Evening star., 1911-01-06
BOTH LEAGUES MUST
: WAVE M0NDRAFEDMEN
President Lynch Gains His Point and
Has Pet Measure
Adopted.
NEW RULE BENEFITS
THE YOUNG PLAYERS
Must Now Rum the Waiver Gantlet
of the Two Major Leagues.
Silent on Schedule.

Special Dl6patcn 10 Inc STAR.
NEW YORK, January 6.-Thomas ].
Lynch. president of the National League.
returned to headquarters. in the st.
James building, yesterday. much elated
over the fact that one Of his pet projects
had met with favor at the meeting OF the
national base ball commission in Cincin-
natl Tuesday. News of the action of the
commission on this matter leaked out
only upon the arrival of Mr.. Lynch.
Hereafter all drafted players will be re-
garded as purchased players. and must
run the waiver gantlet Of both leagues
before being sent back to the minors.
The National League president went out
to the meeting prepared to make q stifl
fight on this proposition. Heretofore q
player drafted by an American League
club could be sent back to the minors
after the seven other teams had waived
claim on him. The National League in
such case could do nothing to keep the
player in big ieague circles. The parent
organization might return such a comph-
ment to the American League with equal
facility.
1t was Mr. Lynch's contention that a
drafted player should run the waiver
gantlet of fifteen clubs-not of seven-just
as purchased player whom it is propos-
will be better satisfied, and cannot say
he is being kept from advancing in his
profession.
Gives an Example.
'Supposing one club in each league
wants the same player" said Mr.. Lynch
in explaining the rule. 1.-THE American
League club might win the player on the
draw. After looking him over and not
feeling satisfied, the club could turn him
back to the minors. The National League
team which was anxious to secure the
man would have nothing to say in the
matter, and his services would be lost to
the team for that season.
The new rule should prove a boon to
the tail-end clubs, as they will have more
OF an opportunity to strengthen their
teams the owners of both major leagues
have drafted prLmiscuously, and 1t Is well
known that they have covered up players
who could have been used to advantage
by other clubs. Last fail the National
League clubs drafted seventy-two men,
and already twenty-five have been sent
back to the minors without the American
League teams having a chance to bid
tor their services.
The American League clubs procured by
the draft route sixty-seven men, of whom
twenty-eight have been sent back to
class A or B leagues.
drafting and other sharp practices freely
indulged in in the past by many of the
owners will prove of immense advantage
not only to the clubs, but to the players
as well. is the opinion of President
Lynch.
One of the Violations.
The Dale case, it turns out, was settled
summarily by the commission and de-
clared illegal. In this instance President
Taylor of the Boston Red Sox asked
Cleveland to draft the pitcher from the
Dallas club of the Texas League and
turn him over to the Red Sox. Taylor
Immediately handed the player to the
Sacramento club of the Pacific Coast, a
class A organization. while the Texas
League has only a class c rating Such
practices will be met with disciplinary
measures in the future, declared Mr..
Lynch, along with the methods employed
at times to make assurance doubly sure
by having a number of clubs in one
league draft a player for the benefit OF
one team, SO that an advantage would
be secured in the draw. 1t was by such
methods that Detroit was kept from Sc
curing a single player wanted by Presi-
dent Navin.
President Lynch has little or nothing to
say about the schedules for next sea-
son. Any announcement made. he said,
would be premature at this time, as the
committee had done little more than out
line their plans. Whether or not the
reduction in mileage as announced in
Cincinnati on Wednesday will become
an accomplished fact he refused to state.
An effort to reduce travelling expenses SO
far as possible Is being made, however.
Players of the Pacific Coast Base Ball
League who failed to report to clubs
having title to them after that league
was changed from an Outlaw to a ma
tional agreement organization, were de-
clared ineligible for another year by the
national base ball commission In a de-
cison promulgated late yesterday. In
addition, those players who violated con-
tracts with national agreement clubs
will he barred for three years.