Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 267, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1914 — BAN JOHNSON SCORNS PEACE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BAN JOHNSON SCORNS PEACE

President of American League Bay» It Will Be Fight to Finish NowDentes Owners Met Organised baseball has to put the bee on all reports from Pittsburgh indicating that steps would be taken in the near future to establish peaceful relations with the Federals. Ban Johnson, boss of the American league and a member of the national commission, knocked the props out from under the yarn immediately upon his return from a hunting trip in northern Michigan. "There’s not a word of truth in the story which originated in Pittsburgh to the effect that club owners of the American league, have been negotiating with the Federals,” said President Johnson. "The story that Messrs. Gaffney, Lannin, Somers and Baker were in conference with Gilmore in New York several days ago is tommy-rot. "I know, however, that President Weeghman of the Chicago Federals while in the East asked to be introduced to President Lannin of the Boston Red Sox, who is proprietor of the Garden City hotel; and the pair met there, hut only for a friendly ohaL "There can be no peaceful adjustment of this problem," continued the American league mogul. "When the American league invaded the game th«

club owners pf our organization went in for a fight to the finish and never asked for quarter. Organized ball was glad to welcome us. The mere suggestion of a compromise In this rase never has been considered by our dub owners. “We have signed our players for the future; they are satisfied with their lota, and will be wearing American league, uniforms next year. The same course has been pursued by the dub owners of the National league. "I don’t know what the authors of these fake stories hope to gain by circulating such reports,” concluded Johnson. "Whoever is sending onttha difiD&tches la a DroUfie dreamaiv’*

Ban Johnson.