The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-30
Copy of New Rule In Regard to the
cl.iming Of Drafted Players
10 Received by
Justice,
WILL PROHIBIT FARMING
New Rule is One That Has Been
Fought by Baseball
Players for
Years.

M. r. JUSTICE uaS JUST TSCSlNSu from
Secretary Farrell special bulletin
containing draft of the new ruling
which recently went into effect con-
corning the claiming of GRATED play
ers. The new rule Is very import
ant to minor leagues, but is consider
ed of much greater Importance to the
players. 1t is a rule that baseball
players have been advocating for a
good many years. 1t will have the
effect, also of cutting down to
great extent the practice of farming
out players.
The old practice, much used by ma
jor league clubs. of drafting young
players and then farming them out
to minor league clubs under secret
agreements until they are needed on
the regular line up, will be greatly
curtailed by the new rule. For an
illustration OF how the new rule will
work case in which a player from
this town figures might be used.
Here's an Illustration.
Jenkins, catcher on the Keokuk
team this year, was drafted at the
close of the season by the St Louis
American league club. When the
spring training season has rolled
around, the st. Louis club may find
that they have another catcher on
their squad that Is able to do little
better work than Jenkins Jenkins
( however. is a young and promising
player, and the st. Louis club woult
like to keep strings on him in orde
that he might be called in and use,
in the event that the regular catche
should go bad
In order to keep within the playe
limit prescribed by the rules of OF
gained baseball, however, the clul
may find it necessary to cut down OIL
the number of players on the salar
list Under the old rules, the S,
Louis club would. very likely, farr
Jenkins out to some minor leagu
club, and make with that club
secret agreement that the playe
should be returned to st. Louis wher
ever he was wanted
Under the NV rule, If at the clos
of the training season, the st. Loui
club finds they are unable to kee
Jenkins on the regular squad, all othe
squads in the National Associatio
will be notified, and the right t
claim the services of the player {
the draft price paid by ST Louis t
the Keokuk club may be exercised b
all the clubs in the National ASS
citation In the order of their class
fcation.
This means that before jenkins ca
be sent back to some small brus
league where the timber grows Ia
est, clubs In such leagues as ii
American Association. the Pacit
Coast league, ard othsr leagues
down the line . Class D will be II
en- an Opportunity 10 zst M use
Jenkins serYiee5
Claims sFsseg zrtee.e
Already Nsr1 cit4s sas sest In
claim for Jepsss Il ~ e7est IN
he should b. sess,st ~ 81 Ion
likewise genes Nsa wss Srst,
by Memphis 'raas s >g.o tas he
claimed by the d; gase5s- ctEb in ,
event that he shos-t M be mead
by Memphis next 7sar
The new rules gttpsiase. hoRey
that clubs desiring 70 claim any pl
er drafted by major league q
must notify the secretary Of the
tional Association on or before
first of February, while clubs desir
to claim players drafted by cl
other than major league classifcat
must enter their claims with the