Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 11, 1920, Page 3

MAJOR LEAGUE OWNERS TO MEET FRIDAY Kansas City, Nov. 10—War clouds to- night were vanishing from the major league baseball horizon with indica- tions favoring an amicable settlement when the belligerent major leaguers meet in a joint session in Chicago on Friday to effect a peace pact. The National Association of Minor leagues, er listening to both sides, voted to help avoid a war by agreeing to' ap- point a committee to act with the ma- jor leagues in devising a plan for base- ball reorganization. The sixteen club owners of the two warring leagues agreed to meet in the same room in Chicago and attempt to adjust their differences without the aid of any outsiders. It was agreed only the club pwners shall attend this meeting and that both President John- son of the American league and Presi< dent Heydler of the National, ae well as lawyers, stenographers and others who e participated in recent ses- sions, shall remain away. Major league leaders pointed out that if laws vers are excluded so that no “techni- cal questions” could be raised, the threatened war could be quickly set- tled. The agreement to make a desperate last minute attempt to avert a base- ball war came at a meeting of the di- rectors of the American league today and was one of the results of confer- ences between owners of the rival ma- jor league factions. The peace news wag announced in dramatic fashion in the middle of an address Garry Herr- mann, owner of the Cincinnati Nation- als, was delivering to the minor league meeting. Mr. Herrmann, former chairman of the National association, was inter- rupted by a messenger, who handed him a note which he opened and slow- Iy read. Then he announced that the conference of the club owners had been agreed upon for Friday. President Johnson of the American league, in commenting on the joint meeting, issued the following state- ment “The American league has been standing for the principle that A re- organization of baseball should be worked out primarily by a committee composed of representatives from the National league, the American league and the National association. It seems now such a committee is to be created to consider and work out a plan for reorganization. TYhere have been cer- tain points of difference between the two major leagues which thus far they bave not been able to agree upon. It has now been arranged that an in- formal conference of major league club owners shall take place—this confer- ence to be limited to club owners and 10 be purely informal. The purpose of the conference is tossee if the two ma- jor leagues may not. in some way, iron out their points of difference. It is an attempt to see if there can be found some satisfactory basis on which they can harmonize those differences.” While the National league club own- ers issued no formal statement, most of them take the stand that what al- ready has been dome in the advance- ment of baseball reorganization can- not be changed at the conference Fri- day. This was taken to mean that the selection of Federal Judge Landis of Chicago as chairman of the new board of control at a salary of $50,000 a year must be accepted by the American league club owners. The National league frankly admit they do not want a twelve club league unless it is forced upon them to it and that it would be a Mr. Herrmann stated that it would be ridiculous to form a league with two clubs in three cities. Before ving for Chicago tonight he declar- he was confident the situdtion could be adjusted to the satisfaction After Mr. Terrmann addressed the minor leaguers, Charles Ebbets, of the club, and Barney Dreyfuss of tsburgh Nationals, were called upon 1o talk and the keynote of all three speeches was harmony. Mr. Herrmann said the eleven clubs which he represented would be willing to meet with a committee of any size rmm the minors for reorganizing base- Il conirol. President Sexton of the National Association of Minor leagues ill appoint the minor league commit- tee tomorrow. After hearing the pleas of the Na- tional league representatives, the min- or leaguers went into executive ees- wion and voiced their suspicion of the professed “affection” expressed for hem by the two forees invoived in 'he major league fight. They warned their associates from which a commit- ee will be appointed to confer with the major leagues, not to cede any of he rights of the minors in working tut a reorganization plan. y took 1e position that, while they might act #e bearers of the olive branch in the hreatened baseball war, they would 10t go so far as to scorch their own wings. _The minor leaguers recommended hat President Sexton be placed on a ‘ull salary and to devote his full time o league affairs. The resolution car- “ied a proposal for salaries of $5,000 1ch for president and secretary of the rgafization, but sugges made for an increase to § ‘00 a year. The proposal was refes ied to a committee for decision to- imorrow. Establishment of a central eadquarters for the association wae vecomended. Joining in the erusade against gam- “ling in baseball, the minor- leaguers ananimously adopted a resolution urg- ng passage in every state legislature of a