Show HEYDLER AGAI AGAIN IS PRESIDENT OF NA NATIONALS Revival of Interest in ip Baseball Baseball Base Base- Baseball ball Is Shown in Report S 0 I NEvi V EW YORK Dec 15 The The I N National league at its ann annual l meeting yesterday extended for three years the term of President John A A. and granted to him a substantial increase in salary President Heydler's present salary Is I a year and the increase while it was not officially stated stilted Is said to have been 50 per cent The additional years will make male his present term expire December December De De- cember 31 31 1924 The new agreement with the tho American league which is to run for twenty five years was adopted and formally signed by each ach of the eight clubs and President Heydler The rhe agreement was adopted without even the suggestion of ot an amendment I BASEBALLS BASEBALL'S AN ANSWER i Baseball as lis s an an institution has re responded re re- quickly and courageously to meet an an ari unprecedented situation growing out of the discovery of crookedness said President He Heydler in his annual annual annual an an- nual report The whole governmental structure of the game has been changed to meet this issue of dishonesty within the ranks and to cope with the gamblers gamblers' attacks from without No one nee need fear tear the outcome Prior to the 1920 season our NewYork New NewYork York club barred two players for the best Interests df of the game thereby practically practical practical- ly destroying its pennant chances The Chicago club lub dropped another undesirable and successfully defended a damage suit gult uIt brought by this player The trial was wasa a a. public one the evidence presented b bythe by bythe the league being being- of such relentless force as to warrant a finding against the player by a jury of his own townspeople This ThU verdict for clean baseball proved of far fin reaching value RECORDS CLEAR At this time there persist in circulation circulation circulation tion rumors having to do with the probity probIty probity ity of several ther players Your Tour presIdent pres pres- ident has followed up each and every p tangible report of this character to th tho I end of calling players concerned before II I him for examination and preserving records records records rec rec- of oC testimony The 1920 season the president said said proved the most successful in the history r of the National league the paid attendance attendance attendance attend attend- ance being more than in excess S of the previous season During the season season season sea sea- son the clubs used baseballs an ar I increase over 1919 of This in ln increase crease was due mainly to the enforcement enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment of the new pitching rules Mr Heydler said ARE SAVED 8 I I I I I This action was taken talen as a result o of I a communication from Pitcher Bill Bm Doak of the St. St Louis club and affects besides himself his teammate Goodwin Fillingim Fillingim Fil- Fil and Rudolph of ot oi Boston Douglas of New York Grimes and Mitchell l of ot I Brooklyn Fisher of Cincinnati and lien lien- of Chicago Doak In his communication cation declared that If the spitball were I barred it would deprive those pitchers of their earning power as players President Dreyfuss of Pitts Pittsburg burg was named to act with President Heydler as asa a committee to draft the schedule for fol next season The 1920 1020 pennant was awarded officially to Brooklyn Th The new board of directors elected Includes in In- In eludes August Herrmann Cincinnati C. C H. H Ebbets Brooklyn n William F. F Baker Philadelphia and Samuel Breadon St. St Louis HERZOG AND BENTON DENTON When asked if anything anything- had been done lone in the Benton Herzog-Benton I controversy President Pres Pres- ident dent Heydler said the matter did not come up before the tho meeting He said however that the league as a league had I nothing against Herzog He said he had investigated to the limit the char charge e made by Benton that Herzog had offered a bribe but was unable to get tion Personally Mr Heydler I said he did lid not see how the lea league ue could permit the career of a player like Herzog to be I ruined by an unsupported statement He said the whole matter relative to both players would be settled before the Opening openIng open open- ing Ing- of the season There was much talk of trades among i r the various clubs but not a single deal was made It was announced that Connie Connie Con Con- nie Mack l and Branch Rickey had agreed upon tentative plans for a series of exhibition ex ex- ox- ox games in the South between the Philadelphia Athletics and the St. St Louis Cardinals The league will conclude its business to today y I I I I The me league also agreed to reimburse umpires for the difference In their cost of living last year ear and the year previous This will in no sense be a raise in salary but the amount will vill be paid to each ar arbiter arbiter ar- ar biter in a lump sum After Aller a short debate a rule was adopted permitting thirty minutes minutes' thirty batting tice tico Instead of twenty as Is the rule at present This question was brought up when Brooklyn n was awarded the National National Na Na- league pennant Mr Ebbets was sponsor and it went through sailing one magnate remarking that pi probably Brook Brook- lyn needed it after their world series showing President He Herdler Intimated that to today's today's to- to days day's session would be bo short and sweet |