Show JOHNSON READY TO QUIT LOOP American League Proxy Will Vill Resign Barnard I May Be Bo Successor CHICAGO Oct 13 Dy By By The 1110 As Associated As As- Associated Press HL His house In order Ban Ball Johnson stormy stonny petrel of ot organ- organ lm baseball Is ready to turn over the keys kers of ot Ills his year old office of ot pres pres- president president president ident of ot the American league Je next Monday or 15 IS days before ho he had l originally planned J Johnson gave Ra no reason for tor his de decision de- de decision cislon to speed up his resignation his parting message dwelling entirely on the future of ot baseball On Monday the board of directors of the league Frank J. J J Navin of ot De De- Detroit Detroit troit Clark Griffith of ot Washington Phil Ball Dall of ot St. St Louis and Ben of ot Philadelphia will meet with John John- Johnson Johnson Johnson son at his cill cn t v receive r his formal resignation to look over his records and possibly to choose his successor While no announcement 0 e t of the probable probable able candidates I has been made a base base- baseball baseball ball ban writers ere almost unanimous In their guess tat tl-at at It will be L. L S. S Bar Bar- card Dard president of the Cleveland club I am ant turning over the office In such shape that a 1 child could read Its Hs history President Johnson said My successor whoever he may be will have ha no trouble I hope my successor will be a strong man for tor the good of the league Without one the league can easily go on the rocks Factions I form in all an groups and one man must I dominate all al factions and have real I authority A rubber stamp president will be a a. mistake He must rule with an iron hand without regard for tor fory y friendship or factions He also waned that h the game must r Ot be kept free from taint I away from gambling and syndicating Johnsons Johnson's spectacular c and stormy storm career In baseball started In Novem Novem- November November ber 1893 when he was elected d dent of the old Western league Al Although Al- Al Although Although though the league was only formative at that time Johnson then a 1 sports sportswriter sportswriter writer on a Cincinnati newspaper took the job and ud had the league tunc- tunc functioning functioning when the baseball season op op- op cued ened After several S seasons Johnson and his friends became ambitious and decided to change the name of the league to the American league Then trouble started with the National league eague Johnson challenging the Na Na- National National leagues league's right to major league classification Scores of players were taken from the National circuit by tile the American and an for tor two years there was continual strife between the two tuo or- or ore e But Dut between 1902 1002 and 1903 seasons a pence ce parley was held and the present playing agreement was started surl ed Since that time Johnson has en engaged en- en engaged engaged in many battles with league owners fans tans and players over baseball policies He is no 63 years cars old and has no plans plaes for tor the f t ture tu e except a vaca vaca- vacation lion tion Ir lr Honolulu |