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Show I Heydler Puts Burden On American Coterie: Minors Should Decide President of National League Says Responsibility for Baseball Base-ball War, If It Is Staged, Will Rest With Five American League Baseball Clubs; Small Leagues Control Situation TO r CHICAGO. Oct 15. Tf the action Of eleven major leairur baseball club H owner last night In golrur on record h- favoring abrogation of the national i Agrmenl which govern professional league, results In a baseball war, the responsibility will r-t with th five American league clubs which have not -.1 !gnifw thr.r intention ( tAklng part In the proposed reorganization of nntrol of the game. I'r-ldnt John Heydler of the National league saia i t night in a Mtatcmen' The eight National league clubs and the three American league club Chi- ; cago. New York and Boston did nor d. lare war when they advocated control con-trol of baseball by a tribunal of three ! men not financially Interested In the j iiiK, but ere making a declaration : I 'Mr H vdl.-r said CHICAGO, Oct 1 Mr. Heydler .-..Id; The action taken at Monday nlsht'a sr.stdon was the culmination of careful and dlspaesJonaie deliberation of men J of unquestioned sincerity and honesty of purpose and who are determined Hhat In no other way can the revision of baseball government be accomplished accomplish-ed and the Just demands of the Amerl .1 n public b met. The men who have 10 pledged themselves constitute not only eleven-1 sixteenths of major league member-1 hip, but thc represent more than three-fourths of the capital invested In the xport They have charted their course and have compacted to see It through at all hazard. WTii I nelr g H a declaration of prlncl- aflj pies not a declaration of war Protec - live measures and ways and mean.1 however. have been provided for an eventuality. It it does mean war, then the re POnslDlllty for war must real with P those who deliberately c.ioose to rc- main aloof from the councils of the?. first friends and business associates at this time When the integrity of the B gme is at stake. 1 wish to reiterate that at no time bar. it been the purpose of the National league nor wilt it he, to In any manner J Interfere in or nU..-uor to dictate to the American league or any of Its b omponent GbuPs as to the conduct of H tb"' own affairs. We hae con lined ourselves solely to extending cordial H ItaUoi president and the club owners to meet with us. H "Speaking more personally, I do not H understand why such men us Clarke H ( Griffith and Robert " linn did n'-'i rh ir thinl trig men and basehall represents their life work. I imagine they either do not fully understand the proposition or do not appreciate the seriousness of: this situation." , & 11 l&f BALL W AH"" Probability of a baseball war was fl freely discussed by baseball men to-, day, many of them railed to te.-ttfy be-ivie be-ivie the grainj mr n c:-1 iir.i - in the baseball scandal. While President B E. Johnson of the American league re-1 fused to be Interviewed, friends of his declared an attempt was belli" made t.i oust him irom the American league, presidency. Men who were not favor -fl able to Johnson said his apparent op-' H. position to reorganisation was simply a continuation of his opposition to the Hub owners who sldee? against him la Kt winter. Some baseball men profetsed to see the solution of the problem in the meeting of minor League officials at Kansas City. November 9 sayine that whichever side th minor sided with 'would win. for the other tide would be I unable to get ball players and would i be "starved out " The eleven owner who attended 'yesterday s ennfercm e, however, haYS signed an aKrement t ria t they will 'Stick together and form i twelve CluU j league if the other five American I I league clubs and President Johnson j do not Join them in the reorganization ' plans. An ultlma'uin wa.- issued glv- I ing ihe five clubs until Nov ruber 1 . to mukc known their decision, The eleven owners will not make known their final polic y in the m.itter. until j November h. however when anotherj meeting will be held here preparator: ' to presenting the m.itti , i,. the minor league mcetlnjj the n' ' d 13 i' K in L City. |