THE BEE: OMAHA. VEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1920.
1 Loyal Five9 Declare Ease Ball War Against New Circuit
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Prepared to
Give Battle,
Declares Ban
American League President
Says Clubs Will Be Estab-'
lished in Cbicago, Boston
s And New York.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 9. War to
ft finish was declared here today by
Tresident B. B. Johnson of the
American league and liis five "loyal"
club owners in the fight against the
formation of a new 12-club league.
President Johnson declared that
clubs would be established in Chi
cago, Boston and New, York next
season to take the places of the clubs
that have joined the "new National
league." ' - "
"We are prepared to give them
. all of the battle they want," , Presi
dent 1 Johnson declared. "The
American league is going'about its
business and will have clubs in the
v tight cities which have composed
its circuit for years. We will not
back up for a second.
War is Best Cleanser.'
"War, in my judgment, is the best
cleanser. I am for t as I believe
it will clean up base ball like it
cleans up everything else. What the
game really needs is to be cleansed
of some of its undesirable club own
ers, ho have been a detriment be
cause they openly allowed gambling
in their base ball parks.
yThe National league never had
any stomach for a tight. It is an im
possible organization," he continued.
"Its politics ruined the old national
commission because John K. Tener,
the former league president, could
not get along with Chairman Herr-.
matin of the commission.
"The five clubs in the American
league which remained with me are
the only decent element in the
, major' leagues. They have fought
with me to stamp out the gambling
evil. I got no assistance whatever
"from -the others."
v Was to Address Meeting.
President Johnson was to address
the minor league officials this after
noon. Ben Shibe and Connie Mack
of the Philadelphia club, Clark Grif
fith of Washington, Bob Quhi, vice
president of the St. Louis club;
Frank Navin of Detroit aW Richard
Lane, secretary of .the Cleveland
club, were in the party with the
American league executive.
, George W. Miller of Chicago, at
torney for the American league, de
clared today that the National
league and the three American
j league clubs which withdrew went
into the meeting in Chicago yester-
, day determined not to. treat with
the majority members of the Amer
ican league on any basis but the
Lasker plan.
'I talked with the eleven club
owners for two hours," , Attorney
Miller said. "I suggested that we
not decide at that time whether we
reject or accept the Lasker plan.
Our club owners were opposed f5
the Lasker plan for this reasoi by
( polling the votes of the 16 major
league club owners the minority of
the American league could upset the
desires of the majority. I suggested
1 ihat we get together. It was im
possible." New League a "Joke."
.'Bob Quinn, personal representa
tive of Phil Ball of the St. Louis.
Americans, said "a 12-club league
is a joke. It can't be done."
, Branch Rickey, vice president of
- the St. Louis Nationals, said "a
base 'ball war would be ill-advised.
.''I sincerely hope matters can be ad
, lusted 'to the satisfaction of both
sides."
s The invasion of the major league
I'-otnciais overshadowed the affairs of
the minor leaguers, but they went
into convention determined to op
! pose adoption of the Lasker plan
' , for base ball reorganization.
f M. H. Sexton, president of the Na-
tional Association of Minor leagues,
joined with the minor league officials,
who expressed opposition to adop
tion of the - Lasker plan. He said
, hevwas confident the minor leaguers
would "steer clear" of the. major
league political situation. .
Should Select Experienced Men.
"Iff is absurd." he declared . "tn
think there are.no base ball men
fitted to tak charge of the sport,
and that we must seek men outside
the fold to govern this snort. We
have men who have spent 20 years in
the game and are fully capable to
serveon the new National commis
sion. Why should we select men
who are unfamiliar with the inside
workings of base ball? 1
"I feel sure that the minors will
vote, to stay clear of the dispute
which threatens to disrupt the ma
jors. We have got along pretty well,
and until there is harmony within
the Hanks- of the majors I do not
ihink we should take sides.
