| Show I I i I BASEBALL TO TOBE TOBE TOBE BE TOPIC OF OFU CLUB OWNERS Landis and Johnson With Heydler Will Attend Annual Confab BY ny D B DVID D VID J JV V W W L II International s ber cr ice Sports ports E Editor CHICAGO CHIC GO Dec 8 Judge Landis lyric dulcet sweet on the tho tender notes will aill mingle with Ban Johnsons Johnson's and the tho basso balSo of John Jphn J A In perfect accord at tf the league baseball meetings hero here next Close harmony will 11 be the slogan and none other The judge said as much In a pre pre- pre meeting meeting Interview with the tho writer this afternoon Ho gave all rumors of Impending discord cord the merry guffaw and Intimated that Ban Johnson a aad himself were all little pals together together-or together or would be after the thO ju judge had holed button-holed the pall pair and explained all allI I am ant the victim of ot a 0 a misunderstanding misunderstanding standing he be declaimed They hey o o Iha hato made It appear that I am trying to Introduce a program ot of reform whereas In fact I dm am merely the clearing house for SUg- SUg suggested sug suggested changes were made to me mo by club owners from froni time timeto timeto lito to time and when the listas list as was com corn complete I had It sent t oi out from this office to the magnates for tor their consideration At no time did I represent It as aa my program Do Do iou ou look for any trouble from Johnson or other s 1 we e asked I have heard lothing that would Indicate a controversy of any kind Of course there have havo been rum rum- rumblings rumblings rumblings but I don t scare at rumbles any more I 1 have hove been gh ghen gien en to te that It Is h my desire to take control of and regulate the umpires Noth Noth- NothIng Noth- Noth Nothing ing lug could be bo farther from front the truth Just at present the tho umpires through some Borne oversight 0 have no source of redress In case aso of dis- dis disputes dis disputes with league presidents Just Justas Justas as II a matter of or common Justice I think that m my office should be constituted a court of appeals to settle the difficulties of this kind This This as S a II condition Is much to be desired over ch ll cl II action In Inthe inthe Inthe the courts which might follow If Ifan ifan Itan an umpire Is treated Meantime the trade winds blew all 11 o gently around the lobby ot of the congress c No one knew an- an any any thing and and proceeded to pro pro e e it with the first three nords 1 It waa as a bit ture for tor the major leaguers to appear and In Inthe inthe Inthe the absence of McGraw RIcke Rickel Dreyfus Herrmann and other ora- ora orators orator ora orators tor tors business was wo i a-i lILt flat as ag a po policeman's Instep Most Moet of the meg mas- natu nate are aro expected tomorrow and It ItI Itis ItIs I is possible that when Rickey and come como together the LImo deal will be bo reviewed at least leant in a Ideal conversational son sonso McGraw however Is In expected to turn up musing altogether Harry Williams William and William Mo Cathy Mo-Cathy o Cathy over the presidency of the Pacific Coast I league were on hand band r breathing de do de- de defiance deI fiance flanco and the tho polluted I con Un gent to tho lobby Both had to wit That one point they thoy would win their case when It came before the board of or arbitration on Mon Mon- Monday Monday I dayI I day dayI Frank Chance now new manager of the White Sox Sox Box WM 1188 we among amol those present and Indicated a desire to toj hear what Miller Huggins and Clark Griffith might have havo to say by way of trade trado proposals Dill Bill Killefer of the Cubs stood pat chairs being scarce and withal oc- oc occupied occupied oc occupied Brother Drother Wade of o Seattle was around and about Sinister Dick Kensella of ot the Giant organization was the only Now New York but Secretary Jim Tierney and JUdge X McQuaid are due tomorrow Tom Torn Turner scout o of I Ithe the Athletics tiptoed Into the tho 1 his his- per knowingly of Di Big Big Deals that Conle Conie Mack Is about to close Clarence Rov Rowland land American league umpire was nas present for no reason at t all although It was said that Clarence knew something of the reported effort to bu buy out outI I Roger oger holdings In the Toledo club Roger values those holdings at It is alleged Ho He seems to have havo large Ideas IdeM Other American association a tid- tid tidbits tidbits tid tidbits the he of bits had to do donith nith Ith presence Jack Hendricks of or Indianapolis Cap Neale of Louls Louls ilia and Otto Miller late lamented manager managar of the Atlanta club Otto It Is 11 whis 1 whispered red pored Is to be bo appointed manager or of the St St Paul team oi of o the Amer Amer- Amer- Amer American iran ican association The smiling countenances of Clarke former l Pirate man man- manager manager ager tiger Oscar of Los An- An Angeles Angeles An Angeles geles Doe Doc Doe Strub of or San Fran- Fran FranCisco cisco Cisco R 0 O Honey Haney millIonaIre owner of the Wichita rails club Harry Leopold of ot iton Galeston 1 W WH I-I I Lane of Salt Lake City and Cal Ewing Esing E old war horse of Oak Oak- Oakland Oakland land were also alao noted n |
