Show Johnson J Ousted As President of American Loop Loop Loo Frank Navin Takes Charge for Present Baltimore Offers Cobb to Direct Club In 1927 Jan 4 fly 21 By The Associated Press Prink J avIn ot of Detroit doday Coday od y Is acting I resident ot of the American league lc cue Byron Dyron Bancroft Dancroft Johnson who f d the tho circuit In 1900 and has been en its president ever since ha been voted a temporary vacation of ot his health Ills Ill lan tan says Johnson never again acain may maybe be able ablo to assume lila Ills hi duties of ot of the tho league Action of the eight league club owners last In relieving John on ot of his hi poet POt automatically post post- postponed postponed tho the meeting Commissioner K IC It M r I Landis had called for today at which there was to have havo been a ashow ashow ashow show down between the tho th Commis Ioner and Johnson over the Ty Ti Trig Speaker charges said ald he would have ai aiE a E statement later Inter on tho the status Matin ot these players who Johnson prey prey- previously had said would not manage American league clubs this year With the tho th I passing from league 1 at least for tor a time ot of Johnson there came from Balti- Balti ore lore tho the report that Cobb had been offered a of ot to play with tho Baltimore Orioles oC ot the league SEEKS X Jack Jacic Dunn president of ot the ort On- Onole Orl-olea Orl olM ole said aid no one ono has told him he hould not do business with Cobb He Is a II free agent as 05 far as 1 know kno Dunn said so ao I have the rIght to endeavor to sign him When Cobb resigned the th man man- man of ot the Detroit Tigers filers he said he never would play minor league baseball lie Ito had made no comment on Dunns Dunn's otter offer today A formal statement the status tatus of ot Johnson was as given ghen out following a meeting meeting- of ot the eight club owners owners owner of ot the th league last night It was the tn first Amer American ican lean league lea u meeting that has hns been attended In two years ears by Charles Comiskey owner o the th ChicagO White Sox and bitter too foo of at John son John son Mr Ir Johnsons Johnson's personal physician clan cian said the th statement tied fled to the meeting that Sir Mr Ir John John- Johnson sons John sons son's son 3 health was such that he should I Immediately take II a a much needed rest Thereupon the duties dulles ot of o the president were for tor or the time being to Frank J Kavin NavIn ot of Detroit vice Ice vie president of at the league The Che club owners revealed also that at the afternoon meeting which had been called by Johnson dent l were lold la by K he h had submitted submitted- to Commissioner Landis all evidence In n the matter mailer of the th Cobb and ond Speaker Investigations STANDS ST S PAT Landis previously had an- an announced announced an announced that ho he had made publIc nil alt the th evidence In these sos cases charges charses of ot Dutch Leonard former Tiger TIer pitcher pilcher that Cobb Speaker had played In a a fixed game gamo In 1919 on which money WaB wagered Cobb and Speaker have denied th the charges and counsel M i The Tho Immediate effect ot of the absence ab- ab absence sence of ot Johnson from the league will be that other hands hand vill draft the American league schedule which Johnson heretofore has arranged himself The Th sched sched- schedule schedule ule will be drawn by a II committee named by the he club owners last night Harry Grabiner secretary ot of the White Sox Robert nobert Quinn president ot of the tho Boston Doston Red ned Sox Box and William se secretary |