Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-03-30 | Page 4 | Minor Leagues will Work Independently

Iffl LEAGUES ILL WORK liMIITLf Formal Agreement Will Be Made With National Commission, CHICAGO, March 29. Plans 'for operating op-erating independently of the major leagues were completed by a committee representing' the National Association of Minor leagues at a meeting here today. John H. Farrell of Auburn, N. Y., secretary secre-tary of the National association; Thomas J. Hickey, president of the American association, and A. R. Tearney, president presi-dent of the Three-I and Western leagues, were named as a committee to meet with the national commission, if necessary, to perfect a formal agreement. The presidency of the Western league will likely be retained by Mr. Tearney, despite the protest of K. M. Dickersqn, who held the office when the league suspended sus-pended last season. v William Rourke, owner of the Omaha club, and Edward J. Hanlon, owner of the St. Joseph, Mo., franchise, said that Dickerson had given the club owners no assurance when he expected to return from France; that two meetings had been adjourned pending definite word from Dickerson, and then, because of the lateness late-ness of the season, it became necessary to elect a president to administer the affairs af-fairs of the league.