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Show LASKER PLAN SPLITS LEAGUES. Break Follows Division Over Reform Scheme. Chicago The major baseball leagues were probably broken up on Monday and a new twelve-club league composed of the eight National league clubs and the three from the American league which have sided with them in the plans for reorganization of the game, will be organized. A twelfth member will be chosen later, it was announced. . Organization of the new league came after five American league clubs. Washington, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit and St. Louis, had refused to reply to an ultimatum issued by the other eleven clubs, giving them an hour and a half to join in the reorganization. reor-ganization. Judge K. M. Landers has been offered of-fered the position of chairman of the tribunal Hiat will govern the game under the Lasker plan. |