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Show j j 'SUPREME COURT" OF )SEBALL WORLD I 7-x: vvsvj' yy.ity --t ..wtvv- Nationnl Commission Divided by Decision Which Permits I Johnny Kling to Catch for the Chicago ; Cubs This Seann. Till! Nathmal Ciiimutr .Ion, I oitipoi eil of loury lli rimiiiiti. pi. si, I. ul of the I 'i.-lM Milt t Iti'ilM. TliolllilH J l.yitrll, priabbtit of th" NnMi.lial leliitile, nml Hun II .I.iIiiimiii, ii, -.i.lriil of the Aiiu ili-aii liami". nlti-r month of ilia- UHhloti. ban iln I.I, .1 to lei .lohliliy Kling . al.ii for the Chli uiio I'uba 1 he llliillng of III" riiuiluli-nliiii la hut Kling ahull lay from hla own oi k"l n Hue of $?ni; that Ii ,1 inn not piny with tiny other club for a year, and t tint the (iilengn club ahull not pay Kling more than Il.r.oO a year. Probably no raae bua ever roini. be fore the National cotniiilaHlotl, "Hie atipreme court of bnaebnll," Hml attracted at-tracted ao much attention. Kvery bnae-hull bnae-hull fan knew Hml Kling wna without a I r as a cutrher. Ilia work with Iho Cuba, wliimra of pcnniiiita and wnrld'a rhnniploiialilpa, waa a aland nrd of excellency nt which young calcbera nlnied. With him nut of the gnmti thn Cuba fell to aeeond place In Iho Nationnl lengiie race lasi year, and while Archer and Moriiti did ex cclleiil -wurk behind the but there were ninn) who anld that Kllng'a absence ab-sence cost Murphy's club the National league pennant and probably the world's rhnuiplonahlp. Whether Kllng'a abaence from the game fur a yenr will Interfere Willi hla pluylng remains re-mains to be aeen He plnyed a few guinea Inut year and It wua bernuao he was aaaocluted with some Ineligible players that hla raae took on a more serious aspect-It aspect-It waa claimed that Kling had written permlaalon from Charles W Murphy, prealdent of the Cuba, to re main out of Hie game for a yeur to take milfe of bin billiard 'until If. KntiMliClly, Inn Kling waa ulialile to proiluii the letter when the eninuila aluii ncil fur II. Iluweier. iwn Knit ana Clt apiiillng wrllera mail.' a 111 limit tht they hud m en the letter before be-fore KBig lot II Mllipliy ploiluced a ropyif Hie letter. Hie getiulneuiaa Of W llllt W lia tlllt Ullt-nl lolled It ws over the putilahtuelit that wna tote meted out to Kling Hint Hie Nntlolia coiumlaalon hud Ha w rangle. Joliuans- who, by the wny. la not ftleudlfto Murphy-wnnieil to Impoao a beni tine on Kling llerrinnnu, the cliuliuau and Lynch, the other member, mem-ber, woild not agree tu thla, ao when he wrlti ii agreement wua prepared It wna suited only by Herrmann and l.ynrli, iibnaon objecting lo bis name being aJucued to It. KUnt niitiounccd that he waa ready lo start training with the Cuba at otre, and. having prncllced dally In k'nnaiia City while waiting for the conituUalon lo render lla deiialon, will lie In good condition before the aeaaon Is far advanced. With Kling. Archer. Morun and Needhutu as cnlebera, the Cuba are etmngcr In the buekatop department de-partment than any oilier club and Chi cage tuna are prt-dlrlliig another wnrld'a chantplonablp for the Windy City It la not unlikely Hint tbo rnae him started a row In the Nitllonal coin nilulon that will not be eually patched our and fans are expecting further trouble In that annual body "I h. Hove a nilatuke bua been ninili by Hi" coinmlaaloti," aulil linn John sou. "but I ahull offer no crlllclam nl the aurk ol Meaara. Lynch and llerr uiiinn " |