bill designed to stamp out the evil which in a large measure brought 0 a head the necessity of a reorgani- vation of baseball. ’Su re » 6 Btu-ms » — | Hot water % Sule Relief RIGHT WORK—RIGHT PRICE RDGHT ON T|ME Specialize On NEOLIN lOLES AND HEELS Goudyear Shoe Repairing Co. 86 Franklin Street NINO DI PALMA, Prop. 10 NEW YORK New London (Norwich) Line REL i Gon e Sound IN DIO ESTION over d reach your destination happy, refreshed and satisfied. lent service thnug‘hwt. Leave New London. n cept Sul 11:00 rooms ready at 7:00 n. THE NEW ENGLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY ox- Mnh The resolution followed the lines of u-bill proposed for introduction in the ‘fexas legislature. It sets the punish- iment of bribery or attempted bribery nf. “any baseball player, umpire or manager in a baseball game or any nther persons connected with base- ball” at imprisonment from two to five years. The minors adopted an amend- nent to broaden the proposed legisla- iion to include ghe punishment of both owners and officials who are connect- +d in any way with “fixing” games. In adopting this feature some of the ; minor leaguers pointed out that the world series scandal was exposed long wfter officials of the major leagues had knowledge of crookedness of the play- ers and declared that the baseball club wwners and officials must place them- selves on the same plane with the players and umpires regarding the punishment of wrongdoing to gain the vonfidence of the public. The association unanimously con- demned the operations of gamblers and gambling pools in connection with baseball, and deplored the increasing tendency of the public to bet on base- ‘»all games. The minor leaguers pledg- *d themselves to a never-ending war against all forms of gambling in base- ball. “LOOKS LIKE PEACE” SAID ORIGINATOR OF LASKER PLAN Chicago, Nov. 10 — “Tt Jooks like peace,” said A. D. Lasker, originator of the Lasker plan of baseball control, when informed that the National and American league club owners at Kan- sas City had arranged for a meeting here Friday to discuss reorganization. “There won't be any backing dow: by the new National league, however, he said. “We have made our proposal and it’s up to the five American league clubs to come in or we'll forget about them and go ahead with twelve club league.” the GIANTS' MANAGER STATED THAT “THERE WILL BE NO WAR” New Torw, Nov. 10—John J. Mc- Graw, manager of the New York Giants, declared when he returned here today from Chicago that “there’ll be no basebali war, as these people” —meaning the five al” American league members—i'won't fight.” “They know they have had the los- ing end of it,” he added, nd, they don’t want any part of a fight. One or two of them are getting dy right now to run away from Johnson McGraw, Charles A, Stoneham and Judge Francis X. McQuade, owners of the Giants, all declared that the new twelve club league is “no bluff “The men who are backing the new twelve clubs are determined to go through with it,” McGraw said, “and they did mot offer a yearly salary of $50,000 to Judge Landis to be chair- man of the board of control, without first giving the matter some serious consideration.” TO PREVENT SPECULATION OF ARMY-NAVY TICKETS West Point, N. Y., Nov. 10—DMeas- ures to prevent speculation in tickets for the Army-Nay being taken by officials at the United alll football game are | Telephone: !Franklm Machine Providence R Company Union 1857 Engineers Founders. Machinists Manufacturers of HARRIS-COR- LISS ENGINES. Brown Valve] Gear applied to all makes of Cor- liss Engines, Engine Repairs, Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys, Bear- ings, Couplings, Clutches. - Large stock always on hand, General Mill Repairs. Special machinery of all kinds. States Military academy, Major Phil- ip Hayes announced tonight. In pre- vious years, Major Hayes said, tick- ets sent to members of the army ath- letic association had been later offer- ed for sale but he declared that if in- vestigation this year disclosed any un- authorized sale, the persons found responsible will be dropped from the association, EAST HARTFORD INSTEAD OF VOCATIONAL TO PLAY HERE Owing t6 a misunderstanding, Vo- cational school of New London will not meet N. F. A. Saturday ' of this vzeek on the campus as expected. But the fans have no cause for alarm as ilanager Ballou has been fortunate in connecting with the fast East Hart- for High eleven, a much faster team than Vocational, and a close contest is looked for. Manager Ballou had everything fix- €d with Vocational for Saturday but llonday the New London manager in- formed him that he was expecting N. 1. A. at New London, a rather wild id Ballou haughtily refused and went to work to secure a good team ‘n their stead. Coach McKay gave his men‘a thor-i cugh workout yesterday aftérnoon, giving them a little of everything and nishing up with a tough scrimmage asting about an hour and a half, standard time. The boys continue to vlay in their best form and it seems very likely that they will go through the rest of the season without a de- “eat. East Hartford® High is an unknown fquantity, therefore it 15 1mpossxble to satisfactory hi: Rumors have rea telling of their many victories around Hartford but nothing definite has been learned to date. Manager Ballow may g0, incognito, to East Hartford today ind get some infor i WOODS CLINCHED 2ND PLACE BY DEFEATING FRANKLIN Chicago, Noy. 10—Arthur Woods, of Minneapolis, clinched sécond place and earned the right to contest for the national pocket billiard champion- ship today by defeating Walter Frank- lin_of Ka Franklin’s defeat puts him in fourth { place, James Maturo having captured Golf Balls Cheaper. Chicago, Nov. 10—The price reduc- ! tion movement today reached golf, a local firm advertising its regular $1 balls for 75 cents in half dozen lots. FINANCIAL AND MARKET FLUCTUATED. New York, Nov. 10.