[1] To encourage a more orderly environment, Johnson strongly supported the new league's umpires, which eventually included Hall of Famer Billy Evans.

Johnson dominated the AL until the mid-1920s, when a public dispute with baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis culminated in his forced resignation as league president.

Contrary to the practice of the time, Johnson gave his umpires unqualified support and had little tolerance for players or managers who failed to show them due respect.

With the help of Comiskey, who had purchased the Sioux City franchise and moved it to St. Paul in 1894 after leaving the Reds, Johnson initiated an ambitious plan of expansion.

[1] The latter move was made with the blessing of the NL, which saw Comiskey's team as a way to head off any attempt to revive the American Association.

Johnson, Comiskey and the other AL owners responded by raiding NL rosters, promising disgruntled players much higher salaries.

A three-man National Commission was set up, composed of both league presidents and Reds owner Garry Herrmann.

The Yankees went to court and received an injunction to allow Mays to play, as Johnson had demonstrated throughout the proceedings that his investment in the Cleveland Indians hindered his ability to be impartial.

The enlarged league would include a new team in Detroit unrelated to the Tigers, who were owned by Johnson loyalist Frank Navin.

However, Navin was in no mood for another war and persuaded the other five clubs to agree to appoint a new National Commission of non-baseball men.

The owners were still reeling from the damage to baseball's reputation due to the Black Sox Scandal, and readily agreed to Landis' demands.

Landis banned two New York Giants from the Series for attempting to bribe members of the Philadelphia Phillies late in the season.

After Frankie Frisch and two other Giants stars were implicated, only to be cleared by Landis, Johnson demanded that the Series be canceled.

However, in 1926, Johnson criticized Landis for granting Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker an amnesty after evidence surfaced that they had fixed a game in 1919.