Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1924, Page 30

L 7 300 SP Base Ball Explosion Hits Ban Joh AMERICAN LEAGUE HEAD * . IS REPLACED ON COUNCIL Letter Denouncing Man Who Has Been Leader of A By the Assoclated Press. C HICAGO, December 0 sioner of base ball, Most of the fl head of the junior circuit, which he tised by his own club owners. They replaced him on base Navin of Detroit, agreed that his “m that legislation would be adopted limiting his activiti affairs of the American League and threatened him with depo: pledged themselves to his removal or any other measure that might be oner Landis. considered advisable by Commi But they named a committee con- sisting of Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and Clark Griffith to call on Johnson, presumably to ask him not to re- sigp. They said they felt that John- son was needed in the national game and should not forsake it as a re- sult of the controversy between him | and the comissioner. The letter denouncing Johnson for his crisicism of Commissioner Landis’ administration was signed by all the club owners except St. Louis. It was drawn up after the American Teague peace committee, composed Tom Shibe of Philadelphia, Col. | Jacoh Ruppert of New York and E. S Barnard of Cleveland, had held two conferences with the commissioner to effedt a recongiliation. It was pre- sented to the joint major league meeting by Col. Ruppert. Will Support Landix. The communi addressed to the commissioner, declared that the activities of the president of the American League had created condi tions “gravely harmful to base ball and “intolerable to you." It chaiged that “our president sought to discredit your action and to cast suspicion upon the 1924 world serias,” while “vou were dealing promptly and efficiently with a most deplorable exception to base ball's honorable record The ~wub owners said no extenuation, nor did tion the “harmful effect’ ditions on base ball. teed “First. That his cease or his imm office will follow, “Second. That legislation will be adopted that will limit his activities to the internal affairs of the Amer- fcan League “Third. That any and all measures which you may deem advisable to secure the above will be adopted.” President Johnson was not present at the joint meeting when the rebuke was read. After a conference with his club owners prior to the session | he suddenly left the hotel without announcing his destination, and up to an early hour today had not been found. | The removal of Johnson from mem- bership fn the advisory council was made after an amendment was pro- posed he American leaguers to the agresment providing that any | club president could be elected to membership on the council by & ma- jority vote of its league members | in the event the league president was | not chosen to serve. Commissioner | | ion, they offered | they ques- of such con- They guaran- misconduct will fate removal from Landis, President Johnson and Presi- dent John A. Hevdler of the National | League previously made up the coun- | eil. Triumph for Commissioner. The action of the club owners was | rogarded as a sweeping triumph for Commissioner Landis, who was re- ferred to as a “wild-eyed crazy nut” | by Johnson after Landis banished | | { Cozy Dolan and Jimmy O'Connell, in- volved in the scandal before the re- cent world series. Johnson main- | tained that Landis should have called | off the 1924 world series because| of the scandal. Landis made no reply, | but carcied on his investigations and | ordered the world series played with | O'Connell, Giant outfielder, out of the | line-up. Commissioner Landis make any comment on the club owners, stating “the letter speaks for itself.” After their dispesal of the con- troversy the joint session adopted a number of minor resolutions. The commissioner was permitted to grant players the right to play exhibition games on Armistive day, provided the games were for charity. A request for increased compensation for umpires officiating in a world series was referred to the commissioner for final action Proposals that world series opening game: be alternated :_AnnuaH\' between National and Amer- ican League parks instead of decid- ing by the flip of a coin was tabled for consideration at the spring schedule men*ing. refused to | the action of | THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS BY WILL President, lzaak Walton League of America. INTER does not necessarily W refer to as “the dawn of a \\'inle'r fifihil!g, Winter hiking, Winter camping, will satisfy any out- door longing if you will let them. Of these, Winter fishing is the least satisfying. You stand there on the science, all of the skill, all of the fight, is gone. see a fish or bust, it’s better than—busting. But if you are