—The stock market was firm at the active opening of today session, becoming acutely weak at m day and rallying vigorously in the later dealings when confident buying of rails, oils and equipments caused urgent short covering and effected pronounced read- justment of quated values, Séntimental reasons for the sharp re- versal at noon were provided by the publication of the U. S. Steel October ton- nage report showinz a very large de- crease in unfilled orders from the pre- ceding month and announcement of wus- pension of the extra dividend on Ameri- can Sugar. These incidents gave the bhears an ex- cuse for resumirg aggressive operations. Leaders in the industrial and special groups reacted one to six points to mew low records for the year while U. S. Steel fell another fraction to 82 7-8, an- other new low record for three years. Another factor in the late reboun the easing of money rates, call loans falling back to 9 per cent. after at- taining to their usual maximum of 10 per cent. Time money ruled at § yer cent. on prime collateral, with freer of- ferings. Foreign exchange was another en- couraging feature, the rate on London making a further recovery to almost cents over the low of last Monday, with variable rallies in remittances to the con- tinent, although French exchange lagged. Individual stocks most affected by day's temporary . setback included Mex ican Petroleum, Crucible Steel, Shippin Sugars and Tobaccos, but in a majority of instances losses were replaced by substantial gains at the close. amounted to 1,350,000 shares. Bonds moved uncertainly during the greater part of the day, but came for- ward with the stock list towards the fin- was ish, most Liberty issues scoring net ad- Total sales (par value) agere- bonds were vances. gated $15,875,000. unchanged on call Old U. 8. STOCKS. The following is & summary of transactions on the New York Stock Exehange 0 3 P. M.: Sales, High. Low, Cls Alled Chem * 33% Allis Chalmer Allis Coajmer ctfs Am Az Chem Am oot Sugar Am Rosh Am Cn Am Can Am Car & rdyk Am Car & Fdy pr Am oCtion Ol Am Hide & Leather . Am Hide & Leather pr . Am Tel & Tel Anaconda Hehlson T & St Jtchison T & & F opr . Paltimore & Ohir ¥altimore Fethichem ~ g !nnL\vn mn\d T, Frookimn R T ctfs Butte C & Z Putte & Svper Candian Pac . Central - Lenther Sentral Lesther pr Ehandier Motor Qoeden Tucible Steel .. Crueible Steel pr Delaware & Hudson iy pr ‘neral Ejectric Tienera] Motor Centeal Motor or Geners], Motar Deb 75 Gen Moy Deb Gt North Great .. “Ilinofs ' Central Lowiration Cop nt Harve Tnt Mar Mar e Vaiiey Maxwell Mamweil to- Salds EUMMERGIAI. Maxwel] Motor o Mexican _Petrol iami_Copper New York, Nov. 10.—Spot cotton quict ; middling 20.05, R MONEY. New York, Nov. 10. — Call money| steady; high 10: low 9: ruling rate 9; last loan closing bid 9; offered at 10; 9. Bank acceptances 6 1-4. FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES. Sterling— Demand Swiss ‘f-anes Pesetas . Relgian franes Sweden Denmark Norway U & Lib 3% U S b2 Chicago, Nov. 9.—Swift upturns in the price of wheat today followed word that ! for the first time in mearly two months| Great Britain was buying on this side of the Atiantic. The market was also bullishly affected by announcement that no general calling of rural loans in Kan- sas was looked for. Prices closed strong 5 3-4 to 9 3-4 higher, with December 186 1-4 to 186 3-4 and March 151 to 181 1-2. Corn gained 5-8.to 1 3-4 cents and oats 5-8 to 1 1-4 cents. In provisions the outcome varied from 25 cents decline to 15 cents a@ance. British purchasing of wheat was esti- mated all the way from 2,500,000, bushels to 5,000,000 bushels and notwithstanding that the greater part of the total was sail to be Canadian grown the influence on he market was electric. Bullish sentiment was further stimulated by gossip that Belgium had bought 500,000 bushels of United States wheat at the Galf of Mex- ico. From the outset, t00, it was evident that traders had given special heed to de- nials that any radical curtailment of grain credit in Kansas was contemplated. New strength of foreign exchange attracted additional attention and so, likewise, did Jacobson TRAILING TE Dorothy Dalten in “ FOUR SHOWS TODAY—1 Continuous Performance Saturday WALLACE REID In the Syncopated Romance “THE DANCIN’ FOOL” With Bebe Daniels and Tully Marshali i JACK DEMPSEY In the Million Dsllar Serial i “DAREDEVIL JACK” i . " Second Episode ™ £ Educaticnal —TCDAY— o llavy Wm. Russell in The Valles FRIDA\/ AND SATURDAY ‘2 to 10:30 P. 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