Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-25 | Page 6 | Owners Weary of Clique in Majors

OWNERS WEARY OF CLIQUE IN MAJORS By Universal Service. NW YOHK, Nov. . .-4. William H. Tuft, former president; ci' the United St uc s mid who if. now no nine for na-tloiml na-tloiml comniissioner of professional baseball base-ball emitted no word today to indicate whether he will accept the candidacy or not. . ... Keen interest was evident m baseball clrrlrs hero over the situation which has arisen within the inner councils and the underlying causes which led lo the present movement to oust T3un Johnson, president of the American league; Carry Ti--rrnK;nn. rlmhman of thn national commission. ;.nd John A. Htydler, acting president of the National league, which three make up the commission. ' , , -.r u Uiltle iB said about HeycuVr. nut II. It. Fraze.-' and Harry W. Hempstead, who look the initiative in establishing a "pro-i?pef:slv(-" party, have considerable to say nf lnlint;nii ;tnd Hermmnn. In an ol'fieial statement it-sued by the president of the champion Boston Red Sox nad the president of the New York i limit?, appears the enlightening Information Infor-mation that these, two powerful baseball base-ball heads "intend to protect their in-teiePts in-teiePts against the continued misrule of a clique of men who have dominated the some for years." The statement says further: fur-ther: . "Johnson's word has been law in baseball base-ball for more than a decade, and Herrmann Herr-mann has done his biddiiitr as chairman of the national commission." While otlu-r club owners are not official offi-cial represented in the invitation to tx-IVeyident tx-IVeyident Tafl to become sole arbiter of professional baseball, Mr. V razee declares that he has Interviewed sevoral and all hfve agreed that a complete reorganization reorganiza-tion of the executive offices is essential to the welfare of the name. .John K. Toner's resignation as president presi-dent of the National league was said by 1 he revoHercs to have been taken because he would not "put up with the backstairs back-stairs politics of Johnson and Herrmann. " Meanwhile fans are waiting with bated breath for some expression from 31 r. Taft. I