The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17
Kabanaugh s Opinion 0f
 1He Recent Decisions
AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, AND IN sPEcTs WILL BENEFITED-EAcH CLUB GAN LOSE ONE MAN BY DRAFT-PREslDENT MAKES A
 EXPLANATION

stand, give the Southern league the right to claim any player drafted by the major leagues from clubs in Classes a." "C" and "D'' before such player can return to the club from which he was originally drafted
 Third, the disputes between the special classification league and the other minor leagues are to be settled by the national board of arbitration, with the right of ap- peal by either party to the national com mission.
 Fourth, leagues are given the right to draft territory immediately at the end of the season from clubs of lower classifi- cation upon rules which have been nut ually agreed upon between the national commission and the national board of ar bitration.
 "The major leagues have agreed that they will limit the number of players to be carried by their clubs, and this will put large number of players upon the market, which, I helieve, results greatly to the advantage of the Southern league. The modification of Rule 36 was agreed upon by the national board of arbitration, which will be promulgated In it's entirety in a short while, and I believe 1t will be satisfactory to those clubs which do not desire to engage in the practice of cover
 
 ing up players.
 "In this connection I desire to say that the Eastern league and American associa- tion, known as the ''bolters'' demanded that they be given a separate organza- tion, and be made a third party to the national agreement, and given control of the affairs of the other minor leagues. This the national board of arbitration, of course. refused to grant, and the commis- Cf fnr ct 11,offa kl&,k ..oi,. as were the National association clubs.
 "On the whole, I believe that the out come of the Cincinnati meeting was of great benefit to the minor league clubs, and those who have at all times remained loyal to the national agreement.
 'P. T. Powers, president of the Eastern league, who was president of the national board, resigned, and the vacancy was filled by the election of M. H. Sexton president of the Three r league of Rock Island, III. Dr. F. B. Carson, president of the Central league, who has been a warm friend of the Southern league was elected a member of the board of arbi- tration, to succeed Sexton. J. D. O'Brien, president of the American association, who has been a member of the board, re- signed. His place has not been filled as yet but will be filled at the meeting of the national board in Chicago in Feb ruary, and it is expected that represen- tative of the Western league will be placed on the board in his stead
 Thus the representatives of the East ern league and American association have eliminated themselves Cor have been elim- inated) from any part of the control of the minor leagues association, while they must remain a member of the National association and subscribe to its rules and regulations. Their contracts and reser- vations must be filed with the secretary IS formerly, and they must subscribe to all rules and regulations made by the na- tional board and pay their pro rata share of maintaining the organization as here tofore
 '"rhe Southern league remains exactly where it was before, and the spirit of friendliness by the members of the na- tional board and the national commission was matter of great qualification to tha president of the league. I hope that the pleasant relations which have existed be- tween our organization and these bodies will continue to improve as they have in the past''