The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-22
|BAUGH RETURNS; | TALKSOF OUTLOOK FOR NEXT SEASON Suggested Changes in Sal
 ary Limit to Be Con-
 sidered Later BIRMINGHAM LEADS
 ALL IN ATTENDANCE Buys Catcher Lemon From San An- tonio-The Texas Leaguer Will
 Be Released About No- vember 26

| R. H. Baugh, president of the Birmins- ham Baseball association, returned yester- day morning from San Antonio. where nc attended the annual convention Of tho National Association of Professional BaseS ball leagues.
 In explanation of the efHect of tho organ ixation of a A class, Mir. Bsugh hao the following to say; .If the National and American leasue9 adopt the recommendation of the National
 association, the American association. tho
 Eastern league and the Pacific Coast
 league will be elevated above the Southern
 and Western associations. q
 They will have the right to draft
 from the clubs of the Southern and Vest
 ern association In case neither of the
 clubs has lost a man by draft to either of the clubs of the National or American
 leauges. As can be seen, this advantage
 will benft the Class A clubs none at
 all as far as drafting from .C1ass A
 clubs is concerned. The chief Advantage
 gained by the American association and confederates is the fact that they will
 have the right to draft from clubs of
 lower classification before the clubs of the
 Southern and Western associations can
 draft. This will be an advantage to them.
 .sA . Salary Limits Discussed
 At the meeting many important mat ters were discussed, one of the chief be- ing salary limits. It was the universal opinion that salary. limits should ob- tain. and, 1t Is possible that the maximuA salary limit of each league organization will be by the National association. For instance, the National association might decree that the maximum salary limit of Class A organizations shall be 9to0o. Then the Southern league can adopt any limit below that 5000 1t might deem wise.
 Another matter discussed and which | will mean much to minor league orsani- | given player drafted from the minors | by the majors. For instance. the. minor !! league salary of the player in question | will be increased when he reported % | per cent. and it will be agreed that if he makes good within % days he shall be given a major league salary. In this way . man drafted by the majors and returned to the minors will not be in a position to demand of the minor league club major league salary. This will ao- complish much towards keeping down fancy prices paid men returned to the minors because thsy are not good enough for, the majors. s @
 Southern League Represented
 The Southern league was we'll repre- 1 sented. President w. C. HirsiE and Man | ager Schwarts represented Nashville; President Frank P. Coleman represented Memphis; President O. B. Andrews rep l resented Chattanooga; President c. C. Collson and Manager MiQue Finn repre- | sented Mobile; Secretary William Stickney ] and Manager Johnny Dobbs represented I represented Birmingham, and President Kavanaugh represented the league. It Is probable that the meeting of the Southern league will be held about December 15 at Nashville instead of at Little Rock, as was at fr.t determined. There was considerable unofficial discus- | sion relative to a Southern league salary limit although no agreement was reached, of course. A matter of importance In reference to Southern league salary limit l was a movement to mako the limit as 1t is now, $500 per month. for le players. | with the understanding that this amount | will be proportionate1s reduced in case less than 16 men are carried. This will 1 tend to eQualize the strength of tho clubs | even moro than the present rules do.' l have not committed myself to this plan, 1 but at first glance 1t appears good.
 Major Leagues Present
 "The major leagues were represented at tho TIA oF t-hi- l cago, Charles Ebbetts of Brooklyn, Hor- ace Fogel of Philadelphia. Secretary ". H. Locke of Pittsburg. President Hedges of St. Louis and Secretary P. 8. Bernhard of Cleveland were ali on hand. Each of these gentlemen attended the various meetings and entertainments and made speeches. significant remark by Eb- betts was that from legislative stand- point, baseball was yet in it's infancy. He stated, too. that; there. must be rules set forth governing syndicate baseball and now and better rules concerning drafting and salary limits. Though 1t is charged, as Is known. that syndicate baseball Is operated by the Cincinnati. Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Quakers, neither of the representatives. of these clubs had any, thing to say following the remark of Eb- betts.
 r San Antonio Hospitable
 "The people of San Antonio did themselves proudly in hospitality. In Chicago in 1910, no attention was paid the meeting of the national convention. and the newspapers heralded our ar rival by stating in headlines. The Bushers Have Come to Town. But there was a marked difference In San An tonic. Every attention possible was
 shown the delegates and there were in- numerable rides, banquets. shows and pilgrimages to points of interest. such as the army post and the old mis-
 sions, some of which was builded as far hack q 17nf.