The Washington herald., 1907-11-01
TO LIMIT DRAFTING
Minor Leagues to Go Before
National Committee.
QUESTION OF REINSTATEMENT
Delegate O'ROurlSe, OF Copnecticut
League, Wants 10 Have National
Commission Keep Its Hands on
Gases Where Players Want 10 Re-
turn from the Outlaw Leagues.

New York. Oct 3l.-The annual meeting
of the National Association Of Professional
Baseball Clubs wound up here to-day
with the making OF arrangements TO take
The grievances of the minor leagues be
fore the national committee when the
latter meets in New York in December.
These grievances have TO do with the
drafting of players and kindred customs
on the part of the majors to recruit their
playing strength at the expense Of the
mionrs, and with the action of the Ma
tional Commission in reinstating certain
minor league players who were contract
jumpers
AS a result Of resolution by President
KEvanaugh, Of the Southern League, a
committee was appointed 10 appear be
fore the National Commission and confer
on proposed amendments Of the national
agreement. The proposed amendments
viii have 20 do with the drafting regula-
tions which the minors want changed
The burning question in the minor
leagues, the Glass A leagues especially
is how to get playing strength. and they
want the majors 10 change the drafting
laws so that the minors may have a
chance % recruit. The Glass 4 leagues.
it Is said, viii ask the majors to open the
drafting season Of the former at the same
time as the latter. a concession, baseball
lnen say, that viii not be granted, owing
10 the well-known habit OF the major
leagues of looking out for number one.
The committee appointed consists Of
President Powers and Secretary Farrell
HanlOn, and kavdnauEh. of Class =. Car
son, of Class b: ShiVely. of Glass 4, and
BauWeisJer, of Class d. President
Q. Brien, of the American Association. was
appointed on the committee, but declined
10 serve. Il am willing 10 serve in an
advisory capacity he said but any
thing / would have to say officially about
present conditions would be only I'm be
half of my own Organization
Want Jumpers Kept Out.
At the instance of Delegate ORourke,
Of the Connecticut League. a resolution
was adopted which, in effect. was that in
The matter of the reinstatement OF Ma
tional Association players. the National
Commission be requested 10 keep its
hands OF. When the Tri-State League
was taken into the ranks Of organized
bail IL was agreed by all the parties to
this national agreement that players who
had jumped contracts and gone 10 the
Tri-State should not be allowed TO play
elsewhere than i'm the Tri-State Recently
the National Commission reinstated sew
eral players in this category. The Ma
tonal Association objects 10 such rein
statement does not think they should be
made eligible for the major leagues. and.
so far as its own clubs are concerned,
wants no clemency shown 10 the contract
jumpers beyond what was originally
agreed on.
The committee on revision Of the con-
sitution made its report. and its recon-
mendatons We're adopted. One was that
there be no promulgating of reserve in
the players in excess of twenty for each
club. Another was that in cases where
players Of leagues whose season has
closed go to another league and help out
those games be forfeited. Still another
was that the national board have power
20 discipline any player. manager, or
owner on whose grounds an umpire has
been assaulted.
The national board had a number of
disputes OF claims 10 consider, and viii
continue IN session tomorrow.