Show M RI AN LE GU C O NE S ELEVE EV B A N J 0 NS M OF PONE S mM Between l n di I 1 po d wm h Act S g Pres mm oner to Make I Statement nt on Cobb Cobb- Speaker Cate CHiCAGO Jan 24 Frank Franic IT or 01 Detroit today is acting prescient dent ot of the league Byron Johnson who founded the circuit in 1900 and has been leen Its president nt ev ever r since ht s been voted a temporary vacation because or of his healt health His His p sc clart mv said ld J Johnson h son nev r ni may may be able to s l e the the- the ot of president of ot the league J pr or orthe the eight club owners last t ving Johnon Johnson John John- son on oZ of his post auton postponed postponed post post- th the meeting K IC M. M 1 Landis had called for today at at which there was to have been a sI down between th commis- commis ioner and Johnson over the Ty Coob Speaker charges Lanu Landis l said sald lie he woud baye bave a statement later on the st or of these payers who JohnsOn n previously pre pre- had said would not no manage AmerIcan league clubs year COBB APPROACHED With the passing from the leaguE councils at least tor br a ume ei 01 Johnson there came from rom Bati more the report that CObb has beer been offered a o of to 1 lay Aay this year with the re of the league Jack Dunn president ot of the Orioles said no one has told hm he should not do business bUness Cobb He is a tree ag agent nt as tar far faras taras as I know Dunn said So I have havethe havethe the right to endeavor to sign him Cobb had not received the Balt- Balt more offer late last ast night Asked it if he would be willing to play for Baltimore tl the Georgian lepied a hard hald question you know Im I'm not in the clear yet That Is I dont don't think rm Im in the clear myself no matter what my I friends think But Jack Dunn Dunn- Dunn is Is a wonderful fellow I like to be in his company I cant can't say at this moment whether I would play for Jack or not If things come that wa way I dont don't know any man Id I'd rather be associated with A formal statement concerning the status of Johnson was given out following ving a meeting of the eight club owners of th the league last Jast night It was the first American Anier Amer- ican league meeting that has been attended In two years by Charles Comiskey owner of the Chicago White bitter t o of Johnson John John- son NEEDS NEEDS RES REST Mr Johnsons Johnson's personal physician phy physician phy- phy said the statement tied lied to the meeting that Mr Johnsons Johnson's Johnsons Johnson's John John- sons son's health was such that be should immediately take a much needed rest Thereupon the duties ot of the president were were- for tor the tim being to MOo Mo Frank J J. Navin avin of Detroit vice president of the league The club revealed also that at the the oon meeting which had been called by PresIdent Johnson tile the were told lIy by him that he had to Landis alT all evidence In the matter of the Colb and Speaker n LandIs pr previously had announced that he bad m made de public all the evidence In these cases charges ot of Dutch Leonard former T that Cobb and Speaker had plaY d in a fixed game In 1919 1119 on which money was wagered C Cobb bb ar and Ii Speaker hilve e denied the and The immediate effect of the ah- ah sence ence ot of from the league leadership will he be that other hands will the American league schedule which Johnson heretofore had arranged himself Ti ule will be drav dra by a committee named by the club owners last night Harry or of orthe the Robel Quinn resident resl resi cl dent nt of the Boston Red Sox Sax and William Harrl Harridge ge ns n's secretary secre- secre tary SECRET MEETINGS While the afternoon and evening meetings were secret it It- was und understood under under- r- r stood that a majority of th the club owners entered the first session whIch had been called by Johnson ready to ask his resignation ThE desire for their presidents president's scalp however was said to have been somewhat mollified when Dr fob fob- crt B B. B Drury of Columbus Johns John John- ROb I s ms m's physician and a part owner of the Boston Red Hed Sox Sax told the club I owners that hs hIs patient was In poor health and in urgent need of a a. rest The afternoon meeting