"Just because a few players were
found dishonest is no reason why
the management of base ball should
be judged dishonest. It is ridiculous
to think that yce should be so in
capable of handling out own affairs
that we should needhe assistance of
Judge Landis, General Wood and
Dthers mentioned for appointment to
the high tribunal."
Elliott to Meet Prehn.
Des Moines.xNov. 9. Guy Elliott.
Collins, la., welterweight and Paul
Prehn, inter-allied middleweight, will
(peet in a handicap wrestling match
at Collins, on the night of November
16. Prehn agrees tcrihrow Elliott
in ninety minutes or forfeit the
m.-tch. '
'Babe Ruth Will Play
In New Ball League,
1 8 Edict of Huston
New York, Nov. 9. Determined
to take Babe" Ruth, home run king,
fntc the new ljase ball league formed
yesterday in Chicago, regardless of
claims made by leaders of the "loyal
fivr" that he belongs to the Ameri-
fi n 1affii unr1r fnrmer rnnfrnrr
was expressed today by Vice Presi-
u..,... f ,ul V',l,.-
3tnt Huston Of the Yankees.
Thev won t Ket'anvthinsr like as
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Appointed Chairman
New Base Ball Body
d'uel
Federal Judge Kenesay M. Landis,
who Monday night was tendered the
chairmanship of a new base ball
board of control at a salary of $50,
000 a year. Judge Landis said he felt
honored by the offer and asked time
to consider it.
Saints May Lose
Berth in League
Lack of Interest in Western
League Ball at St. Joseph
Said to Be Cause.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 9. Club
owners of the Western league held
their annual fall meeting here yester
day and adopted tentative plans for
the 1921 campaign. There is a' possi
bility that St. Joseph, Mo., may lose
its franchise as a result of the lack
of interest taken there last season.
President Tearne was empowered to
completcthe circuit for the 1921 sea
son and indicated that the St Joseph
franchise might be awarded to anoth
er city. Nothing definite in this re
gard will be done, however, until the
schedule meeting after 4he first of
the year. ,
The club owners also decided to
lengthen the 1921 playing season two
weeks longer than the last season.
The pennant race will be opened a
week earlier than usual and close a
week later, but a 154-game schedule
will be played the same as last sea
son. Under the new arrangement, a
large number of double-headers will
be eliminated. i
The 1920 season was the biggest
from an attendance standpoint in the
history of the league. - President
Tearney's report thaN the eight
clubs drew 600,000 persons This is
an increase of SO per cent over the
1919 season. The Tulsa club led
in individual club attendance with
134 000.
Rejection of the Lasker plan of
base ball reorganization in the minor
leagues seemed yobable tonight.
Claiming that the proposed plan, adopt
ed by the National League club, ownem
nnd thres American League club3 In Chi
cago, provlde8 1or (tovernment without
representation, the advance suurd of
minor league officials declared they would
oppose every move of the major leagues
t present the plan for adoption tomorrow.
The stand was taken hat tho Minor
leagues are ranable of governing them
selves "and that they would continue to
direct their own flfairs.
Pavld L. Fultz, president of the Inter
national League characterized the action
taken in Chicago today as childish."
"It seem to mo to be conclusive evi
dence that the eight national league clubs
and the three from the American league
mod somebody to run their affairs." Mr.
Fuita said. "The split of tho Major
league was a 'childish' piece r.t action.
However, H will have no effect on us. W
shall continue to ' take care of our own
interests' as we have done In the past.
There will be no chance of the Minor
l'-agues adopting the Lasker plan."
A. R. Tearney of Chicago, president of
the Western and Three-Kye leagues, and
ar aggrsslve leader in Minor league af
fairs, definitely committed himself as op
posed to the Lasker plan. Hedeclared that
the Minors are not suitably respresented.