one of the many fisher- men who enjoy fishing largely because it gives them an ‘opportunity to fre- quent beautiful streams and observe the things—animate and inanimate—around them, Winter need not seriously inter- fere with your sport. If you never have been to your little trout stream in ‘Winter, you will perhaps be surprised to find it full of brilliant green water- cress and running along unhampered by snow or fce. This happens to the small streams that come out of the bowels of the earth as springs, or as a series of springs. These Maintain an even temperature the year 'round. In Winter they send steam into the air, as though they were boiling. The trout gather in _pools, swimming around like a swarm of big minnows. It is real sport to revisit the st in Winter. You will find evidence of the presence of many small animals that you never had seen in Summer, and all in all, a Winter visit will put You on terms of familiarity with your stream that you can never experience any other way. It is not a cold job to make and eat a meal in the snow. It sounds cold, that's all. The reason we feel the Win- ter's bite so easily in town is because we do not dress for outside work and because we rush from a steam-heated office to a steam-heated car and to & steam-heated house. The periodic plunges into the outdoor temperature is ‘what makes us shiver. Junior Circuit for Twenty-Three Years Pledges Support to Landis. 18.—Organized base ball, seething since last Fall's bribery scandal, exploded last night after a hectic series of conferences and secret meetings of major league club owners here, but after the smoke had cleared Byron Bancroft Johnson was still presi- dent of the American League and Kenesaw M. Landis was still commis. ring debris fell upon Johnson, who, aiter 23 years as ball's advisory council with Frank J. T it in the house, so to speak, and w: But a few hours in the snow, prop- arly dressed (and the tendency is to overdress) seem puts us on good ! ORTS. founded, was repudiated and chas- nisconduct” would cease, guaranteéd to the internal on. They FOUR BOUTS CARDED . FOR BARRACKS SHOW Young Dencio and Indian Russell will supply the action in the 12-round feature bout of the boxing show to be held tonight at the Washington Barracks. Russell Is one of the hardest hitting | fiyweights in the business. Denc! has been promised a return bout with “orp. Izzy Schwartz if he disposes of the Indian scrapper. There should be much action in the three six-round bouts. Willie Mor- | rison of Fort Myer will tackle Kid Hogan of the Naval Reserve, Eddie | Collins of the Maryland National | Guard will face Kid Hess of Fort | Bragg and Bill Cody of Fort Myer | will be the opponent of Kid Grooves | of the Mohawk Athletic Club. WILL WRESTLE TONIGHT. Joe Parelli and Joe Turner will meet in a wrestling bout tonight at the Mutual Theater. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C GRIFF ADDS RUETHER TO VET MOUND CORPS A pitching staff long in experience as well as in talent seems to be the aim of the management of the world champlon Nationals. To Vean Gregg and Stanley Coveleskie, veterans of the diamond purchased and obtained in trade by the Washington club since the world series, has been add- ed.the 31-year-old Walter Ruether, left-hand hurler, Who has been around the big show since 1913. Ruether's purchase from the Dodg ers of the National League'was an- nounced in Chicago last night by Clark Grifiith, president of the local + ggregation, but Griff failed to state t¥e price paid. No players were in- ©Mved in the deal. Ruether, after a the Pirates in 1913, the Pacific Coast League, whence he came, but the Cubs grabbed him in 1917. They sold him that year to the Reds, and he did some good hurling for Cincinnati in 1919, winning a game in the scandal-ribbed world series with the White Sox that season. At the end of the 1920 campaign the Reds traded Ruether to the Dodgers for Rube Marquard. His first two years with the Brooklyn outfit were good ones, but he slip- ped a trifie in and last year southpawed his to elght v tories, but lost thirteen games. Dutch several years ago was rated a batter of no mean ability. He wal- loped the ball well for the Reds and 08 average with the Dodg- In 1924, however, his mark shrunk to .23§ brief trial with was returned to ers in clubbing AHEARN IS FIGHT VICTOR AS RULING IS REVERSED CHARLOTTE, N. C.. December 18.