NY Times
BOSTON - Tuesday - August 17, 1920. A decision to consult player-manager Tris Speaker of the Cleveland Indians before taking any action toward asking that Carl Mays, pitcher of the New York Yankees, be barred from further participation in organized baseball was reached by members of the Boston and Detroit teams after a meeting today. Several of the players expressed the opinion that some move of this kind should be made as a result of the death of Ray Chapman, shortstop of the Indians, who was hit by a ball pitched by Mays yesterday.
Donie Bush, shortstop of the Detroit Tigers, announced that he was prepared to volunteer his services to the Cleveland club for the rest of the season if the sanction of American League officials could be obtained. Sentiment among his fellow players indicated that no opposition to such an arrangement was probable from members of his own club.
Members of the Boston Red Sox, who were teammates of Mays until he deserted the club prior to his sale to New York last year, said they felt certain the Detroit players would join in any action that might be decided on.
The players held a meeting at the clubhouse before taking the field this afternoon. The petition was discussed, as was the proposal to refuse to play in any game in which Mays took part. It was said that the players were agreed that action of some kind should be taken by them, but at the suggestion of some of the cooler heads it was decided ask manager Tris Speaker of the Cleveland club for a statement on the fatal accident and on the action proposed.
Mays has been a storm center of baseball controversy for years because of his close pitching, as a result of which players frequently complained that he had tried to "dust them off." Mays also precipitated a factional fight among club owners and American League President Ban Johnson over Mays's transfer from Boston to New York.
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WASHINGTON - Tuesday - August 17, 1920. A suggestion that players of the American League baseball clubs "strike" against any further participation by pitcher Carl Mays of the New York Yankees in league contests was made today by players of the St Louis Browns, who joined members of the Washington Senators in informal meetings to discuss the death of Ray Chapman. Washington players took no action pending a decision by League authorities as to their course of action.
St Louis players were said to have favored a general appeal to all others in the league to refuse to play in any game where Mays was included.