adjourned with the club owners giving no ot of any decision Then the night sessIon was calI called Ed Johnson was riot not CommissIoner Landis and Comiskey neither of whom were invited to the afternoon conference were present at ng ht and Landis said that the vaca tion arrangement with Navin actIng act act- big Ing as president of the lea league ue would be satsa tory to hIm hm The Thet t cOmmissioner expressed regret ovet the ill hE health of the Ule man with whom he has been at loggerheads most of the J zu he has been the high court baseball r BOTH ILL At At the J hlson home last night the d r was sas by a a. nurse w o said Sail thai both Johnson and Mrs Johnson were too m lit to see anyone anyon Dr Br Drury was at the Johnson lesi residence ence for several hours So tar far as the title goes Johnson rel retrains I of cr the 1 league clr drawing hI a year salary His contract does not expire 1935 and hs hIs lat public utteranCe yesterday was that he would fight ht h his 8 office until hell freezes over Club owners who the were Charles Comis- Comis k key y Robert Quinn BORton Boston Bos- Bos ton Frank Detroit Phil Phil- f fIt Ik Clrk Griffth ton Jacob RUPPErt New YIt Fl F. S. S Barn r leveland eveland and ired Philadelphia Habitual Holdouts Si New NevI Contracts Speedily i iBy By- By HENRY By-HENRY HENRY L. L FARRELL United Press S Staff aff NEW NEV YORK J Jan n. n 24 Sane bu l. l jf ness men do not believe that i. i recent scandals will vill make malte base baseS bankrupt and neither do the pl pl Pera P ers era but for some reason the hi e help ot of the major league club own ers era are signing new contracts with wIth smiles 1 Bero Before e Rogers Hornsby was t traded trad- trad ad 1 ed out of the management ot of the world champion St. St Louis to the Giants end and when the Ne' Ne r P J York Yankees heard a rumOr tit Babe Babe Ruth nuth thought he might ita rb j worth 15 1000 per pel on a new con con- conI I tract there were good reasOns t believe belleve that there might be a a. c con concerted n 1 holdout movement tM tI If spring pring But when the scandals JJ opping when two of the greate j ete ns of ot baseball were eased ti f if f their Jobs and when many o the J. J ranking stars in the ga ie f were summoned to testify before before CommissIoner Landis the magnates magnates mag- mag mag nates began announcing the recel 1 of signed contracts from the most habitual salary In baseball HORN HORNSBY SIGNS 2 Hornsby couldn't get what Lh h. h tj j wanted from the St. St Louis an when he was given passage up t lb 1 river iver to New Kew York Yol It wa was though j. j i. i that John McGraw w would woul 1 have I job mOre difficult than winnIn 11 pennant in getting the prize ale el ot of the league on paper McGraw and H reached an agreement on terms aft er ci a conference of about ten nu nun II utes The signing of the ct t t to help out the photographers wa was postponed until the next day It was as reported at the time tao thia Hornsby asked for fo a yea and got it with such little error error- t that he felt he wa wag a not demanding more moze 11 1 Since then however there hat haI t been found reasons to believe j Hornsby didn't get any more the U i. he was getting in St S. L LU LUand u and that he got a raise t the shape ot of a a. bonus for tH McGraws McGraw's troubles seemed stir r when he manipulated a a 3 which he secured Burley Bu Grime Grim 11 from the Brooklyn n blab one III most notorious h louts in base h t ban ball but Grimes Grimes' act c ca dt V. V back In the next m mil ill GETS cor TRACT The St. St Louis Browns wet we 1 thought to be in a mess III George was deposed asi as manager and was threatened wH a a. transfer to some less club signed a neW contra 1 as a first baseman n for 15 1300 ot rt- rt which was said to have been a of in good d daugh ugh Ca Carl l Maya who tIed to give gi eth 1 Yankees gra gray ha hairs lS l'S when it cam Contract time was one of 01 the fJ r ii Cincinnati Reds to get on p pap pp p I 11 and Art Nehf who never has beeR been tr t thard hard haNi to handle accepted terms before be- be fore he saw his Contract eI Zack Wheat released by Brool s syn yn yn t took ok up a job from t Mack after a short telephone tal 11 3 11 |