— Goldie Ahearn of Washington, was given the decision by the Charlotte Boxing Commission over Lou Gug- lelmini of New York, as a result of their fight here Monday night Announcement was made that error had been made by the judges in checking the tally sheet of Referee Grant and as a result the ringside decision was given to Guglielmini, who was unable to come out of corner for a minute and a half the end of the fourth round. The fight was one of the fastest seen here since ng was legalized last Summer. Dl Fifty Years of Base Ball One of a Series of Article: s by John B. Foster Com- memorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the National League, Next Season. to Be Celebrated XVI GREATEST PLAYERS—ALBERT G. HIS is headed by the list progenitor of recognize that fact. the league, al name of claim to recognition is paramount to all. SPALDIN G. In Albert Spalding, whose part he was the though he been successiul, in all probability, in getting the league through, as it | was the influence of Spalding with th throughout the remainder of Spaldin most successful organizer in the h In his day he was the best pitcher living in the United States, and to this day the record of his achieve ments when a member of the Na-| tional Association, from which the | National League indirectly sprang, is one of the most wonderful in the his- tory of base ball. Spalding pitched old-fashioned way. out orthodox pite delivered exactly as a bowler lets the ball go when he sends it down a bowling alley. Although the young- | ster of today may think it impossible to get speed when pitching in that manner, the truth is quite the other way. Spalding had speed and plenty of it. He did not pitch a curve. The curve was not known then. He may occa sionally have curved the ball, but if | he ai he thought it was due to “english.” Before the curve was known there were pitchers who mk»a; about the “english” on the ball, not | realizing that it was the rudiment of | another kind of pitching which they had not mastered. It remained for a ball player in later yvears than the time of Spalding to discover that the curve had possibilities and that, when mastered, they could be of great advantage to the pitcher. When Spalding did’ not pitch he plaved centerfield. He could catch fly balls well. Outfielders, however, in those days were less conspicuous for their flelding than for their bat- ting. When an outflelder made a wonderful fly catch it was received with great enthusiasm, but they did not have outfielders who could run 100 feet or more and pull the bali down with one hand, because ball players had not been trained to that sort of thing. The outfielder had to the ball in the It was straight- hing. the ball being | H. DILG, mean that the outdoorsman has to it for what the movies new day.” ice and wait for bites. All of the But if you simply must terms with Jack Frost, and we find ourselves able to go about our busi- ness of cooking and eating just as we did in the Summer time. And there is no beauty in nature, it seems, comparable to the beauty of the pine forests in Winter aspect. The brilliant greens and the pure snow make wonderful combinations—es- pecially early in the morning, when the needles of the trees are covered with frozen mist, and sparkle in the sunlight. The supervisor of the*Superior Na- tional Forest seldom takes trips through the preserve, but when he does, he goes by snowshoes, not by canoe. He is very reticent, and the only time he ever was known to “rave” about scenery was on the oc- casion of a return from one of these Winter jaunts. Winter vacations have their ad- vantage as well as their disad- vantages, It ls merely necessary to regard the snow as a friend, not an enemy, and to go about trying to get along with it, instead of fighting it, and things will work out all right. Resort bureaus say that Winter va- cationing in the North woods is in- creasing In popularity so fast that it| promises to become a major phase of outdoor life in America. _— Georgn Paris, holder of the Ameri- can roller skating championship, will participate in the meet for the world title at Madison Square Garden on February 7. | but | tory e players that held them in line, and ng's active base ball life he was the tory of the game. be a good batter if he was to suc- ceed. Captains of base ball team: thought the outficlders had so little to do that at least they should hit the ball well. Spalding could bat well in addition to his other abilitics, He took base ball teams around the world and played a game in the shadow of the pyramids in Egypt He was the first man who made a determined effort to standardize the base ball and it was largely through his persistence that the game was transformed from a contest played with any “old bunch of rubber and yarn to specified materials with cer- tained fixed dimensions and weight Base ball became another game un- der that treatment He could have been president of the National League had he desired, he would have none of it. In the later vears of the league's h it was this old-time player who. by his diplomacy, continued the life of the National League by twice tling a war with its rivals in such a ay that the organization remained intact and in professional base ball. control of (Copyright, 1924.) (Next—The second of the National League's “Fifteen Greatest Players” —George Wright.) GET OF MAN 0’ WAR CAPTURE 13 RACES NEW YORK, December 18.