Christy Mathewson
Recovering Health
New York, -Nov. 9. After 'a year's
fight against tuberculosis Christy
Mathewson, one-time major league
star pitcher, today was reported re
covering at Saranac Lake. Although
he still spends his days reclining in
a darkened room and his strength
will not permit of the fresh air cure,
the affected right lung has improved
under gas treatments, his fever has
vanished and he is gaining in weght
and strength, his phyisician said.
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JbeSporting world?
Answers to Yesterday's Question.
1. To determine fielding averages di
vide the total of putouts. assists and er
rors into the total of putouts and asslsta.
2. A passed ball Is not scored as an
error.
3. A catcher does not get an error on
a wild throw to catch a runner unless the
runner advances another base on the
tfcroir.
4. A batter Is out If the ball hits him as
he misses the third strike.
5. Ritchie hasn't won a decision over
Leonard.
6. In J917, the Stanley hockey cup was
won by the Metropolitans of Seattle,
Wash.
7. In doubles tennis players must re
ceive tho service alternatively.
8. Robert 4. Gardner was runner up In
1916 when Evans won the amateur golf
title.
. Michigan's eleven !n 1919 lost te
Ohio State, Chicago, Illinois and Minne
sota. 10. Princeton beat Tale in 1919, 13 to
(. because of a misdirected lateral pass.
New Questions. )
1. When did Babe Ruth smash Cobb'
record of 147 runs scored in a season?
2. How did Ruth make his 144th run
of the 1920 season?
3. Where did Vt. Worth, of the Texas
league, finish in 1919?
4. How many times has Ft. Worth won
the pennant?
i. Mow many points, did the United
States score In the Olympic track and
field eventa?
6. What nation was second In the
Olympic track an! field events?
7. Did Molla Bjurstedt lose a set In win
ning the national women's tennis title?
fa th Untud states win the'tus
sot war ,n th 1920 Olympiad?
. What Is Jess Wlllani's reach?
tux
.1-l.Ho? -lnn wa" Stanley Ketcheii
mmaieweignt champion?
ICopyrUht. 1820. Thompson Feature
Minor Leaguers
Are Opposed to
New Lasker Plan
Executives of 21
Leagues
Meet at Kansas City for An
nual Meeting All Are
Against Reorganization.
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Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 9. War
clouds loomed dark for the propon
ents of the I.asker plan for base ball
reorganization when the presidents
and club owners of the 21 minor
leagues of the, nation mef in conven
tion here today to vote on the pro
posed civilian tribunal as the su
preme governing body of organized
base ball.
When the committee of three ap
pointed by the "new National
league," organized yesterday in Chi-
caeo. arrived nere to present
the
Lasker plan for the consideration of
the minor leaguers indications were
that it would be overwhelmingly de
feated. Thf minor league leaders de
clared themselves capable of settling
their own disputes and conducting
their oTvn affairs.
The committee which brought the
announcement of the action of the
eight National league club owners
and the three club owners of the
American league in displacing the
present structure of the major
leagues in favor ofa 12-club league
governed by a civilian tribunal, con
sisted, of Garry Herrmann, chair
man; Barney Drcyfuss and Charles
H. Ebbetts. These representatives
were prepared to offer the minors the
opportunity of selecting an associate
member of the national board of
control under the Lasker plan. ,
Minor Leaders Opposed.
Thomas J. Hickey, president of
the American association; avDid L.
Kuitz, head of 'the International
league, and A. R. Tearney, president
ot the Western and Three I leagues,
all recognized leaders in minor
league affairs, were unanimous in
expressing their disapproval of the
Lasker plan.
"To have the major leagues select
the officials to govern us, would be
merely ''to go back to the old sys
tem from which the minors with
drew last winter," President Hickey
said. .
"The major leagues do not have to
select the members of the new com
mission for us. We are capable of
t-.iking care of our own ..affairs.
Twenty-one minor leagues finished
the 1920 season and 37 are ready tp
start next season.
