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SPORTS _The Part 4—4 Pages WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY Sy Shae 1927. 923, Ban Johnson Faces Hard Fight : “Dirty Foot Ball” Charged Against Princeton TEST OF STRENGTH IS DUE | WITH BOSS OF BASE BALL Commissioner Lnrndji; -l;;nrnailrleriVl;;l, But Americanj League Head Asserts He Will Continue to Talk | “For the Good RELAY QUARTET AND DASH MAN WHO REPRESENT G. U. ON TRACK THIS YEAR By the Associated Press. HICAGO, Januar greatest battles of vear in base ball confront Byron Bancroft Johnson founder and president of the American League. If he wins the support again of his | league club owners in tomorrow’s se- | cret confere he still will have to | face Monda, clash with Commis. | sioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. | The commissioner has demanded to kpow why he was not informed of all the circumstances of the lism sal of Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker, in- | stead of being handed only the sinuations of crookedness alleged Dutch Leonard. To answer this question at Mon- | day’s sessipn President Johnson has summoned all his club owners to a conference tomorrow, except his an- | cient enemy, Charles A. Comiskey, | owner of the Chicago White Sox. Uncertain As to Support. Whether the club owners will stand | back of him in the dispute with the | commissioner, President Johnson to- | night admitted he did not know. All| of them but Phil De C. St. Louis Browns signed a memoran- | dum to Commissioner Landis two | vears ago assuring the czar of or- ganized base ball that they would see that Johnson would make no more public criticism of the commis- sioner. On the other hand, all of the seven magnates called for tomorrow’s ses- sion approved of the dismissal of Cobb and Speaker last September at a conference here, when the com- missioner was given Dutch Leon- ard’s evidence—letters from Cobb and | ' “Smokey” Joe Wood. Back of these charges of Leonard, which President Johnson has declared he does not believe, is a plain story of incompetence as big league man- agers that the American League ex- ecutive said shouid convince any one of the justice, of the league’s action. Landis Remains Silent. Commissioner Landis refused to- night to comment on recent develop- ments in the Cobb-Speaker situation, which has been overshadowed by the expected test of strength between the American League executive and him- | self. " .. Monday's - session, ‘which will | be open to newspaper men, he said, will be in the rose room of the Congress Hotel, Many famous . political battles of Republican national convention ses- sions have taken place there. Half a dozen prominent base ball men' already have been mentioned | for Johuson’s job, including even one The | his 31 Ball of the | of Base Ball.” Mr. Johnson intimated tonight, he will > with his boots on, and not resizn nder fire Ban Denies He Will Resign. for time, the veteran Ame League head answers with an em- phatic negative to questions about his & Born in Cleveland in 1866, Johnson vas drawn into professional base ball by his most bitter enemy in base now, Charles A. Comiskey, who was then, 1893, the head of the Cincinnati club. At Comiskev's in tion Johnson became president of what was then known as the Western League, which was merged into the present American League in 1900 Any renewed effort of the American League directors to throttle their executive, along the line of the action two years ago, will not be acceptable, Johnson declared tonight. e is go ing to talk “for the good of hase ball,” whenever he sees fit, he said “T am going to report to my league directors tomorrow.” President John- son said tonight, “that in transmitting the information of Dutch Leonard to isisoner Landis 1 only ng out the orders off the former hoard of directors of the league. If was a nistake somewhere, T don’t see how the mistake was mine Johnson Won't Be Muzzled. “As far as making statements about base ball matters, I expect to keep on discussing base ball, openly and pub- licly, for the good of the game, as long as I am in it. 1 have never talked except for the good of base ball, and I'm not going to shut up now. “I do not know what the directors will decide tomorrow, about their own actions of last September, in voting to send copies of the Leonard letters to Mr. Landis, but I know there will be no resignation offered by me. “I can see no affront to the com- missioner in our action affecting Cobb and Speaker. They were incompetent, and we let them out. They can have no quarrel with the league now, as 1 See it. If they wish my personal vin- dication, I do not believe they ever were crooked, and I have said so all along.” . PHIL BALL OF BROWNS STILL BACKING JOHNSON . 'LOUTS, January 22 (®).