—Seven of the two-year-olds sired by the re- doubtable Man o’ War won 13 races on the American turf during the sea- son, First Mate being the only one of the progeny in training that failed to finish first. American Flag, by his record, is the best of the Iot, while many prefer Hisself, winner of two stakes. Others in the first crop of the great horse are Maid at Arms, Flagship, Lightship, Gunboat and Florence Nightingale. Thirteen colts and fillies were foaled to Man o’ War in his first year in the stud. One died and four failed to train or were injured. 3D CORPS BOXING FINALS TO BE HELD IN RICHMOND RICHMOND, Va., December 18.— Finals in the 3d Army Corps annual boxing tournament, in which seven professional and eight amateur bouts are to be carded, will be staged in Richmond next March. Ellmination contests will be held throughout the area, which embraces Virginia, Matyland, the District of Columbia and part of Pennsylvania end the winners of such contests will then come to this city to fight for championships in the varlous Harry F;.\_gchlegel Phil Maloney Announce the Opening of The Auto Mart Showing Late Model Used Cars of Standard Makes Only AT _ TOMPKIN’S GARAGE 17th and Kalorama Rd. Phone Col. 1470 an | Lkix\(l of | ways would never personally | Had it not been for him Hulbert would not have C Shocker. Joe Bush, Milton Gaston St. Louis spitballer. The closing of the deal with the Browns recalls the fact that the first official move made by Miller Huggins when he took over the Yankees in 1918 was to trade Shocker and some other players to St. Louis in the deal that brought Derrill Pratt to New York. Huggins did not want to let Shocker go at that time and has made more than one ofter since then for his return. The St. Louis adherents are now claiming that they got the better of the bargain in acquiring Bush, Gas- ton and Giard in_exchange for the spitball flinger. Bush iy be more of a big league veteran than Urban, but Bullet Joe is five days younger, according to the calendar. Both were born in 1892 Shocker went to the Yankees in 1916, was sent to the International League for further schooling that same season and was recalled in 1917. He was traded to the Browns GIVE BUSH, HICAGO, December 18—Urban Shocker, star pitcher of the St. Louis Browns for the last seven seasons, is again in the fold of the Yankees, ‘from which club he was traded to the Browns in the Winter of 1917-18. The expected deal was closed yesterday when the St. Louis club finally accepted the New York offer of three pitchers for TWO OTHERS and_Joseph Girard, the last named from the Toledo club, are the players given up by the Yankees for the the following Winter and has pas- tured on the St. Louis diamond ever since. i Bush, a former member of Connie Mack's Philadelphia world cham- pions, saw service in Boston after his years with the Athletics, going to the Yankees in 1922. He departed from Philadelphia when Mack broke up his team in the deal which sent Schang and Strunk, with him, to Bos- ton for Thomas, Kopp and Gregg and a reported price of $60,000. Bush went to the Yankees in 1922 with Sam Jones and Everett Scott in exchange for Rober Peckinpaugh, Bill Piercy, Jack Quinn and “Rip” Collins. According to the averages, Bush was slightly more effective last sea- son than Shocker. Bush won 17 and lost 16 games and allowed 3.57 earned runs per game, as compared with Shocker's mark of 4.18 runs per game, although he won 16 and lost games. BY H. G. SALSINGER. OGS have been a hobby with Ty Cobb for several years. D It is said that the attitude of dogs toward a man indicate the man he Dogs will shy from a man lacking in good qual- ities. If this is a true test then Cobb must rank far above par; dogs al- take to him. Strange dogs follow him. Dogs known as vicious and not to be trusted will readily trot up to Cobb, tails wagging and barking in friendly manner. He loves dogs, not in the manner of the regular dog fascier, who lik in dogs the show points. The dogs for which Cobb has the greatest af- | fection are dogs that would “get the gate" in any show ring; he never looks for the show points, but the soul,of the dog. A" noted dog judge interviewed Cobb one day. This man, wise in ken- | mel affalrs, knowing every breed list- | ed by the American Kennel Club (and | there are more than 75) asked for an | interview on dog shows and show dogs, also on fleld trials is. i Praise of Dogs. “I know nothing of show dogs nor dog shows, but I have studied dogs,” aid Cobb. “I believe