desire to speak spek harshly of any error he may ministration make at the beginning of his ad administration administration administration Never Did Agree At no time since the Kling case came to our attention have I been able to agree gree with the other members of ot the com corn commission commission r mission I held out oat all along for inflict inflicting Inflicting ing a more severe penalty than they were willing to endorse We Ve had several meet meetings meetings i ings lags and soon it became apparent that 1 would never neer see the evidence In the same light as thy they Finally the other members of the com corn n were able to reach an agree agreement ment on what they considered a just pen penalty I alty Their Idea did not coincide with i mine But I Informed them they must return a n majority report and I would re remain remain remain main silent I learned today my name nt n had been affixed to the official report of the proceedings of the Investigation and andI I immediately took steps to prevent the I publication of the report in this manner I am willing to let the case pass without submitting a minority report but I could not stand Idly by and permit the use of my name in such a manner as to make It tt appear app ar that I was satisfied with the pen penalty penalty penalty alty assessed President Johnson firmly refused to give his opinion regarding the truth of the statement made by Charles W Murphy that he had written Kling a letter latter grant granting grantIng grantIng I ing him a leave of absence of one year Neither Keither would he say what the decision of the commission would be or how he would have penalized Kilns Kling Kim had ho he won his fight in the hearing The Tho official report of the other mem members members members bers of the commission will deal neal with these matters he said It is not right that I should discuss their findings Kling KUng No Exception Is It not true tru that on account of the prominence of oC Kling there was a tendency on the part of the commission to make maio an example of his case Johnson was asked KlIng s case was taken up in the same manner as that of any other player was the reply President Johnsons break with the Na National National National commission on the controversy came this afternoon when he made the above declaration to the Associated Press Johnson said said he was unable to agree with the commission on the amount of the fine Kling KUng was to be made to pay He Ho would he said make no minority report r but his name must not be placed upon the report It had been d there by mis mistake mistake take takeI n I Mr Johnson said he did not wish to criticise any Imy one He said he believed President Lynch was making a mistake but as he was new in the management he wanted to let him go ahead as aa he might see fit Mr lIr Johnson declined to go into 3 details HERRMANN TALKS I Cincinnati March 28 Garry Herrmann chairman of or the National Baseball com corn commission commission mission today refused to discuss the statement of President Johnson regarding the Kling case No decision has ha been reached officially of I dally daIly he said and the commission will have nothing to announce on the theca cas ea ca for a few days dars yet et Monday of last week Chairman Herr Herrmann Herrmann Herrmann mann announced that after an exchange of If views by b m mC C anu telegraph graph the na national national national commission hud had been unable to agree and end that a meeting me to consider the Cas had be been n ald for Friday On that day a long session was held Johnson Herrmann and Lynch being present At its close an nn announcement was made that no decision had been reached but that further mall mail and wire exchanges would be used In an on effort to perfect a finding The decision it was said would be given out no later than Thursday of I this week I Since then no intimation has come from headquarters here that any change of oC pro program program program gram had been decided upon and Mr Herrmanns declaration of today is taken to mean that the original plan will wilY be followed Members of the commission ex explained explained explained after Fridays meeting that a pledge of ot secrecy had been exacted from all concerned and that nothing author authoritative authoritative authoritative would be forthcoming In advance of the official promulgation of the decree LYNCH TALKS New York March 28 President Lynch of the National league declined tonight to discuss the Kling KUng case or to comment on Ban Johnsons remarks Baseball men in New York regard the American league presidents explanation as premature in that the understanding was that no formal announcement that Kling was to be reinstated with possible penalties was to be made until Friday Furthermore it Is not quite clear why Johnsons name should have been affixed to the findings at all Inasmuch as he is understood to have dissented from the majority opinion throughout |