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Show BASEBALL WILL I BE REORGANIZED Clubs Owners Meet at Chicago to Further Plans of New Diamond Methods CHICAGO. Oct. 18. Plans for the reorganisation of baseball were to ha discussed here today at the Joint meeting meet-ing of National and American league lub pwnera B B Johnson, president vf the American leujtue. Jtiiun.l In I would not attend the inviting und thr . fte members. Wnshlngton. Cleveland. I 8t- I-ouls. Detroit and Philadelphia j who aligned themaalvaa arltb him in 'the internal Amerli .n It-ague fight last; winter, were not expected to attend j All members of the Nutlomil leajrue. headed by their prealdent. John A. H NdN' r- present .u re iepn Isentatlves of the Chicago. New Vork Koston Anierlrnn league clubs. The chief topii- was ihe Laaker plan of reorganization, which. If adopted, would place control of professional ba.'rhall inder a "rlillian" tribunal of Ihrea men not luteresled financially: I In the game. The reason ien by Mr. JeJuMOfl jfor not attending the meeiina. he said, was because he did not think It ad liable li-able at this time to dlavuaa reorganize -, Hon because of "stsrtlln" evidence h..-jaald h..-jaald might come before the Cook conn-' jty grand Jur when It r-conenes to- morrow to eontinu Its tn estlgatton of! I the baseball scandal Hundreds of telegrams and letter' 'from baseball men throughout the; jrotintry appro-lng the plan of the ea-; ea-; tAbli.ohment of a tribunal have been re-icelved re-icelved 00 |