Show II COMMISSIONER ER lANDIS LANDIS REFUSES REFUSE S TO COM COMMIT IT HIMSELF HIMSELF ABOUT 1927 PL LEA VES PROBLEM I UP TO BAll ClUBS ClUBS' Ruppert Criticizes Nation Nation- Nation Nation- I a al Leagues League's Action As Premature 1 By Ji HENRY NRY L. L FARRELL r d Press Presa Sports Editor NEW YORK YORI March l 8 United Press Press ess Commissioner loller Landis Land Is ha has erased to commit himself about hIs hs v 1927 when his Contract as ns the the head o of organized base baseball alI expires After Atler the American has league refused re re- I fused to V tC the National leagues league's a ove In indorsing his With the that thai 1 tf contract ont act be e ext nd d ten years Ule Commissioners on only Ony Y com comment men t tas fas a Its up to them whether the they Inc r It If lie Jle h leagues agues resolution Cared the sam meaning as Its ds the National eague wants hella to remain as the f. f jiner oner and I if several moves PS made i the American league are l the e American league wants wants' no noi 8 i of I LandIs and Is or the commissioner of gO OUGH POSITION unel jonel Jacob Ruppert the re- re R le owner of the New l ew ork olk tees speaking for the American hie Ihfe club owners criticized the tIle Honal leagues league's action netlon as being and intended tl to place e e American eague league in n a a. false Calse po potion t tion as being antagonistic to J Ifcher b r not connected I 8 Uy with ther league also ex- ex r sed the opinion th that t the Na- Na a- a tl leagues league's action atlon looked ked like lub was being shown to threaten American league and reprove e Johnson Its president I was reported la later ter however U t the commissioner ha had at- at r t i that he might resign ghe e private practice of law taw and ande National e tea a ue wanted to get t df on re record ord as his staunch super sup- sup TC er as soon as possible 4 Tee Tee- row between the two leagues fJ ott Vl permitting pitchers to use re ln on the ball is believed gento gen- gen tAlly to be about a very minor ue tue but the magnates do ho not d big things to fight about ab m They ley are much like hike that old Harp CV The said The Irish are ale the only 16 who need n nothing thing to fight t tt REPROVE RULES TE The opposition of the American I to q the rule approved ed by the thet rt t rules Committee pernil permitting to use resin on the ball was wa wasen en 11 only as an excuse to hecl heckle le dis Adis phe he he commissioner It will be re- re I led pd d. d cast the de deciding vote In ta- ta of ot the r resin sin rule when the two e g es were tied In a deadlock here ere re are numerous complications n from the American leagues league's sa to acce accept t the resin La ball bail II rule ehle Fule le will be oe on the books book's and aud vm Ihl there be to prevent ar an league pitcher from flom using the in-the b the ball or demanding resin the the- unwire umpire lre i Ei pea pea to the commissioner r be the result In either case O c certainly woud have to toL toJ J L fOY r the rule having haIng voted for Inception fur b same same thing would result If It two wo leagues got into a TO row ross the use of resin in the worlds world's fres I s. s I t Is apparent that hat the opposition the ite he league to o the hc resin rule will willai ai nothing In n the long run and there th re is anything behind the opT op- op T U t t- t twill will ViI be b brought to light ie developments |