dogs are among the greatest things in the world little understood, ¥ are nearer human than thing outside of human beings “I honestly believe that dogs have souls. You would agree with me if you studied them as I have. They really have souls “A” dog will live w an; h You and he set- | | protection. | arops, will die with you—vyes, sir, the dog will die with you. How many dogs have followed their masters to the grave and died there? How many dogs died soon after they passed out? You will find qualities in a dog that you cannot find in a human be- ing. No man ever had a friend as honest and faithful as a dog. There never lived a human being as sincere, frank and honest as a dog. “I have gone out hunting with m dogs. The dog on the the advantages that you have. Your feet are protected by heavy leather and thick sole. The dog has no such He will hunt until he his feet raw thistles and underbrush, and then, dragging himself home after you, the dog will wait until you yourself are comfortable; then he will come and lie at your side, look up at you and lick your hands. He is tired, hausted, bruised and sore, but ready to limp out and serve you. A Genuine Emotion. Cobb, lacking In sentiment in some ways, is one of the most sentimental of men in others. His love for dogs, his admiration, respect and esteem for thém, is deep and sincere. He has remarkable power over dogs. Had he himself trained and handled the pride of his kennels, America would have had another champion. This dog, Cobb's Hall, was a straight-bred Lwellyn English setter, by Rigolette out of Mouna. 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Both Prince Rodney and Mo- money were national field trial cham- pions, so that Cobb's Hall had almost perfect breeding for field trial com- petition. Cobb trained the dog dur- ing the Winter months, shooting over him, but when he came North In the Spring he had to turn the dog over to a professional handler during the base ball season. The field trials were held at Grand Junction, Tenn., in the Autumn, and Cobb's Hall and others were Ditted against Mary Montrose, the undefeated champion and the greatest field trial performer America has produced. She was a pointer. Under the professional handler Cobb’s Hall did not behave well. He lacked the fine finish that he showed when Cobb but even at that, heat with Mary extra heat had to the championship. previous chapter, in this extra heat the decision went to Mary Montrose. It was the nearest the famous Mary ever came to defeat, and she would have been beaten over the Tennessee |field at the trials it Cobb could have had charge of his star. “Dogs are a great thing for boys,” says Cobb. “There is no truer com- | panfon than a dog and a boy in the | company of a dog is in good com- pany. If he observes the dog, which | he will do naturally. he can learn a | great deal that will be helpful to him “Dogs are among the world's great- est instructors. Few of us realize that, but it ydu are around dogs and study them you will this to be a fact. For one thing, | dogs are much more moral than men. They have their own code and it is | the only perfect one. In other way: are dogs superior to the human be- ing. If we studied dogs more and copied some of their virtues we would {all be better off. What a précious human being a man would be who had the lovalty, the honesty, the frankness, the honor and the deep. and sincere friendship that we find in the dog!" (Copyright, 1924.) he finished a dead Montrose and an be run to decide Tomorrow: Chapter XLVIII—A Bad Loser. - TITLE GAMES CARDED IN TWO SPORTS TODAY Girl tossers of the Rosedale and Towa avenue playground teams were to meet in the deciding champion- {ship game today at 3:45 o'clock on the Plaza playgrounds. The Blow soccer eleven expected to tackle the Park View schoolboys the same place, starting at 3:30 o'clock in the third game of the elementary school titular series. N SUES PITTSBURGH CLUB. CHICAGO, December 18.—Suit for $10,000 was filed against the Pitts- burgh club of the National League, by L. S. McKenna of Cedar Rapids, Towa. He claims the money is due him for the services of E. R. Roy Elsh, outflelder for the Chicago White Sox, whom he sold to Pittsburgh on August 15, 1922 q N N N N N N E N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 2y Class!! them. The quality of Gard- it when the 2201 M St. N.W. 2 e e 2 T 22 2 T2 e 222777 222 soon discover | | Grana handled him, | | As As related in a|meeting here | i | TRAPSHOT CLASSIC , THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1924. BASE BALL IS LOOMING IN CENTRAL AMERICA MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 18—For the first time in Central American history, base “all has been recognized as an international sport. . Nicaragua's mpion baxe ball team has beem sent to participate in the Olympic games In Costa Ric This is the first time that a team has gone outside itx own borders to play with a team of another country. ° - In Nicaragua the American na- tional game hax hecome a favorite wport. Large crowds are attending the games, which are superseding cock fighting and gambling in popularity. FOUR NOTED BOXMEN GO TO NEW SCENES By the Associated Press EW YORK, December 18.