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Show BASEBALL WAR OPENED WITH BOTH SIS ASKING SUPPORT Eight National League Clubs and Three American in "New National League" Wait for Federal Judge Lantiis Tn Accept $50,000 Job: Five Clubs Loyal To Johnson Meet Today CHICAGO. Nov fl With the major ma-jor leagues engaged In a baseball war. .declared yesterday, both sides were making eftorts to obtain allies and munitions. : The eight National league clubs and three American league cluWI New 'York, Roston and Chicago, having the "New National league." which is to be ;a twelve club circuit, today awaited word from Federal Judge Kenesaw M lindis to whom last night they tendered the chairmanship of a new baseball board of control at a salary of $30,000 a year. Judge Landis aaW he felt honored by the offer and asked time to consider it. B. K. Johnson, president of the American league, five of whose clubs. Cleveland, Washington. Detroit, Phils,' delphia and St. Louis, have supported him loyally In all baseball disputes. f. last night for Kansas City where the miner league cluba wens to meet today. Johnson was expected to use his influence with the minors to re-JfeCt re-JfeCt the civilian board of control as he and his five American league sup- : porters had done. lit KI OF ( ONI IK l The new board of control to be cum-posed cum-posed of three prominent men not financially fi-nancially Interested in baseball, has been known as the leaker plan, because be-cause 1? was proposed by A. U. Ias- !ker, a director in the Chicago National Li ague club. President Johnson and his loyal supporters sup-porters opposed the plan of taking control out of the hands of the men who have Invested their money and time in th game. All parlies agreed, however, that sime form of reorganization of baseball base-ball w.is necessary as a result of the grand jjury exposure of crookedness In connection with the 1919 world serlea-iTaVlng serlea-iTaVlng definitely adopted the l.is-ker l.is-ker plan and a twelve club circuit I President John a. HeydJer, of the -'a-tlonal league who also will head the Now National league," and Hank O'Day, veteran umpire, conferred to-daj to-daj regarding umpires fur the new i igue. The "New National" sent a delegation delega-tion to Kansas City to invite the minor ! leagues to come into the Linker, plan The minors were to he invited to name an associate member of the new board of control which is to be compose I 'of three members. The chairman 'i term would be for seven y..irs. it was announced that the twelfth member of the new league would not I be a it now in any minor league circuit. II was said clnj would be placed in one of the five "loyal" American Ameri-can league ities. The American league club was aid to plan Installing new clubs In Chi-cago, Chi-cago, New York and Hoslon. Thai Would give each of those cities Ihrei major league clubs. ISAM HALL U The situation under u baseball war' would be Similar to that of I914rl9i during the life of the Federal laftgUC, I a number of whose club owners and, players returned to the old leagues after two years of harsh competition and a vast expenditure of money. i hone two years of war, it has been estimated by persons familiar with the iiitmr. cost between $3,(K0,00 and $4.- 000,000 The two years' fight involve. I numerous court oroceodlnea in which attorneys reaped harvests in fees as did bail piavers in increased salaries KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Ntfv. 9 War! clouds loomed dark for the propnm ntr, of the lisker plan for baseball re- j organization when the presidents and lub owners of the twenty-one minor leagues of the nation met in convention conven-tion here todav to vote on the pro-I pose. I civilian tribunal a Ihe supreme governing body pf organized baseball, i When the committee of three ap-pointed ap-pointed by the "New National league" j Organised yesterday in Chicago, arrlv-l ed here to present the Iaskcr plan for the consideration of the minor b aguers. indications were that it j would he ovcrwhelminglv defeated. The minor league leaders declared themselves capable of settling their own duputcs and conducting their onn sffalra The committee, which brought the announcement of the action of the ' eight National league club owners and j the three club owners of the American Ameri-can league In displacing the present Structure of the major league.. In fa-1 or of a twelve club league, governed by a civilian tribunal. consisted of tiary Herrmann. chairman, Karney Dreyfuss and Charles II. Bbbetti . These representatives were prepared; to offer the minors the opportunitv I of selecting an associate member of the national board of control undei uii Lasker plan Thomas J Hlckey. president of the American association, David L. KulU. head of the International league, and a R Tearney, president of the Weal ern and Three I leagues, all recognised leaders In minor league T.iir-, . r-unanimous r-unanimous in expressing their disap-i p royal o( the Lasker plan. "To have the major leagues select the officials to govern us would be merely to go back to the old system from which the minor w ithdrew last I winter.' President Mickey said. "The major leagues do not have to select the members of the new commission com-mission for us. We are orapable of; taking care of our own affairs. Twen- ty-one minor leagues finished the lfiU'i feasor, and thlrtv -seven are ready to start next season. "We employ more players than do the major leagues combined: w e hve at least aa much money invested and, i. ever will consent to a scheme H hlch we would have no voice In the' selection of the men to handle our affairs." af-fairs." NKYS Mn F. With a revolutionary movement w-eping through the major league, the minor leaguera themselves staiiel campaign involving a shake up within with-in 'heir own organization. The movement contemplated the removal re-moval of John EI. Pa rre II. of Auburn. N. V.. who has been secretarv and treasurer of the association since Its formation twenty veam ago, and the 'lection of N. H. Pexton. of Ttock Island. Is-land. Ill , as successor. Sexton for a score of years has 'en ; i dominant factor in mjior league ai-1 ' fair. For several years he has been president of i lie National ilio'i, of Minor leagues, an honorary 0 Hi I without salary. His supporters claim ;to have enough votes to insure his reelection, re-election, it i planned to vote him 'i salary of J7.50O and move minor league headquarters from Auburn to ' Chicago. Exposure of crookedness n ihe I world's series ..i 1919 lUtfl l"" n I zr ii-,er ii-,er benefit to the minors than the major ma-jor leagues, in the opinion of Presi- dent Kuitz of tin- Internationa l igt I The baui'hment of the guiMv players, the exposure of the whole vi-j vi-j clous scheme, will Impress on our young players ihe seriousness of their duty to the game more than anv talks J by managers and ihe older players could convince thgm," s;ild I'ultz. CHICAGO, Nov. 9. -i n do every-thing every-thing in my power to help make base- I ball worthy of the name it has borne all these years, but I Just can't decide I such a big thing rlpht away,)' said I Judge Kenesaw Mountain Ijindls. (when offered the chairmanship oi th liicw baseball tribunal "The proposed ;plan should be a great thing for th" I game." As chairman of the tribunal Judge Landis Would receive M.'.u'J'.i nior. a year than he gets now. |