November 3, 2020

This Date in 1920

On November 3, 1920, NL president John Heydler issues an official invitation to all sixteen major league clubs and AL president Ban Johnson to meet on Monday, November 8th:

“The purpose of this meeting is to appoint a drafting committee representing the major leagues, the same to meet with a committee to be selected by the National Association of Minor Leagues, the duties of which joint committees shall be forthwith to prepare an agreement embodying such new organic provisions for the maintenance of the the national game and so to reorganize the government thereof as to assure the public that the sport is conducted in a proper manner.”

New York Tribune

In the same column, a rumor comes forth that St. Louis stars Rogers Hornsby of the Cardinals and George Sisler to the Browns will move to New York to join the Giants and Yankees respectively. That does not happen.

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