—Four redoubtable boxmen of American base ball will go to new scenes for the seasan of 1925. Four years ago one of them estab- lished a remarkable world series rec- ord by winning three games and al- lowing only two bases on balls dur- ing his entire term on the mound. That was Stanley Coveleskie of Cleve- land against Brooklyn. More than 10 years ago, in the se- ries of 1913, another of this quartet carried the Athletics to victroy over the Giants in the annual pos battles. That was “Bullet Joe’ A third allowed but six hits and prac- tically won his own game in his first appearance in a world series with two triples. That happened in the scandal days of 1919, and the pitcher was left- handed Dutch Ruether of Cincinnati, with the White Sox opposing. Urban Shocker of the St Browns has pitched brilliantl major league career, been entered in world title. | Coveleskie makes his second change since appearing in the major leagues. He was with the Athletics for a few months, then went to Cleveland, where he established an excellent record, Now he has been sent to the world ' champions, the Washington Nationals. Bush journeved from the | Athletics to Boston and thence to New York. Now he is headed for St. Louis | as part payment for Shocker, who | comes to the Yankees. Ruether has been and goes to the ) deal announced 3 Louls in his but has never competition for a with “Brooklyn ationals through a sterday HAS RECORD PURSE| DAYTON, Ohio, December 18.—Th American Handicap for 1 will carry a guarantee of $2,000 in prizes to the four high men and an additional $200 Pl divided equally | among the next fen high shooters, di- rectors of the Amateur Trapshooting ociation decided at their annual The directors entrance fee raised to § The $2,000 purse would be distrib- uted as follows: First place in the grand handicap, $1,000; second place, $500; third, $400, and fourth, $100. The next ten high shooters will celve $20 apiece, This purse is the highest that has ever been offered at a grand handi- cap meet The board adopted a system of cash pur: for the liminary events, | proposed by O. Ford of Portland, Ore., director from the Pacific zone. Under this system 20 purses will be | shot for during the tourn ent, the winner in each to receive §: in gold, making a grand total of $1.000 to be | offered in gold The entrance fee was fixed at_sums ranging from 25| cents to $1, aecording to the rating of the entrants. The director adopted a resolution | condemning the proposed game re- | also stated that the next year would be re- | 1ast to approve the resolution shea: | We are going ahead | the caucus | some sad faces | of dishonest &erve—public® shooting grounds bill, now pending before Congress. The | bill provides for a Federal commis- sion, composed of the Postmaster General, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce and two Sen- ators to handle and regulate game affairs in the country | The directors of the association | claim that the bill will break down | the efficiency of State game commis- sions, divide responsibility between the State and Federal governments and create hostility between them. —_— Many amateur golers have taken up the Scotch game of curling as a Winter pastime. Why not give the youngsters what they wane? Boys® Sweater . . . $7.50 | Ice Skates....$2.50,3,5 “Blue Streak” Skates and l ‘ Shoes . Complete, $10, 11 I Base Ball Bats 25¢., 50¢c., 81 I Fielders’ Gloves : | 81, 1.50, 2.50 || I Roller Skates .?air, $2.75° I Foot Balls.....$2,38,5 Basket Balls. .. $3,5,10 I Boxing Gloves . . $3.50, 5 | Tennis Rackets $3.50¢5,7.50 | l Spalding’s catalog will help— mailed free : SPORT S. nson, Who Is Repudiated and Shorn of Power YANKS OBTAIN SHOCKER; STEP OF JUNIOR CIRCUIT | IS TAKEN TO AVERT WAR Johnson Not Placed on Skids Until Every Effor} Failed to Save Him—Landis Forced Redraft of Resolution Making It Stronger. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. C League has clipped the wings HICAGO, December 18—Convinced that it was the only way to Save base ball from a disastrous internal “war,” the Americag of its stormy petrol, Ban Johnson. But it has not forgotten the debt of gratitude it owes the pugnacious leader of the junior big league circuit. 