—Phil Ball, president of the St.. Louis Browns, would make no public state- ment as he arranged fo leave tonight for _Chicago to attend the American League conference tomorrow, but the Post-Dispatch safd it was known Ball ould fight to the last ditch on the ide of Ban Johnson. | 3 st-Dispatch sa be- of his own league's club prrsldenlfi.l E. 8. Barnard of Cleveland: ‘but if his long regime is ended tomotrow, | s, lieves K. M. Landis, base ball com- missioner, had not kept faith with the Americah League. WORLD RECORDS BROKEN; G. U. RELAY TEAM SCORES By the Associated Press NEW YORK, January 22.—Bob McAllister, former “flying cop,” set a new world indoor record < for 100 meters in the first of h series of three dashes at the Brooklyn College games tonight by sprins »g awad from a classy field in 1¢ Jackson Scb” finished two with Chester L.sM.. York A. C., third. The outstanding surprive of - the| gameés was the defeat of the Boston College one-mile ~relay team Georgetown. Jimmy 'Burgess, anche man for the latter array. came from | 30 vards behind to nip McKillop at | the tape in a whirlwind finish. O'Shea, | Semanski and Swinburne were other | members of the Georgetown quartet that ran the race in 3 minutes 26 2.5 | seconds. James McHugh of Georgetown, was | third in the 100.vard dash handicap | that was won by H. Schuster of St.| Joseph's C. C. The time was 10 25 | seconds. Officials _announced Meyer of the Newark had set | a new world record 100-meter hurdies indoors when he dash-d over the sticks in 13 seconds. Lawrence | of Princeton was second and Tom | Farrell of Newark A third Alan Helffrich, crack middle-dis- tance star of the New York ¢ uncorked ‘a_ magnificent sprint to beat Willie Sullivan of the Paulist A. C. to the tape by a single stride in the Brooklyn College 1.000.-yard run. John O'Nefll of the Newa ) third. The time was 2 minut seconds. = Leo Larri of cago A. A.. winner of the event last | vear, did not defend his cup. GENE SUGGESTS JACK | BOX TOURNEY VICTOR ampion, . McAllister, | ®f the New that Herb | A for By the Associated Pr "CHICAGO, January Gane ney. heavyweight champion, partly agreed today with his conquered rival, JackDempgey t Jack should not be required to go through elimina tiom mertes for another chance at the title, “T like Tex plan,” Tunney over en route t Ny, “but 1 dom't think ought to be included in that the others eliminate themselves for the right to fight Dempsey. Then 1 will meet the winner of that match.’ "But Dempsey can have his return matoh direet if the tournament does not develop a satistactory ck Tunney, who completed his ville tour at Minneapolis, Tun Rickard's said, in a brief stop. East to Poughkeepsie it, except wore ed by an opponent’s head in his :(‘::gnednxhibilbn. He joined Billy Gib- son, his manager, and Tim Mara, New York sportsman, here, and said that all his differences with those two had been - satisfactorily arranged. ' A new agreement which will give Gibson 15 per cent of his ring earnings and 10 per cent of his vaudeville contracts is sald to have been signed by Tunney. ITHACA, N. Y., January .'['.' 44#7. - ale tonight broke a string of 24 suc- !‘:&’,;\'e gdeleal& in intercollegiate elimination | Dempsey | | Diaster over his eye covering a wound | By the Associated Press, BOSTON, January 22.—E. M. Wells of Dartmouth hung up a world rec- ord for the 45-yar: he raced over the sticks in 5 onds in his semi-final heat opening event at the s door meet of the Mas cil, Knights of night, Fifteen minutes later, in the fi heat of his cvent, Wells again raced to the tape in 5 4.5 seconds, J. 8. Collier of Brown, with a 3. . finished sec nual in. chusetts Coun Columbus, here to vard nd in the final heat. Jim Ballantyne, Harvard star, finished third. 3 yards bahind. Wells ran from seratch. Wells continued his terrific exhibi tion by again racing over the 45.vard bigh sticks in 5 4-5 seconds in the final of the New England A. A crateh event, leading competitors by al yards. The victory gavedim the New England indoor title to add to his world, record laurels. COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Catholic University, 35; Washington College, American Ridge, 14, Georgetown, Philadelphia, Villanov: University, Blue 17 2 of . 31; George Washington, St. Joseph's laryvland, 34; Georgia, 3 ennsylvania, 32; Nav 3 4; Virginia Poly, Northwester ertime). .+ 41; Duke, 11, ecticut Azgies, 39; Harvard, Ambherst, 23; Boston University, 32; Clark, 27, Denison, Wooster, 30. W 1 Reserve, 13; Akron U., 31, Oberlin, south Carolina, 21 4. 2. n, Shepherd 16. 3; S Colleg: Vanderhilt, 3 “ Wofford, College, e, 46; Gettysburg, 29, : Nebr 3 ka, 34. 