| Show JOHNSON PLANS SHOW DOWN American League Pray Proxy Proxy- Gives New Statement Statement J On Latest Scandal CHICAGO Jan 20 By zO-By By The Associated press Pleas Dutch Leon Leon- Leonard's arils arCs charges charies of baseball crooked ne crooked crooked- crookedness ness nc's s leveled a Ty Cobb and Speaker have hate finally led lcd by bya I a devious route to the throne of o the th national came game Picking up along alone the tho way oy w y and a as 08 false folse allegations In- In Involving a 0 score of other stars tin Leonard onard charges charres have havo m vo reopened between K sr f Landl Landis and President Bm Ban Johnson of ot the American league The The expected showdown may Come tome Sunday when the tho American league club owners owner meet In rial 1101 session here or It may be b the following day when Johnson meets Landis to explain statements at- at at attributed to him In the Speak Coob-Speak- er Coob el matter Bt y n MISQUOTED President Johnson last Jast night de declared de- de declared declared he 10 hid had Iad been misquoted In Ina Ina a statement attributed to him himI which suggested that LandIs Investigate Investigate investigate j I the tir world series scrIM of ot 1922 HeIn lIe e eI eIs I 4 Is sticking by hy his guns runs however howe in the tho assertion that his league o has hasen en enough ugh on Cobb and Speaker lr a as managers to keep them then out of that circuit the rest of o their thel their lives live It U t was wag for tor an explanation of on the Cobb Cobb Speaker ease a e by John Johnson on that Commission Commission- Commissioner er Landis Landl called next Mondays Monday's meeting American league club owners for the the most mo t part have hav kept silent theft thelt blans plan lans for or the Sunday meeting meet meet- meetIng Ing Some Som of them however are openly hostile to the Johnson rule Yesterday there camo came a of ot loss los of ot support of ot the league head bead from an unexpected 1 quarter Colonel Jacob Jocob Ruppert owner o of the tho Yankees and hereto hereto- heretofore heretofore heretofore fore aligned aliened with Johnson John on Rup Rup- Ruppert Ruppert Ruppert pert expressed irritation over the suggestion now repudiated that there may Inay have havo been something wrong wron with the 1922 world series In which Ruppert's Rupp rt's club was on the losing end Cobb left led his hi Augusta Ga Ca G home last night for tor Cleveland without vouchsafing any reason for the trip Speaker at Cleveland Clevelan 1 de- de despite dc spite the th edict Against him Is keep keep- keei keep l lag t In trim for the coming season Attorneys for both men and possibly pos pos- sibly Speaker and Cobb themselves el are aro expected to attend tho the Monday m meeting here COBB conn DEPARTS AUGUSTA Ga Jan Jau BY 20 20 ByTho The Associated Press Ty Ty Cobb left at o'clock this I morning for Cleveland He lie declined to die dis- discuss rus cuss th the purpose of his trip re refusing re- re refusIng fusing answers a answers to queries as to Whether It concerned develop development ment IS In- In Inthe th recent baseball scan sean scandal dal Involving him and Tris Trie Speak Speak- Speaker er |
