The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-09
NEW LEAGUES ID
 BE ADMITTED
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE AND "ouT- LAW CIRCUITS TO JOIN
 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
Four of the National League Teams Have Claims on Players of the
 League To Be Admitted.

Memphis, Tenn, Nov S.-The prac- tical admission of the California State League, an outlaw" circuit, to the National Association of minor leagues was the result of the rst days ses- sion of the National Board of Arbi- filtration here today. The board spent the entire day in discussing the terms under which the Californians will be admitted within the fold of organized baseball.
 J. H. Farrell. secretary of the Ma tional Association. and Frank Herr man, president of the California State League. were appointed as a commit tee to draw up the agreement under which the new league is 10 be a,i- mitted The agreement as prepared by Messrs. Farrell and Hermann will be submitted to the national board and if approved by that body 1t will then go before the entire National Association tomorrow for final action
 J. Cal Ewing, president of the Pa cfic Coast League, and MT. Hermann. held a conference before the question went before the natonal board It was decided that the new league will share three cities with the Pacific Coast organization. conflicting schedules will be arranged and San Francisco, Oakland and Sacramento will have two teams as a concession to get the Californians into the fold This agreement was approved by the hoard. Stockton, Fresno and prob ably San Jose will be the other gittes to make up the six club circuit of the California tSate League.
 The title to sixty-one players will be decided by the national commits sion. These players are men who were either under contract or pn the re- serve list of a national agreement club and went with the California State League while it was an outlaw" or ganization. It is expected the major ity of these cases will be decided without trouble but the national com mission will have to be called upon in several cases where major league clubs are involved.
 Four national league clubs, Chicago, Brooklyn. New York and Pittsburg, |
 have claims on players now in the newly admitted league It is expected that Presidents c. w. Murphy of Chi- cago. Charles Fbbetts of Brooklyn, and Barney Dreyfus of Pittsbnrg will !, come on here fo present their claims. MT. Murphy has a claim upon Out fielder Smith of Oakland, Brooklyn has holds upon Pitcher Strieklett of San Jose and Third Baseman Shee- han of Oakland. Pittsburg has re- serve claim on First Baseman Neaion of Oakland and First Baseman Pfyl of Stockton is wanted by New York.
 The national board will resume it's session and the entire National As sociation will meet tomorrow 1t was decided that contract jump CTS must remain in the California , State League for four years while those who have broken their reserve clauses must remain for two years. When any of these players are soli or drafted during the four year period one-half the money will go to the Gal ifornia State League and the other {, half to the National Association. The minimum price in these cases must equal the drafting price.
 The new league will be admitted in class B.
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