Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-17
IS TEXAS LEAGUES plan
ALLEN WOULD SET A BOUNDARY
LINE IN PRICES AND THEN
PROVIDE PENALTIES.
discussion Session LONG
Opinion Is That National Association
Must Fix Standard Payments
Among Minor Leagues.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Nov. 16,--
The salary limits of every league, ex-
cept the majors, will be cut to the
quick next season, if a movement
Started today at the convention of the
National Association of Professional
Baseball leagues by William z. Allen
president of the Texas league, bears
fruit.
The Texans plan is for a central
board to fix salary limit for every
league of a certain classification, and
fix severe penalties for the violation
of such a rule or limit Salaries OF
some leagues depends upon the adop-
tion of share rule, 1t is contended. 1t
Is further argued that unless the sal"
airy limit of each league is the same
void. for some leagues Of a lower
classification have a higher salary
limit than those of the higher.
Make Take Away Salary Power.
If MIR. Aliens plan is followed, the
power to fix salaries will be taken
away from the various leagues.
President Sexton, of the National
Association OF Professional Baseball
tho Brooklyn National club, and Pres
ident Charles Murphy of the Chicago
Nationals are supporting Mr. AL
lens plan.
Scale for Rising stars.
During the debate on the Allen
plan, Bob Quinn, secretary of the Co
lumbus, Ohio, club of the American
association, made a motion that the
salaries of minor leaguers. going
higher, be at fixed scale. This met
with general approval.
President Sexton advised that either
the paying of railroaod expenses of
players, and their families, reporting,
OF going home, be discontinued unlver-
sally, or that the practice be regu-
lated and made uniform.
Ebbetts Proposes a Bond.
President Ebbetts, of Brooklyn,
said the salary limit must and shah
be observed If baseball can be ex-
pected to prosper. He suggested that
presidents of leagues and club own
ers be heavily bonded to insure their
observance of the limit that may be
imposed.
President Murphy of the Cubs said
the heartiest of cooperation between
the major and minor leagues is abso-
lutely essential.
Plan Largely Discussed.
The opinion of the convention
clearly was that the National assoc
iation not only must fix the salary
limit among the minor leagues, either
by classification or by population,
based on the national census figures,
but also must get with" the National
Commission on the formulation of a
rule that will cover the cases of the
players who go higher.
Nearly all the mornings session was
taken up with a discussion of the
Allen plan. 1t was referred to a COM
mittee, but that was only formally
for the purpose of putting the rule in
the proper shape for reference to the
body for action to incorporate 1t in
the constitution and bylaws.
Disfavors Bets BY Wire.
II the recommendation of the sub
committee is followed the Pacific
Coast league, the American associa-
tion and the Eastern league will be
advanced to class AA, with privileges
OF drafting from every league other
than the major and the three men-
toned.
President Baum, of the Pacific
Coast league. will introduce a resolu.
ton tomorrow asking the federal con-
gress to pass a law preventing the
Transmission of bets on baseball by
wire.
Vancouver figured in one of the
trades made today when Pitcher Ras-
mussen, of that team, was sold TO
Sioux City. Rasmussen had been
drafted by the Philadelphia team.