0rnfilng\’kle College, 9. th Dakota : Michigan Aggies, Yorth Carolina State, 41; “/nml Yale, 21; Co Dartmouth, St. Xavier, 5 i, 20, Princeton, 25. St. Louis Universi- Westminster, Chattanooga, 4 Georgia Tech, 16; 16. _Washington and’ Jefferson, 33; West Virginia, 17 Wilmington, 28; John Carroll, 26. Ohio Wesleyan, 50; Wittenberg, 34, University ‘of 'Utah, 35; Montana State University, 22, Louisiana Stafe, 23; Louisiana Col- e, 20. g Mississippi. A. and M., 23; Tulane, HANOVER, N. H., January 22 (®). ~—-Dartmouth went into a tie with Princeton for first place in the Inter- basket ball by defeating Cornell, 21 to 20, Ward dropped the winning basket 4a the last 30 seconds. feating the Tigers, 34 to 25, in a fast game tonight. Although he has been in poor health Dall | collegiate Basket Ball League by de-| the present hoard decides that there | BY LOMSKI ON POINTS | By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., January 2"4 —Leo Lomski of Aberdeen, Wash.§ took a 10-round decision from Tiger | Flowers, former middleweight (‘hlm-l plon. at Wrigley Field here today. Both hoxers ,missed frequently, Lomski, however, missed fewer than Flowers and his jabs and swings that landed did more damage than those of the Georgia deacon. Flowers weighed 167, Lomski, 16414. Although Lomski's 'left eye was practically closed when the final gong 1ang, the negro fighter showed the re. sults of heavier punishment. He was | bleeding _freely at the mnose and mouth. Ringside ~ critics gave the Aberdeen scrapper seven rounds, awarded Flowers one and called the fifth and sixth even. There were no knockdowns, al-| though Lomski stumbled to his knees in the third while delivering a right | swing to Flowers’ jaw. | MOTHER OF YOUNG | IS GOING TO COAST | By the Associated Press. | LOS ANGELES, Calif., January 22, George Young. 17-year-old Canadian, | winner of the Catalina Island to Cali- | fornia_swim and its $25,000 prize, an- | nounced today that his mother has telegraphed him from Toronto, On- tario, that she will leave next week | to_join him here. | 1t also was announced | Mrs.. Young that when arrives she will be pre- | sented the 000 prize check, which ;rr-pm}l‘: une: ed in a bank vault. | Young said he would sign no con- |tracts until he had seen his mother. of the recent swim to William ‘ rigley, jr. who posted the prize | money “and conducted the event, ws |placed at $75,000 today by | Fleming of the Wilmington Transpor- tation Co., a Wrigley Corporation. | ming also announced that Wrig- offer of £15.000 to the first wom- to crogs the channel had been ! withdrawn. 'ADELAIDE LAMBERT " SETS WATER MARKS By the Associated Press. | MIAMI, Fla., January : Lambert ' of Panama, world back- | stroke swiming champion, smashed |two American aquatic records today {in the Venetian pools at Coral Gables, Miss Lambert set a new back-stroke | mark at 7 in the 500-meter race, | shattering the record of 7:38 hung up in December, Sthel McGary pool. She also broke the | 1e, tan —Adelaide in the sam | back-stroke record for the 200 meters | O'Mara, metropol- | mpion, covering the distance 4-5. The recent record was made by il Bauer, in the {same nool last January. | Agnes Geraghty, free-style cham- pion, failed by three seconds in her attempt to break the 100-yard breast- | stroke record. |GRIFF GOES T0 CHICAGO; | MUM ON BASE BALL ROW How Clark Grifiith will play his cards in the “showdown” game at Chicago, starting today, is a mat- ter of conjecture, but he will be sitting in at both the session called for the American League owners this morning and the meeting sum- ma or tomorrow by Commis- sioner Landis. Griffith entrained for the Windy City at 3 o'clock vesterday er- noon, but declined to make any statement as to his attitude re- garding the Landis-Johnson em- e Washi lub_presid he Washington club president plans to start for Tampa with his golf kit upon his return from Chi- cago later in the week, | David | BURGESS- * CLARENCE DUSSAULT- JIMMIE MEHUGH - HUBBARD'S CHARGES BELITTLED BY TREAT BOSTON, January 22 () —Charges of ‘“dirty foot ball” lodged against Princeton by Wynant Hubbard in an article for the magazine Liberty were described tonight as preposter- ous by Herl Treat, former Princeton all-American tackle, who played in Harvard-Princeton games in the period covered by Hubbard's article. “If Percy Haughton were alive to- day he would probably get a gun and shoot Hubbard,” Treat said. “I feel P. H. would like to do that “The accusations are preposterous and so far fetched as to lose standing | with fair nonpartisans. “The incident of the signet ring is preposterous. College players are not allowed to wear any metal and cer none of them wear rings in saw the game in which Daley hurt and saw him injured as he was trying to take Bruno,Hills out under a kick. Bruno weighs 230, is hard as nails, and no wonder Daley, who had a bad Rnee anyhow, was pacitated. Less than two monthe after the game of 1922 in which Buell was hurt, he and I talked things over and he told me at that time that he saw absolutely nothing objeetionable In that game.” “1 had a chance to read Hubbard's article in advance sheets and 1 read it carefully. 