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Show BAN WINS FIRST ROUND IN FIGHT WITH 'INSURGENTS' Five Clubs Stand by American League President; Old Directors Are Ousted; Johnson Served With Innumerable Processes to Appear in Court, Whither Big Baseball Squabble Squab-ble Has Been Transferred. YORK, Dec. 10. American U'tiprue. baseball club owners, flanked flank-ed by a nqua-1 of attorneys, battled for Home hours today in tli'-lr annual an-nual meeting, aii'.l when tho ses-!irn ses-!irn endtirl, rronident II. li. Johnson was iiirrounded by a new board of directors "avorablo to his policies. The "Insurgent"' Miihfi were oitvoted on every proposition, Hit went down fighting- and serving sum-nonsea sum-nonsea which promise to carry Llie dis-I'Uted dis-I'Uted points into court whero final de-Islona de-Islona may not bn reached for months. A resolution to elect a new president presi-dent In place of Johnson vns defeated, 3 0 ,. Tho new board of directors, con-unllng con-unllng of Frank JS'avin, Detroit; lien Ulnor, "Washlnpton; Thomas Hhlbe, I'hll-idelphia, I'hll-idelphia, and p. D. Hall, yt. Touls, was leeted by tho pamo vote and Navln was selected as vice president. Tho Cleveland, Cleve-land, St. Lould, Philadelphia, Washington, tnd Detroit clubs voted In the ai'flrma-llvo ai'flrma-llvo and the Boston, Chicago and New 'fork clubs In tho negative. A resolution to play a schedule of 154 rames in 19-0. was virtually all the base-mil base-mil business transacted from the stand-olnt stand-olnt of the average followers of the ::uno. Trouble Starts Early. The session opened with a meeting of lie old board of directors, consisting of luppert. New York; Dunn, Cleveland; mtske Chicago; and Krazee, Hosion, vith Johnson present as leanue exocu-!vo. exocu-!vo. Trouble developed Immediately over be selection of a chairman and Johnson nd Dunn left the conference. Comiskey as then named to preside, although word ,-as sent to Johnson that if he would re- urn to the meeting bo could lake tho hair, but he refused. Those members present then proceeded : adoT't a number of resolutions which ; harmed Johnson with exceeding his du- ! ies as an employee of the league. The meeting of the league as a whole i allowed immediately and durlmr the first, alf hour the conference was in such an: oroar that the commotion was plainly ; udible in tho hotel corridors adjoining; ie ineetlntr rooms, while from adjacent j uarters lawyers and subpoena servers j lino and went like messengers from staff eadquarters during a battle. nto Court Now. The confusion was fo'.Iowerl by what j io of the outer eon sreirat ion termed as ominous calm." anil w hen the session -naKy ended President Johnson was one ; f i';;e first to leave and he was quick' !lowed by a majority of his supporters. : The so-called insurgents remained for irther consultation with their attornovs. 'hey refused to make any irenonil state-u-nt other than to say that the t'icht n:ld be continued and that . President hnson had been served with summonses 1 throe new lesral actions. While no authoritative outline of these' ct ions could be trained, it was under- ! ;ood that they will involve ma tters re- j jrriiiff to the locality of Johnson's Inner- t mi contract, damages to llie New York ; ub and demand for lecal fees in con- j eciion with a special in ves titration re- i irdimr an American league telegraph rvlce contract. Durincr the meetlncr, Connie Mack of the hiladciphla clul moved that a resolution -e adopted providing tor a fine vi ?IO'-0" a ay club which tampered with, any layer, the property of another club of 1 lea erne. This proposition was tabled -r a year. ta lays Case at Bottom. k- .T'.ie resolutions ailnpted by the cei'.co- ' ir board of directors referred srenerallv the Carl Mays' ease, the cause of the lit in the league ranks, and the dutit. id actions of Johnson as president. iy Thi-se were twelve in number, adopte nt They mih.t become a matter of iec-v d for future action in or out o: court v . part thev chartre an Invasion of thV iv.. !-s of the boaru of directors, wror.t; i use o:' i: moires" in:'oru;at ion. itrnorit:-'' .. directors' resolutions, refusal to ar the selection of a new- chairman of thjrh -.'.ional commission, violation of the con' tior.s ot hi en;oloyme::t hv the lea true ' :d cec'.arir.K h.ts contract of l;u eahineJE r a salary of J. 1 0.0 00 per year for twent ars as president of the irajrue. a viola-111! m of the constitution, and ordering that b-atrue funds be used for the purpost su.-h payments or any expenses rr-'d by said Johnson. i before the National lea cue c!u rKiwners-ncluded rKiwners-ncluded their rneetir.c to Jay. Ch-airmanJ :cus; Herrmann of tho national com-ission. com-ission. stated that he was willmir to rein re-in from that position which he has held r several years. In h brief speech th.c Cincinnati c!uh 'sident said that he acreed with nir,v tier members uf both ma.ior leaut'i a t no :r. a n who is a club w ; : e r it u -rested hnanciahy in baseha'd s'::ot:!. Id such a position. arry Ready to Quit. 'Thirty days hence." he said, "if cer .ions exist as they do todav, with hv""" .n in the American leairue favoring v..M :a:n:nc the office and ten club owner B. BAN JOHNSON a . . T - h 1 ; u ij 2 11 L t 2. 1 1 h v ; If f f ' ' 11 ! . - ihit'4 i I If If ? k I 1 r - s 's i v 1 1 iln both major leagues opposed to It, I will resign so as to relieve the situa- tion." This announcement came after Messrs. P. a k e r a n d V e ee k , w ho -were appointed last year to recommend a new chairman j for the commission had stated that ow-t ow-t inc. to the unsettled state of affairs in t he American league they were unable i to cooperate with a similar committee i appointed by President Johnson. They : asked that their report be allowed to re- main in abeyance. This was agreed to and the committee was continued. i President Heydler said that the unani-! unani-! metis sentiment of the league was in I favor of appointing a committee to consider con-sider a new agreement with the minor ! Ipacues. Mr. Heydler will appoint a commit com-mit tee with this object in view, to act ; w i 1 1 1 a committee from the American i leacue. These two committees are to invite a committee from the minors to a joint meeting, which is to be hold next February, wherever the American league rieohfes to hold its annual schedule meeting, meet-ing, Should the American league decide ! to hold ibis session at Chicaco. the National Na-tional leacue will go there too, for the same purpose. There was a good deal of d:scussion fibour the use of the "spit ball" and other fre ik deliveries. Every club owner went on record as being opposed to such piteh-inc, piteh-inc, and a recommendation was made to the joint rules committee to this effect. In order, however, to avoid doing an injustice in-justice to any of the old pitchers who use the suit ball, it was decided that they should be exempt. A change in the rules was adopted, maUinc a uniform rate of compensation |