The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-15
CHANGES IN
 lDRAFT RULES
NATIONAL LEAGUE W,LL RECON. MEND SOME RADICAL CHANGES
 IN THE PRESENT RULES.
Major League Clubs WiI be ProhIb- Ited From Playing in Minor Ter tory Before and After Play
 ing the Season.

New York. Dec 1.-The American League's declaration of war" was pigeonholed for at least two months and probably for all time. at the Ma. tionai League meeting today. Il was not even seriously considered President Lynch declared.
 None of the managers could decipn. CT it's purposes, he said, so they tab led it.
 In the final session of the three day meeting. the National League adopted two resolutions today, one calling upon the six states contain ing cities of the circuit to make ticket scalping punishable by fine and i'm. prisonment; the other declaring war on baseball pools. and offering $iOU reward for the conviction of persons gambling on the game. 1Ae organ ization also vested President Lynch with power to act for 1t in dealing with the request of the three princi. pal minor leagues for higher class,- fication. A list of recommendations in this connection was approved.
 Among them were the following:
 That major league clubs not be ai- lowed to play in minor league terri tory and vice versa, either before or after the playing season; reduction of the drafting season to five days, beginning September l; providing for the drafting of umpires; an amend ment requiring the major leagues to increase the salaries of drafted play. CTS $50 a month over the minor leagues; restriction of Mayer limit in all leagues to g during the play ing season, and S5 during the off sea- son; the retention of players in the highest class league in which they are purchased, So far as possible; drafting prices of $2.5OO in class A. $l,25O in Class A; $t,0O0 in class B; $750 in Class c. and $500 in class D; that players drafted from class A must be offered back to Class A at the draft price before being offer ed to a higher class.
 While 1t was recommended that President Lynch vote for these amendments to the National agree. msnt, the entire situation was left in his hands and in the hands of Mir. Hermann for action at the next Hermann for action at the next meeting of the National commission
 The league also adopted unanimous ly a resolution submitted by Mir Dreyfuss, declaring it to be the sense of the gathering that in future worlds 8 championship games, the contestins clubs be required to turn over 25 per cent of their shares of the re- ceipts to the tTeasuries of the two leagnes. The resolution advocated an amendment to this effect to the national agreement and provided that a copy of the measure be sent to the American League.
 Playing next year will cease on or about October 6, week earlier than formerly; the season. will open on or about April II, resolution to this effect being unanimously adopt. ed. Final action before adjournment was the appointment of the following committees IT
 Constitution Brush aerrmai.s and Locke.
 Schedule-Dreyfuss, Heydler and Lynch
 Rules-Ward, ,Bresnahan and Em. slie.
 Questioned regarding the American League resolution after the meeting. President Lynch declared there was nothing in it. He added:
 We couldn't make out what it meant"
 The only other echo of the worlds series ticket scandal was the reso. ution calling for Legislation on ticket scalping. It recited that: present laws were inadequate to protect the rights of the public. and in addition to calling upon the states to enact legislation, making ticket specula- ton punishable, incmded the club cit. les in the appeal. The resolution de- claring war on gambling recites that