1 bhelieve he was in Africa when some of the games were played in which he accuses Princetol of various things.” YT OTTO WILLIAMS SIGNED AS SCOUT FOR BROWNS ST. LOUIS, January 22 (#).—Sign- ing of Otto Williams, formerly a St. Louis Cardinal coach, as a scout for the St. Louis Browns has been an- nounced tonight. Bill Killefer, lo‘rm;;* (;nr:l:‘nncholl:h, reviously was sign y the Browns En assistant manager. So the local American League team will have both the coaches who helped the Cardinals win the championship last season.. ATTACK DISCLAIMED BY HARVARD HEAD| By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January | W. J. Bingham, director of athletics | |at Harvard University, issued a brief | statement tonight as a reply to a| story publ'shed in Liberty Magazine. | The story, written by Wyant “D. Hubbard, a guard on the, 1919-20 Har- vard foot ball teams, Sharged that | Princeton played “dirty” foot ball | against the Crimson. Bingham's| statement sald: “The Harvard Athletic Committee cannot be held accountable or respon- sible for expressions of opinion.made by ‘graduates of the university not officially connected with the athletic committee.” The statement was jssued.by Stan- ley Osborne, director of publicity at Harvard, after he had talked over telephone to director Bingham in Cambridge. Osborne was here today in the interest of the Crimson foot ball team which plays Pennsylvania this year. a NAVY’S STREAK ENDED BY PENN FIVE, 32-18 PHILADELPHIA, January 22 (®). —University of Pennsylvania ended the Navy's string of nine basket ball victories here tonight by defeating the Midshipmen 32 to 18. When Penn played Navy at Annapolis, January 5, Navy won. More than 9,000 persons saw to- night’s game. Navy started the game with its so- called 'shock troops, which d for seven minutes, at the end ‘which time the score $tood 3 to 3; then the regulars went in, but thereafter Navy dropped behind, and Penn led at the half, 18 to 7. Davenport and Schaaf the high scorers for the Red and’Blue, the former rolling up a total of 12 points, Penn was strong on STATEMENT LIKELY FROM PRINCETON By the Associated Press, PRINCETON, N, J,, January Princeton authorities indicated today that a formal statement probably would be issued Monday, taking cogni- zance of allegations against Tiger foot ball methods contained in a magazine article written by Wynant D.” Hub- bard, former Harvard varsity player. Hubbard's charges, it was intima- ted, were not regarded seriously or of authoritative character. At the same time, it apparently is felt that they are of such nature that some official expression is called for. Inconsistencies In Charge. men who analyzed Hub- bard's charges found several appar- amination of 1925 records, for instance, showed that Daley of Harvard did not start the Princeton game, although Hubbard wrote that he was “scissored on the opening kickoff.” With reference to the allegation that Buell's ankle was broken in the 1922 game, it was pointed out that Buell was able. nevertheless, to play against Yale two weeks later. Sim- iarly, Guarnaccia, Harvard halfback, said to have suffered two broken ribs in the game last November, also ap- peared in the lineup against Yale. “It is my belief,” the former Crim- son player concludes, “that if Prince- ton will look squarely into this whole foot ball situation at home, and pay more attention to methods and prac- tices than to the winning of games, relations between Harvary and Prince- ton may eventually be resumed.” RUDOLPH SNATCHES CUE TITLE FROM GREENLEAF ENEWRY‘ORK, ;lng:ry .22 (P).— -Mppedbl iph W of his pocket le coming behind to Whip the champion, 450 to 384, in the§final block of their cham- W. D. HUBBARD, A HARVARD GRAD, MAKES ACCUSATIONS Cites Gouged Eyes and Broken Limbs Suffered by Crimson Players in Games With Tigers as Rea- son for Split in Athletic from | guers By the Associated Press. EW YORK, January 22.—A sertion that “dirty foot bal played hy Princeton, not the jibes of the Harvard Lampoon, was responsible for the break in athletic relations between the Tiger and Crimson is made in an article written by Wynant D. Hub- bard. varsity guard on the 1919-20 Crimson teams, and published b Liberty, weekly magazine. The Lam- poon, he says, merely has been made the “goat.” Charging that the only two “dirty” games of his own playing career we! “the ones with Princeton,” Hubbard tions against the Tigers. These cover mainly the period of 1922 to 1926, in- clusive, and involve instances of zouged eyes, broken limbs and other (njuries which Hubbard says were suffered by Harvard players in fresh- man as well as varsity gridiron con- tests. Hubbard’s Accusations. Among Hubbard's , accusatiogs, which he declares are‘the ‘“root of the trouble,” are the following: “(1). That when playing Princeton