The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-16
WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SQUAD
ANOTHER THREAT
FROM A. A. TEAMS
TO GO It ALONE
Claim Farming and
Drafting Are Ruin
ing Them.

CHICAGO. Oct. 16-The National
baseball family is likely to have q big
quarrel on it's hands this winter. as the
American Association, the biggest Of
the minor leagues. Is up in arms end
threatening 10 withdraw from tho Ma
tional agreement
The club owners Of that league say
they are deriving no benefits from the
alliance, and, in fact. are tied hand and
foot by being connected with organized
baseball.
Chicago will be most vitality interested
in the scrao II it comes Off. for 1t is the
plan Of the association to nut a ball
team into Chicago, with grounds on the
North Side
Brother Nike" Talks.
Michael +. Cantillon, brother Of. Joe,
owner OF the Minneapolis franchise OF
the American Association, was out
spoken in his denunciation Of the con-
ditions which he claims pin his league
down to mere ssrfdCm-
I'VE are under protection now which
docs not protect" said Mr.. Cantillon.
with the present conditions it is abso-
lutely impossible for a club In our
league 70 know where it stands in re-
gard TO the makeup of a team until
the major league magnates are ready
70 hand US their discard players. ], for
one. think we would be a lot better or
II we cut away from the National agree
ment ard went out and hustled for our
selves. Then we could set together
some ball clubs independent Of other
leagues and other owners.
Kick on Farming.
Half the players IN our league are
really owned by major league clubs, and
nobody knows when the string viii be
pulled and team broken UP by the
recall Of those players. Men are farmed
out 70 our clubs and Immediately want
the same salaries in the minor league
that they received IN the big league.
1t is impossible 10 meet these demands.
Of course. and when we are compelled
20 reduce their pay to minor league
proportions the men naturally become
dissatisfied and very often don't give
the teams their best Efforts
Then, again. the patrons of the
American Association cities don't like
the idea of getting discard players all
the time.
Majors Scent Trouble.
VI "a
of Minor League Clubs doesn't do us am
good, for we have one vote in THIRTY
seven. A class D league has Just as
much power as the American Associa-
ton when Il comes time to vote on i'm
portant affairs. and there Is no chance
to correct the present evils. The asso-
citation is foolish If # doesn't pull out.
and fully expect it will be run next
season Independent OF the national
agreement"
There is no doubt that the leading
lights In organized baseball expect some
move on the part OF the association
toward pulling away from the fold.
President Johnson, of the American
League. one Of the members OF the ma
ticnal commission, was seeking 20 find
out where the dissatisfied minor league
magnates stand. A break In the ranks
is looked for, and means Of checking the
beligerents are being contemplated.
Would Make Big Fuss.
Just how much Of a fuss the associa-
lions withdrawal from organized base
ball would cause can only be contect-
Ured. II would make the association an
outlaw league. OF course and a bigger
one than has existed at any time. The
air would reek for a time with stories
Of contract jumping and Outlawry. Chi
cago always has looked good to the
American Association magnates, and II
looks as though that league is now
ready to cut away from organized ball
and enter this territory.