The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-12
CHICAGO SECURES
ANNUAL ME[I||
National Association lr,..
Hold Together for Ts'tN TssoIN'
More Years. ''
NATIONAL BOARD WILL
ADJOURN ON Saturn,
Resolution Adopted TO dr..
elfare of the Baseball as'a
Players. ''''

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Nov. J.,
tension OF the life Of ;he y.c q
soclatlon of Professional pa..s,al ,s!'oal Y
unt'l September 6. 1927, and ,s =.
ton Of Chicago as tbc na '@ .
pace, were the principal fe,,.'..
the closing session Of iba - .uua 4
ing of the association hero ' ,a% =
national board of arbi,rat;or ssn =.
ably remain here until '" ~
posing Of the large uumbc, =,
its calendar. u 'a,s
Tho National associotion 49,
two changes in its cor,ti.n,; ' "
ing the signing of contrao,,
motion of the welfare of ~, :"
he punishment, to be mo,cd a on,
who fail 10 live mp to thelE con...
''oIate their reserve clause. &.
IONS concerning o. the iat drai,i,.
rom all leagues and = cbaa
method OF classificaiion .u"use u
20 ,he national boards. If y,, r,, Gl7 j
tnat henceforth ,be n.t;onai "as %
shnuid meet several days Ias.
.tlonal association and els,,
minor n., cases before the bio ~
Agreement Renewed
The committee ON rcr;s;,
constitution recommended .lLo. ~
tlonal association rcncw Il.
i05 i05 ten years, or until ScpieSl,, /
i"Zl; The present agreement Vs. ~.
Ie[cd INTO at Chicago on Scn,sSi-
lSOl, and was 10 run for tnn ~
until 1911. Some ,pembsr" s
that the agreement expired :
aud 1T was desired to rcnev 4 II
year. '''e" AZ
President Norris l.. o'Nou y *
western league and W. II. Lqe,, y i
Northwestern league voted a,si,s i
renewal of the agreemcp, =.
ground that next year vould bs. N
ter time 70 do it. Both O'Yai IL
cas- said that they were not as,,,c 1
renewal OF the ameemonf ii
Chicago was awarded the s,u
nual meeting of the associatior
vote on the question was. 9 h, III
cago,. .. for Louisville. . for Raj I
land Moline Davenport and ! fg IL
York. The campaign for Cbis-1
led by President O'Neill AZ i. ~.
ern league. OiNeill voted tbs rsI
Of j: Cal, Ewing, president ,, 1
Pacific Coast league. and Furi n.
mann. president of the Califorru III
league, for Chicago. r.
Welfare of Player E
a resolution that the Naijo,,l IL
citation do all in its power 10 ,irvI
the welfare OF PLAYERS was IL
as was rule providing Tia, ,izIE
must be under contract bcfors .!r n
play game with clnb. ForaG' n
time allowed TO Il PLAYER 10 sgl TX
tract varied from seven TO hfics
or games. IL
II was also decided 10 folloT i ~
wake of the major leagues oD IL N
ishment of contract and Tessr7i ~
ers. The new rule provides ID
sion OF five years for brcakina
tract and three years for yiOhtqI I
reserve. l.,
Furnsn Smith OF the Carolili luI n
ton advocated the adoption O ~
drafting price from the four CASH
leagues and the matter vas .s.sif-
the national board for action, Z, ~
being that Ii player from 50
league Is considered worthy Of GT ~
a major league then ne is worth ~
TO that club as q class A playe.
A. d. Helms OF the Roanoke, Va II
club. asked that the classinszt: =
league be based upon average Tiel e
OF It's circuit. The question was is
70 the national board. Helms ~ "a
the present rule is unfair TO hs
having only four or six clubs 10 = y
cults.