"We employ more players than
do the major leagues combined; we
have K least as much money in
vested and never will consent to a
scheme by which we would have no
voice in the selection of the men to
handle our affairs.''
With a revolutionary movement
sweeping the major leagues, the
minor lcjcues "themselves started a
campaign involving a shakeup withal
m ?heir own organization
The movement contemplated the
removal of John H. Farrell m Au
burn, N. Y who has been secretary
and treasurer of the association
since its formation 20 years ago, and
the election' of M. H. Sexton of
Rock Island, III., as his successor,
May Promote Sexton.
Sexton for a score of years has
be:n a dominant factor in minor
league affairs. For several years he
has been president of the National
Association of Minor Leagues, an
honorary office without salary. His
supporters claim to have enough
votes to insure his election. It is
planned to vote him a salary of
$7,500 and moye minor league head
quarters from Auburn to Chicago,
Exposure of crookedness in the
world's series of 1919 has been
greater beneht to the minor leagues
than the major leagues, in the
opinion of President Fultz of the In
ternational league,
"The banishment of the guilty
players, the exposure of the whole
vicious plot, will impress- on our
voung players the seriousness of
their duty to the game more than
any talks by the managers and plder
players could convince them, said
t-ultz.
Shannon Wins Over
Jack Lawler in Bout
St. Louis, Nov. 9. Eddie Shannon
of Portland, Ore., was given the
Pawspaper decision over Jack Law
ler of Omaha, Neb., in an eighttound
bout here last night. Ihe men are
lightweights.
Grid Injuries Prove
Fatal to Missouri Boy
St. Louis. Mo.. Nov. 9. Edward
Bohn, 22, of St. Louis, left half back-
on the Missouri School . of Mines
eleven, died in a hospital last night
of injuries received in a game with
Warrensburg normal school team at
Rolla, Saturday. Bohn's spine was
fractured when he was tackled.
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Big Boxing Bout
To Be Held July 4
C hicago Xrlbune-Omaha Bee Leatsed Wire.
New York, Nov. 9. Jack Dcmp-sey-and
Georges Carpcnticr will fight
on July 4, in an otudoor amphi
theatre not many minutes removed
from Manhattan. This information
comes from an authoritative source
and the official announcement, is
expected to be made in a few days.
The temporary structure will seat
in the nighborhood of 100,000 per
sons and the prices will probably
range from $5 to $10, with the
choice ringside places bringing all
sorts cf fancy prices.
Speculation is rife as to where
this monster showground is to be
located) .and while many think the
Polo Grounds will be the spot selec
ted, there are others who think that
the $1,000,000 quarrel will be sent
over to Jersey.
the promotesT are as yet most
i reticent about announcing the date
ana
place for the fight of the cen-
rury,
, But Te Rickard is very hope-
vful that the contest can be staged on
Jrrdc.pendcnce day and,- the genial
i Tex does not anticipate any trouble
about obtaining the necessary license,
and with a location seating 100,000
persons, Tex believes that prices can
be arranged within the means of all
fight fans.
Bout Ends in Draw.
Tulsa, Nov. 9. Jack Thompson of
Philadelphia and "Pinkey" Lewis of
Oakland, welterweights, boxed a
12-round draw here Monday jiight.
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Defeats Leahy
In Third Round
Local 'Welterweight Floors
Opponent With Left to
Stomach, Followed by .
Snappy Jab to Jawi
By RALPH WAGNER.
Fighting with a style that smacked
strongly of Mike O'Dowd, "Kid"
Schlaifer, Omaha welterweight box
er, knocked out Jack Leahy of Win
ner's. D., in the third round of their
scheduled ten-frame bout, the main
event of an athletic show staged last
night by the Douglas County Post
of the American Legion at the City
Auditorium.
Schlaifer did everything to his
northern opponent the Marquis of
Queeubiiry rules would allow.1 fie
spent a minuteVof the first round in
getting set for Leahy's left jab and
after evolving a defense for that
poke proceeded to make the evening
a sorrowful one for his foeman.
