Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
MANY PLAYERS WILL
co BACK TO minors
Almost 200 Athletes Come Un-
der National Commissions
Rule IS.

NEW YORK. December 25-In the next
fortnight base ball fans may be prepared
to hear that many players purchased H.
the major league clubs from the minors
last fall have been resold and will not h
seen In the big show in 1910 unless when
repurchased they shall get brief tryouts
toward the flag end of the season, says
the Press. Wednesday was the day when
the major leaguers We're allowed. by the
rules of the national commission, 10 ask
Tor waivers on men bought from tie
minor organizations last fall. There are
almost 40 of these athletes who come
under the operations OF rule So of the ma
tional commission.
The purchased players of 1909. accord
ing to official bulletin No. 20 OF the ma
tional commission, numbered ISL. man
bought by an American League club. if
waivers are asked on his services, also
will have to pass through the National
League hopper before he is allowed Ia
get out OF the big show. The same holds
true of man bought by National
League club, but the rule does not Apply
at all to players who have been drafted
by clubs of the big leagues. The Ma
| tional League teams are not asked 10
waive on any man drafted by an Amerl-.
can League club. and the Junior leaguers
are not allowed to claim any discard
/ from the senior league. provided that
man has been drafted and not purchased
! of the National League club owners, ard
when the national commission meets
4 here next month effort will be made
/ to have Ii changed and to have drafted
players put on the same basis as pur-
chased athletes-that is. sixteen clubs
/ will have a chance on one man whose
services are not desired by eight teams.
If the commission makes rule No. ~
apply to drafted players as well as To
men who are bought, the chances FOR
| the major leagues to develop a larger
number of new stars every year will be
| increased and there Will be greater OPP
| portunity for weak clubs to try out men
who might help them, but who wouldn't
do a team which is UP in the running
| any good.
/ Owners of second division teams now
! have many petitions before the nauonal
commission asking il to amend its rules
:! so that dra fled players will be considered
the same as purchased men and will save
to run the waiver gauntlet of the other
| league before being shunted back TO the
! minors. The Boston Nationals wanted
Earl Gardner of the Highlanders last
spring. and the Sparta OLD boy desired
| to stay in fast company. but had to 60
! to Jersey City. At the same time some
| of the players drafted by the National
League who were desired by American
! League clubs were sent back to the
minors without the Johnsonites getting
any chance to bid for their services.
1t is believed that il the commission
benefited by the change Players VINO airs
returned to the minor leagues after being
drafted will consider that they Were al
yanced to fast company too soon, since
the managers of fifteen other major
league teams passed them UP when there
! was opportunity 10 gain their services
and will not be sore when sent back
to the minors.
Major league club ownSrs YESTERDAY
| began to send in their lists of purchased
players on whom waivers are desired AMI
for whom further training in the minors
is desired The National and American
| League clubs last fall broke all records
for cash expenditure in lining up new
material for next season, but many or
the deals We're apparently for specula-
tive purposes or to help out teams IN the
Eastern League and American Associa-
ton which are their farms.
| A we'll posted base ball man said yes
| terday that he looked for half of the men
bought by major league clubs from the
minor lea CUES last fall to be sent back
long before the time arrives for the teams
to go south. There won't be D per
cent of the drafted talent taken to Dixie
! land. either" said this man. THE
| major league club owners have gone
mad with prosperity, and the only thir z
that will curb them is to make the rules
on drafted and purchased players the
same and to limit the reserve lists. Nov
adayS the Boston Nationals cannot hop
! TO go out and buy as many players as
the New York Nationals or to compete
with them in bidding for a player.