Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-22 | Page 12 | Johhnson Hints at "Punishment"

not necessary tor me to say anything v. ther on that point. They have called , meeting without any authority, becaraj they do i.ot possess the moral or phj53 courage to attend a session with the "tnis five club owners in t.-.e league. "I could say a lot of things about thfc unfortunate affair, but it is not my desire de-sire to disgust the patrons of the Aired. can league with this sort of stuff Jto whole affair willt be ironed out.befid time to resume operations in 1920. and! will be ironed out so completely tU there will be no recurrence of the Hal "Neither baseball nor the America league profits by wrangles of this an. The sport has enough to contend wit right now without this handicap. TS five other members of the league hn their rights and they are going to m tect them by standing by their eoaifc tions to the finis.".. ".he er.d the pro; punishment wLU be meted out to the ai who are doing so much to injure bueW and their league. " dent Johnson, according to tne constitution constitu-tion of that organization. That was the dominant feature of the American league executive's reply to the action of three of the league's directors in New Y ork on Wednesday, when they announced thej had called the annual meeting to be ne.d at the Biltmore hotel. New York, December De-cember 10. , .. .. There may be two annual meetings of the American league, but if bo the one cal'ed by the three directors will be attended at-tended only bv themselves or their representatives. repre-sentatives. The other five clubs will convene con-vene in this city, either on the first Wednesday or the second Tuesday In December, De-cember, whichever date is named by tne president. Ban Will "Disobey' At the last meeting of Charles A. Co-miskey. Co-miskey. Jacob Ruppert and Harry F razee, constituting a majority of the board of directors di-rectors of the league, a letter was addressed ad-dressed to President Johnson demanding that he submit the records and documents of the league to Nicholas F. Lenssen for , inspection as a representative of the three I directors. This will not be done. Mr. I jonnson Fa:a itwar, as ui.i c w compel him to disclose the affairs of trie organization to anyone not affiliated with the league. It Messrs. Comiskey. Ruppert and Frazee. Fra-zee. Individually or collectively, desire to inspect the records of the American league they are welcome to do so as directors or club owners, but no outsider will be granted that privilege. The league executive execu-tive will stand on the constitution ;n that matter. Everything points to a fma show down" between the two factions of toe merican league next month and a possible possi-ble clearing of the atmosphere in time to get readv for the season of 1950. If not. the future of the American league does not look rosy. Talks of "Punishment." In a statement issued from hi! residence, resi-dence, to which he still is confined by an Infection of one of his feet. President Johnson said: "The constitution expressly provides when snd where our annual meeting shall be held. Messrs. Comiskey. Ruppert and y-r3Ze know that well enough and it is JOHNSON HINTS AT "PUNISHMENT" By I. E. SANBORN. (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) CHICAGO. Nov. :i. Whatever else happens, the "official" annual meeting of the American league will be held In Chicago Chi-cago on a date yet to be fixed by Presl-