Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-08
PEACE IN BASE BALL WORLD
Association Agrees to Gre
alton Of Glass Double A.
BOILERS WIN BIG VICTORY
League and American Assoc
citation Get Practically All Thee
Ask-May Draft from the
Western League.

CINCINNATI. O., Jan. Tho three
days session of the National Base BAN
commission closed today when the Ma
tional association Of minor leagues agreed
to accept the creation of class "A clubs
and allow the commission to settle the
differences between the two factions re-
garding the territorial rights of the Dast-
ern league and the American association.
with the reaching of this conclusion every
difference that existed when the confer
ences began has been adjusted. The report
of the commission will be issued within
the next five days.
Regarding tickets TO the worlds cham
pionship games the commission fixed the
maximum price at 81 and the minimum at
so cents.
The commission also discussed the pos
sible chances of lettering the conditions
among the "outlaws'' on the Pacific coast,
and after a conference with ]. Calewing
of the Pacific Coast league decided to
postpone any action until the next COM
mission meeting, February 1e. at Chicago.
The National and American leagues also
will meet in Chicago then.
The National Association of Minor
leagues accepted the resignation Of Pres
ident P. L. Powers and Director O'Brien,
president of the American association. NJ.
II. Sexton, president of the Three-I league,
was elected to succeed Powers and DR.. F.
G. Carson. president Of the Central league,
to succeed O'Brien.
Terms of Agreement.
BY the agreement reached the American
association and the Eastern league get all
they asked for. excepting a separate organ
ization entirely outside of the National as
ISOLATION. or their eight requests the other
seven we're granted by the National associ-
alton. The organizations, with the Pacific
coast league, hereafter are TO be in a clas-
sification of their own, to be known as IA.
They are to have the right to draft players
from the Southern and Western leagues
now in class A, as well as from all the
lower classes. All players drafted by major
league clubs from the smaller leagues can
not to be sent back to such leagues without
first passing through the AA leagues The
IA leagues are to be permitted to draft
territory from the minors under certain
conditions and the number Of players to
be carried under reserve by major league
clubs shall be limited.
1t was agreed that all internal affairs of
the class AA clubs shall be decided by
themselves without reference to the present
national board, and that all disputes be-
tween AA clubs and other minor league
clubs shall go first to the board OF arbi-
~tration, with right OF appeal TO the COM
mission in every case. This makes 1t i'm
possible for any dispute to be absolutely
decided by the minor league board il it in
wolves any class "A club.
The National association was willing that
there three organizations be placed in a
separate organization as a third party ia
the national agreement. but the commission
would not grant this request.
Quite a number of the base ball magnstes
left town last night, but most OF the minor
leaguers remained over until the agree
ment reached is signed and certified by the
! National commission.