The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-12
new DRAFT RULE.
Meeting Of National League
Magnates Adjourned.
Herzog May Go to Cincinnati
Talking Many Trades.

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New York. Dec. 1.-THE annual meet
ing of the National League closed
Thursday night. After adjournment
the club owners were the guests at
private banquet given by John 4.
Tener, governor of Pennsylvania and
the newly elected president of the or
ganization.
During the day the league added
three amendments to its constitution
fayoring a new method of holding the
annual drafting of players and decloeo
to hold the annual schedule meeting on
February 9 in this city. President
Tener is to announce later his appoint
ment Of constitution, arbitration and
rules committees.
The league confirmed the ruling OF
the arbitration board which failed to
uphold the protest OF the New YORK
club against surrendering quarter
share of it's 1912 world series receipts
to the other seven clubs. 1t was held
the National commission Aie requiring
the apporticnment was constitutional
and the $4,000 withheld from the New
York club was ordered divided. AS
balm to the Giants, it was decided the
local club should get one-eighth share
Of the money.
The new drafting rule which meets
with the leagues support was intro
duced by Charles H. Ebbetts, president
Of the Brooklyn club. 1t is designed to
reduce the element Of chance in the
drawing and to give second division
clubs free selection of players before
first division clubs. in this manner
strengthening the weaker clubs and
fhnQ QfrQnOfhoninO he on quo IN
eral.
Amend Constitution.
One Of the amendments passed was
looked upon as an instance Of holding
the league plans to broaden its presi-
dents scope Of power. Governor Tener
will have authority to arbitrate a dis
pute between two clubs over the
waiver price on a player, which one de-
sires to release. If club pays sew
eral thousand dollars for a young play
er and finds him wanting and decides
to let him go the club will not have
to dispose of him at the usual 81, 500
waiver price to another National
League club. claiming him, but can de-
mand higher price. If the clubs can
not agree. President Tener will have
power to strike a medium by which
the purchasing club must abide IL it
wants the player.
Another amendment prohibits the
owner. manager or agent of one cluh
negotiating with player Of another
wtnout first getting permission from
the payers owner to do so. The third
amendment was a technical one. set
ting aside in the case of New York
city tne rule that no city shall have
Two National League clubs. This was
passed because Brooklyn ia within the
greater city -.-o
The meeting adjourned without any
oeals having been made for Joe Tinker.
Clnclnnatfs deposed manager, although
eeVe1aI traoes ASSIGNING him variously
to Pittsburg, Brooklyn and PhiIadei.
ph1a were rumored.
manager Stallings offered Pittsburr
$1,oOO Tor Dolan, it was reported. while
manager Doom offered Pittsbure Cam
mt ana Byrne for Dolan, which would
Manager Clarke made last summer.
First League President There.
M. G. Buckley, ex-governor Of Con.
nect1cut and ex-United States senator
from that state and the first president
oI the National League, CHANGED to
enter the lobby Of the hotel while the
league was In session. He was not
ava ~ae OF the meeting but when he
learned OF 1T he hurried up stairs and
mace short address In which he con-
graduated the league on its selection
OF Governor Tener
But cannot see that baseball TODAY
IS any better than 1t was when I was
president of the league he said wifi,
q smile. The players. in my opinion.
ere no better men than they were in
the seventies and. taken all in all. the
game is not improving beyond the
standard we set"
charles Herzog, the New York third
paseman, was consulted by the Gin
cinnati management several times IN
1 Te to trades in which it was said
color to reports that Herzoe was 70 he
tne new manager Of the Cincinnati