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Show COASTERS ASK LANBiS' RULING Salt Lake, Los Angeles and Oakland Directors to Abide By Decision SAN FRANCISCO. August 2. The Pacific const base ball league telo-g telo-g raphe d Tuesday to Commissioner K M. Landls to learn whether his derision de-rision ordering William H Klopper and .Tame- i;n .v .ter. owners of the Portland club, -m.pended from official connection with organized baseball, meant that the league could have no ! dealings with the I ortland club as long I as William H. Klepper remained jts I president The directors representing the Oakland. Oak-land. Los Angeles and Salt Lake clubs, agreed to abide by Landls' ruling, although al-though they believed Klepper was ui-titled ui-titled to remain In office, but Gub Moscr. representing Portland, said he i would appeal to the eourta If the com-commlonor's com-commlonor's answer was unfavorable I The San Francisco, Vernon. Seattle j and Sacramento clubs contended that the .spirit of Lnndls' original order could not be compiled with while Klepper remained as president. The suspension of Klepper and Brewster, the former until 1925 and I the latter until l'.24. resulted from i heir transaction" With William Ker.-worthy, Ker.-worthy, whom they Induced to leavo Seattle to become manager of the Poi tin nd team. Today's action resulted from a long diSCUSSlOli at a special meeting of the coast league directors called to ratify the national commissioner's ruling. President William H McCarthy Mc-Carthy told the directors that Commissioner Com-missioner Landis had power to eject 01 r v ball lub and player ln the league from organised base bail and that for their OwJ3 protection as wed as for the good name of base ball they should refuse to have further dl ilin-s with Klepper and Brewster. |