The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-08
Maj1r Leagues To
 Ga.her Next Week

The major leagues open their an nual meetings in New York next Tuesday, but the National Commission is to go into session next Saturday. The supreme court of baseball will be called upon to decide a claim by the Eastern League, the American Association and the Pacific Coast League for higher classification. al agreement, the parties of the first part, and the National Association, styled party of the second part.
 Organized baseball has been con ducted under this national agreement with a wond degree of success for several years. There have not been any serious differences between the majors and the minors, and the only jar among the minors themselves was due to the dissatisfaction of the three leagues previously mentioned over the rating rule.
 As this is a legislative detail and does not affect the interests of the public the National Association wise ly tackled the problem at the recent meeting at San Antonio and believes that it will be able to propose to the National Commission this week plan which will be satisfactory to all par ties to the agreement.
 The National Association named its board of arbitration as committee to present its case to thes National Commission. The board7 consists of J. H. Farrell, chairman and secretary {; J. Cal. Ewing, T. H. Murnane, James H. O'Rourke, Frank R. Carson, Judge Willism M. Kavanaugh, Norris l.. O'Rourke,. c. R. Williams. and M. F. Justice.
 The National ommission will con- fer on the suggestions of the minor league representatives and will be ready to report to the major league next week.
 The National Leagues annual meeting will convene at the Wal dorf-AstOria on Tuesday, Dec. 12, and at the same time the American Lea que will meet at the Hotel Astor
 Amending the national agreement is serious. matter, and all parties to the famous contract will give care e- ful consideration to the changes pro- posed. but 1t seems probable that A strengthened and improved agree ment will be the outcome of. the con- ferenceS.
 to be recommended by the National Association is the re-classification schedule which puts the American Association, the Eastern League and the Pacific Coast League in the. new class A. The adoption of the rule uIilltllS luo nuIIlU6r or payers c1u DS of. the various classifications may carry would also clear up the base ball atmosphere.
 Under the proposed changes class A clubs would be allowed to carry twenty players during the playing season and thirty between seasons class A, eighteen players in season and twenty-siv out of season; class B, sixteen players in season and twenty-four players out of season: class c, fourteen players in season and twenty-six out of season; class son; class D, thirteen players in sea son and twenty out of season.
 The meeting of the American League will probably be run off in it's usually smooth and orderly manner. It is possible that Hedges may again have some scheme for disposing of his St. Louis Browns, or that Frank Farrell may announce his new man. ager, but aside from one or two things of this kind the younger or ganization will simply run through its routine business quietly and se- dately after it's accustomed manner.