The Omaha fighter started the
fighting (by handing a stiff jolt on
the Dakota boy's jaw. .eahy re
turned by sending over a left that
landed on Schlaifer's lar. The latter
planted another blow on his oppon
ent's jaw and then Whipped over a
right under the heart, and followed
like ji flash with the same fist to the
jaw.' Leahy crumpled up in Schlaif
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er's corner and took the count of
eight. Both boxers were on their feet
when the bell sounded. ' V
Takes Count of Seven.
During the second round, Schlaif
er backed Leahy into the fornie-r's
corner and showered the northern
er with rights and lefts to the face.
Leahy tried to stave off the attack
of his opponent, but accidently
stepped out of the ring. Schlaifer
then repeated his performance of
the first stanza and planted his left
uT Leahy's stomach. Leahy fell to
the floor and was on his hands and
knees when the bell ended the round,
as Referee Tommy Ryan's arm
swung on the count gt seven.
In the ihird round Schlaifer
siafted forcing the fighting con
tinually and pounded Leahy steadily
nbcut the stomach until the latter
dropped to 'the canvas fc -a count
of nine. "He shifted his attack to
the face as soon as Jiis opponent
was on his feet and soon had him
haignig on. The Omaha boy again
sent over hi, left to Leahy's stom
ach and followed with snaopy rights
a'ia lens to me lace-, i-caiiy
crumpled up on the canvas and
look the count. y
Schlaifer was a veritable wildcat
in action and refused to be fore
stalled in his battering attack In
the, three rounds the local Hebrew
lad worked coolly with left and
r'ght jabs as Leahy rushed in to
land The "Kid" worked hard, at
close quarters, but at a long range
was at a disadvantage.
Bruno Wins Decision.
"Young" Bruno was awarded a
decision over "Kid" Flood in a six
rcund preliminary, the Ifirst event
on the card. The bout was a give-and-take
affair throughout. Bruna
used a short left jab that rovt
cktd ms
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Important Bouts to
Be Staged This Week
Novvember 10 Billy Britton
aga'nst Mel Stevenson, 10 rounds
at Chanute, Kan.
November 11 Jimmy Lanning
against Dudley Steels, 10 rounds
at Iola, Kan.
November 12 Benny Leonard
against K. O. Loughlin, 12 rounds
at Camden, N. J.
November 12 Ritchie Mitchell
against Joe Benjamin, 10 rounds
at Milwaukee, ,
November 12 Pinkey Mitchell
against Eddie Kelly, 10 rounds at
Peoria, 111.
November 12 Ned Coogan
against Rocky Kansas, 12 rounds
at Baltimore.
opponent several times during the
mill.
"Battling" Malone of Omaha, hit
' Young" Gibbs, who hails from Pro
vidence, R. I., with everything but
the water bucket-in the first round
and after he floored his opponent
three times, the bout was stopped.
Harry Reed of Lincoln and "Bat
tling" Strayer of Walthill. ended
their eight-round bout on even terms.
The boxers fought cautiously, from
gong to gong. '
Eddie Creightcn, "Spike"' Kennedy
and Jack Shannon acted as judges,
while Tommy Ryan f Ryan's Ath
letic club of Des Moines refereed the
bouts. ' '
Jake Isaacson, chairman of the
Legion's "athletic committee, stated
following the show that 'Kid"
Schlaifer would meet some ood boy
: his w-eight in another athletic en
tertainment to be staged soon at
Fort Omaha.
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x Pulitzer Air Speed Race
New York, Nv. 9. Fifty planes
already have been entered for the
Pulitzer trophy airplane speed rac
at Mitchel field on Thanksgiving
day, it was Jearned today. Officials
of the Aero Clu! of America expect
that Sadi LeCoinle winner of tht
Gordon Bennett cup at Etampes,
France, in October, will enter with
in the next few days.
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