Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-12-14 | Page 31 | [Illegible] Dispute may Help Game

ffispint k n m .feeling Among Magnates , Expected to Produce i Keener Rivalry. ! ..FVr YORK. Pcf. n.-rroWent R:m nf the Aineriain lOiiRua mado 1 move in .,. K,. flB.,t with , T York club yesterday, when It was v'ounoed that his attorneys had taken i "pCa from the decision of Justico i" Jlr In the Carl Mays case. Mr. John- !?? a intlnvited when ho came here , 1 "rMca to th league meetlnc on I m,rt,v'"that no appeal would be ! W ,nJ his secretary. William liar- Sf'thf letal fight would be continued. L", intimations were taken as an ;, !on that Johnson would nrooably ' fi M-iV case drop and thus take a t-e'n "toward restoring normal con-E con-E n the leafrue. The time limit for Zg the Weal expired yesterday and . .'the courts closed Mr. Johnson s at-. at-. ihf.i their appeal. They served 5 V appeaf to the appellate divi-? divi-? . rrt 1 from the order made by Jus-. Jus-. fra-ner granting a temporary in-.vtlon." in-.vtlon." pencil,!: the trial of the case. jint Early Trial. ttornevs for the New York club stated iv that thev would grant no extension ii'me for the appeal, as they want to I 'u come to trial as soon as Poss;-The Poss;-The appeal will prohah.y be heard ie time in January. Whether Justice tier's decision is sustained or not. Mays case wilt eventually come to I "and this means that the third place lev which is claimed by tho Yan- 6 'will be held up until the case is " j;v settled. i . 'the meantime, the New York club s " irncvs will carry the claims of the , York club for third place to the rts, and it Is not unlikely that the troversv will drae for a long time, sldent 'Frank J. Navir of the Detroit !? while he was in this city at the '"ue meeting, made a proposition to ' New York club to split the third money. This offer was flatly re-Id re-Id by the New "York club on behalf te plavers. The amount due the play-is play-is something like 515.000. i Compromise Likely. U talk of a reconciliation with John-is John-is frowned upon by the three insur-t insur-t clubs. New York. Boston and Chi-5. Chi-5. and if Johnson shoilid call a spe-meetlng. spe-meetlng. Colonel Houston said to-that to-that the three clubs would not rec-Ize rec-Ize his authority by attending. They ime that the February schedule meet-will meet-will be called legally, as authorized :he constitution, and they do not ex-: ex-: to meet their fellow club owners un-that un-that time. he "insurgents" mean to stick to their J campaign in their effort to prove : Johnson" is holding office under his led twenty-year-tenure contract. existence of such a contract Jenied by the "insurgents" and all jntns thus far to have Johnson pro- e the paper have been unsuccessful. Curb Ban. joking from their present attitude, "insurgents'' do not plan to show any rter until they bring about a condi- . In the league where its affairs will Br.ducted by the board of directors and :- by the president alone. the present strained relations should iflue after the baseball season opens : summer, the pennant fight is sure iww the effects of the ill feeling. The U -iis will battle with bitter rivalry and the American league pennant win-the win-the Chicago White Sox. the Yanks ' 'Boston on one side and Cleveland and , . rolt on the other the games promise - levelop into real battles, i: dere is already bitter feeling- between .. 'Tanks and the Detroit players over ... roll's protest of the ihird place mowey. . . no malter how this is settled it will I'll long time before the bitterness dies