3 he very resolution removing him as a factor in interleague affdirs was so worded as to make sure that no one forgot that Ban Johnson was the man who had made the American League one of the athletic organizations of the United States. leading here was much that was disheartening and more that was pathetic in yesterday’s negotiations that brought about the downfall of And Johnson was not made to save him, The day's proceedings started off with a visit of the pacification com- mittee appointed in New York to High Commissioner Landis. They conferred with him at length, pre- senting a resolution which deplored ! Johnson’s criticisms of the judge and promising to see that it did not hap- pen again. The commissioner told them flatly that it was not strong enough to meet with his ideas of what was necessary, and the commit- tee returned to the caucus of Amer- fcan Iseague owners to draft stronger resc@ation In a Painful Task. Johnson was in consultation with | them at that time. It was apparent to the members present that he was dwelling in the old days of base ball when he was a force in the game that had made the American League a powerfui rival to the old National, and after they hadsheard his state- ments and heard what they must do to meet the demands of the highest | power in base ball, they drafted another resolution which eventually was adopted by the joint session It was the most painful task the American League ever had under- taken. The members werefrank to| confess that it | them. But they knew they had to| g0 ahead with it or precipitate a war | that would throw base ball in chaos. | Moreover, they knew that just as| Johnson had one unshakable friend | in the American League, he also had | one implacable enemy who would | vote with the National League and provide a majority against Johnson | even aside from the final power against Johnson that resided in Judge | Landis. The implacable foe was Comiskey of Chicago. The unshak- able friend was Phil Ball, owner of the St. Louis club. Ball refused to thi eant humiliation for | ing his old friend of power, and the resolution, as finaily adopted, bere the signature of only seven of the eight American League moguls. Swallow Bitter Pil “They have made us swallow our| medicine,” said one of the American | League leaders after the meellns:.‘ “It was a bitter dose, but we shall| have to digest it the best we cap. on the next Spring ®ampaign and we shall try to forget our bitter memories of the moment by playilng better base ball next vear. Johnson still 1s a power in the| American League—but he is a power| with his hands tied When he h—{l; meeting of the league,| saying he presumed it would for him to retire so as not barrass his fellows, he left behin? and some who Lad| not forgotten what he had done for his organization. His greatest crime | was that he “lived in the past,” that! he had become a victim of his pursuit in base ball, which had to “Big Ban.’ placed on the skids until-every effort had been become an obsession with him. He was determined to punish the “crooks who had tried to make the national game a foot ball for their profit and could not be restrained SALLY LEAGUE WILL HAVE EIGHT TEAMS GREENVILLE o rectors of the South ciation, meeting here, crease the membership eight clubs, and gave . until December 24 and Green . B. C., until January 15 to decide whether they will be in the league Others clubs which will be read for the opening of the season are Spartanburg and Oolumbia, Q. Asheville and Charlotte, N. C., and Macon and Augusta, G The league will be operated mext seasen on a mutual basis. The home club will be required to guarantee $100 to the visiting club at each game the teams splitting the re ceipts on the basis of 60 and 40 per .. Dec. 18.—Di Atlantic Asso voted to in- from six to Knoxville | cent This division will apply to genera admission. The home club will re- tain all its grandstand receipts William G. Bramham of Durham N. €. was unanimously re-elected president for a period of five vears Decision was reached to open the season on April 20 and to close it orf September 12, playing six days a week, with double-headers on holl- days. It is planned gimes at Macon and Charlotte. to play the opening Augusta, Columbia LEWIS GOING TO EUROPE. CHICAGO, December 15 —Ed “Strangler Lewis, world's heavy- weight wrestling champion, will sai for Europe January 16 to meet all comers, according to Billy Sandow his manager. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F Your Old Hat Made New Again Cleaning. Blockin Nemodeling by Frperte Vienna Hat Co. 109 11th Street In the Sports Goods Section Give the Boy What He Soccer Ball Regulation size Soccer Ball, of best quality pebble grain soccer ball leather. 5 Special, $4 Others $1.50 and $5. Boxing Gloves oss’ Allleather Toxing well padded and sewn. 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