the players on the Harvard team al- most invariably came out of the game {torn and scratched badly about the |eves. That the Harvard team, a}- though it played seven other colleges every vear, never had this happen ex- cept when playing against Princeton. That, in one game with Princeton, seven men were torn. “(2). That, in the 1925 game, Miller, Harvard's fullback, came out of the game with the clear imprint of a signet ring on his nose and Daley, star Harvard guard, was ‘“‘scissored” by two Princeton linemen while going lown on the opening Kick-off. “(2)y That, in the 1924 Princeton gaml@ three of the members of the Harvard team received badly twisted YRON BANCROFT JOHNSON, at one time the veritable czar of base ball, probably has made his last utterance as an offi- cial of the game. Today in Chicago the president of the American League will either re- sign or face the prospect of being forced out of office by the club owners driven to the action by the ruinous course Johnson has pursued since he was stripped of his autocratic powers and supplanted as dictator of the na- tional pastime by Kenesaw Mountain Landis in 1920, That a man, who has been such an important tactor in the upbuilding of a major circuit, and with it base ball in general, should suffer repudiation by members of his own officlal family seems as regrettable as it is odd, but there apparently is nothing else that will serve to safeguard a business that is worth many mililons of dollars. ‘Where Johnson at one time was by all odds the biggest man in base ball he now is tacing the yawning chasm of oblivion tor the simple reason that he has become a positive menace to its peace and prosperity. Ban Deserves Much Credit. Johnson unquestionably did more than any other one man to raise base ball from a comparatively obscure position of doubtful value in the. in- vestment field to the rank of big busi- ness. - With- Charles A. Comiskey he was the leading spirit in the founding of the American League in 1900, and through his ingenuity and enterprise this organization prospered to such an extent that the competition pro- vided for the National League resulted In benefits all along the line, better sport for the fans, bigger returns for the owners and higher salaries and improved conditions for the players themselves. Johnson first betrayed evidences of slipping as a_practical and efficient organizer and administrative official following _his break with Comiskey some yeafs ago, a circumstance of which many versions have been ad- vanced and which is believed to have been personal in nature. The apparent bitterness and ani- mosity he harbored against his erst- while business partner and bosom friend was responsible for a lack of harmony that threatened at times to disrupt the organization. Landis Long His Target. ‘When Landis was installed as boss of organized base ball, following the disclosures of the Black Sox world series scandal, the judge was made the object of antagonism by Johnson fully as vehement as that he directed toward Comiskey, and since then the commissioner has been a target at which the American League executive has missed few opportunities to fire. Johnson's attack on Landis in the Cobb-Speaker case simply is another instance of this, but unless all signs are misleading it will prove his last, for even in the event that his own club owners should decide at their meeting today to stick by him, his fate undoubtedly will be sealed at the meeting called for tomorrow by Landis, for the commissioner is fully g:powflmd to oust Johnson from base 1. Johngon has an iron-clad contract as president of the American League calling for a salary of $40,000 a year and running through 1935. In what way this will be abrogated remains to be seen, but that the American League club owners will have to remove Johnson from office even if it entails paying Johnson the $360,000 his contract calls for seems obvious in view of the pledge they made to the commissioner two years ago after Johnson had criticized the rulings of Landis in the O'Connell-Dolan case. League’s Pledge to Judge. At that time the American Lea- ve Commissioner Landis this W ro;ocnh-th-t nditions have g e €O arisen that are gravely harmful to lodges a number of specific accusm- | Relations. |knees and one a broken leg. ' All of the knee injuries were alike. The men so injured were Daley, Adie, Robh and Gherke. “(4). That, in the 2 freshman gdme with Princeton, Jack Maher of the Harvard team had his wrist scized with two hands and dislocated Cites Buell's Broken Ankle. “(5). That Charlie Buell, star player on the Harvard team, had his ankle broken in the first half, of the 1922 game with Princeton; that Buell had played s ars of foot ball previous to this without an injury. Photo- graphs of this play show Smith, Princeton end, diving on to Buell's outstretched ankle