The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-17
ID PRUNE SALARY LIMITS IF LEAGUES Central Board to Fix the
 Limit TO FIX THE PENALTIES Baseball Association Will Discuss the Evil of Betting Today.
 Creation of A A Leagues
 Recommended
TO FIX THE PENALTIES

San Antonio, November 16-The sal ary limits of every league except the
 majors will be cut to the quick nex, season if movement started today at the convention of the National As
 sociation of sProfessional Baseball
 leagues by Wilbur P. Allen. president
 of the Texas league, bears fruit. The Texans plan Is for a central board to fix a salary limit for every league of a certain classification and fix penalties for the violation of such limit, taking the power of fixing sal
 aries away from the individual leagues. The existence of some leagues depends upon adoption of such a rule, it Is con- tended.
 It was further argued that unless the salary limit of each league Is the same the classification is in fact made void, as some leagues of lower class ification have higher salary limit than those of the higher.
 Practically the entire business ses- sion today of minor league leaders was devoted to the salary limit problem and in the end it was referred to a committee. It was the concensus of opinion among those who participated in the debate. however, that the fixing
 of salary limits either by classification
 or population of the different cities un-
 der the direction of the national as-
 sociation is imperative. The sugges-
 tion of Secretary Quinn of the Colum-
 bus. Ohio, club that the salaries of
 players who go to higher league
 should be on a. fixed scale, was gen.
 erally approved. It is anticipated that
 both suggestions will be reported fla
 vorably by the committee on revision of the constitution tomorrow.
 President Sexton of the national as-
 soieation. President Ebbets of the
 Brooklyn National league club and President Murphy of the Chicago Ma tionals were the especial champions of the Allen. plan.
 President Ebberts Suggested that league presidents and club owners be bonded to insure the observance of the salary limit Imposed Incidentally, President Sexton urged that the pay ing of railroad fares and expenses of players and their families reporting or returning to their homes after the sea- son be discontinued universally or reg ulated.
 The advancement of the Pacific league, American Association and the Eeastern league to a higher classifica- tion to be known as A was recom- mended by a sub committee which met today. It is proposed that leagues in
 this class be permitted to draft from all other minor leagues.
 Tomorrow betting will be the dis cussfon. President Baum of the Pacl~c Coast league announced that he would offer a resolution asking that Con- gross enact law prohibiting the trans ] mission by wire of bets on baseball games.
 | Tonight the delegates were guests of the Texas league at a banquet at a local hotel. The tables were arranged in the shape of baseball diamond with pitchers, catchers, umpires and coach- CTS boxes
 The army also entertained tonight with boxing exhibition and military tournament in the post gymnasium at Fort Sam Houston.
 It was announced today James O'Rourlxe. Dick Dad" Phelan, Charlie
 Murphy, Charlie Ebbets, Jack Holland
 George Leidy, Tip O'Neill, Bill Bailey,
 James Burke, Harry Wolverton, Happy
 Hogan and Roger Bresnahan would be among the players in the Saturday charity baseball game. Governor Col
 quitt of Texas will give the word to
 play ball." Tim Murphy Is supervisor
 of umpires and although he admits he had four selected to assist the governor
 he refuses to divulge their identities