Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-22 | Page 12 | Old Roman Calls Ban 'Impediment'; War is Declared

OLD ROMAN CALLS BAN 'IMPEDIMENT'; WAR IS DECLARED American League Split Wide Open When Com-iskey Com-iskey Publishes Statement Saying Johnson Must Be Removed; Owners Propose to Protect Their Financial Interests. if for no other reason than that we are interested t:i conserving the properties in which we are vitally interested." Com iskey said the board of directors had attempted to inquire into President Johnson's "perpetual franchise to act us president of the league, but that President Presi-dent Johnson at no timo appeared before the directors. The board of directors issued a call 1 for the annual meeting of the league to bo held in New York December 10. Comiskey said, "because Mr. Johnson had not seen fit to issue a call for the meeting." CHICAGO, Nov. .1. upen wanare -tweer. President Ban Johnson of the American league and the faction fac-tion composed of Charles A. Comiskey. Com-iskey. owner of the Chlcago'club: Harry Frazee of Boston and Colonel Jacob Ruppert of the New York club, flared up tonlgnt when Comiskey issued a statement charging President Johnson with endangering endan-gering the integrity of baseball. "We have reached the conclusion. Comiskey aald. "that Mr. Johnson Is endangering en-dangering not only the value of our properties, prop-erties, but also the Integrity of baseball, and we therefore intend to do everything possible to rid organized baseball of the Impediment which we believe is now attached at-tached to It. : "Mr. Jacob Ruppert of New York. Mr. H H. Frazee of Boston and Mr. James Dunn of Cleveland and myself are the present directors of the league. We are the owners of properties worth at least several million dollars. Mr. Johnson has no property Interest In the American league or In any of the Individual clubs constituting that league. It Is fair to presume, therefore, that we are Interested