as the latter was in the act of making a_forward pass. No attempt to tackle Buell or block the pass is evidenced. “(8). That it is common knowledge that Princeton players direct a con- stant flow of abusive language at members of the Harvard teams with the express purpose of getting their goats, making them angry, or other- wise distracting their attention from the game. “(7). That, in the '3 freshman game . with Princeton, Miler, Coady. Zarakov and Baley were hurt in the Jrst_half. “(8). That Princeton tackles coming in on kicks often do not try to bloek punts, but with high, powerful knee action rough up the defending half- backs. In the 1926 Princeton game, Guarnaccia was so badly kneed while protecting one of Coady's punts, that two of his ribs were broken. Later in the same game and in a similar way, French was badly kneed in the head.” On the other hand, Hubbard avers, “Harvard undoubtedly is to blame for many things,” among them “mistakes in her policies and tactless acts,” but the Crimson, he adds, “has not high- hatted Princeton.” 19 OntheSide Lines With the Sporting Editor BY DENMAN THOMPSO! been created hy the activities of the president of the American League. “When you were dealing promptly and efficiently with a_most deplorable exception to hase ball's honorable rec ord our: president sought to discredit your action and try to cast suspicion on the 1924 world serie “One year ago you made known to us in his presence various of his ac- tivities, and it was our expectation and hope that the unanimous action then taken certainly would operate as a correction, but on this expectation and hope we have been disappointed. “We do not extenuate- these things or question their harmful effect on base ball. However, he' has been the president of our league ‘since its In- ception, and we ask you again over- Jook his conduct and accept from us these guarantees: Assurances Given Judge. “First, that his misconduct will cease or his immediate removal fron office will follow. ! Second, that legislation will be adopted that will limit his activities to the internal affairs of the American | League. “Third, that any and all measures which you may deem advisable to secure the above will be adepted. Johnsou's contention that the bar- ring of Cobb and Speaker from the American League for “incompetency. after intimating in an earlier stat ment that charges of a ‘nature much more grave were involved, is strictly an American League affair. and not an inter-league matter is not likely to be supported by the American League club owners in view of the fact that they called Landis into the case. In any event, as Johnson again has admittedly “eriticized Landis, he has once more violated the pledge to the commissioner which he signed with his league members in 1921 and which reads, in part, as follows “We assure him that each of us will acquiesce in his decisions, even when we believe them mistaken, and that we will not discredit the sport by public criticism of him or of one another.” Johnson’s One Slim Hope. Johnson’s one slim hope of remain- ing in base ball would seem to be for him to make a public apology to the commissioner, to Cobb and Speaker, his own club owners and the fans, too—an abject admission that in this latest outburst he has been all wrong —coupled with some convincing as. surance that never again will he eriti- cize anybody or anything connected with base ball. It is extremely un- likely Johnson will do that. Ban is a fighter, right or wrong, and if he runs true to form will stick to his guns until sunk without trace. In the. event that Johnson should disclose at the meeting today that he holds damning evidence hitherto un- published against Cobb and Speaker, he will be branded as a self-confessed violator of another American Leagua resolution adopted following the ef- forts Johnson made to have the 1924 world series called off, which read in part: “That we firmly believe that game's greatest interest, secuirity and safegudrd for the future lies in the fullest co-operation between the twa major leagues and Judge Landis” and “that the American League give fts fullest and unqualified support and in- dorsement to Commissioner Landis in his methods of conduct and leadership in organized base ball.” Landis Has Ousting Power. Then, even though the Am League should rally to the llmlwl't‘r‘c::t| its president he still could be ousted under the power vested in the comy lnllllflnllr in article 1, section 3 of the major league agreement, which statey the nt for “conduct detri. mental to base ball by leagues, clubs, ficlals, employes or players: * ¢ In the case of any official or employe of a major league or a ma- Jjor league club, punishment may ex- tepd to suspension or removal.” & 'he :llht mfl"hcl’d' whetll‘lzcl' tfl. con- - uet of any of | or employe is detrf- mental to . ball also is o 0