Arizona republican., 1913-09-16
National Commission Holds Drafting M e eting at Which One Hundred and Eight Minor Leaguers Receive Big Boost.
SELECTIONS TAKE
 ENTIRE MEETING
Ebbets Comes to Bat With New Drafting Rule, In tended to Give Weaker Clubs First Grab at Prom ising Bushers.
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1sPArCH1

ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCH1 ] CINCINNATI, Sept 15.-One hun
 dred and eight minor league players were elevated to the majors via the draft route today when the Amerf- can League obtained sixty-seven by draft, while the National annexed forty-one at urawing which was made by the National Baseball
 commission The St Louis Ameri-
 cans had by far the luckiest draw.
 obtaining thirty players or more than a fourth of the total number. Gin cinnati was second, with eleven. the l Chicago Americans ten. Detroit nine. Philadelphia Americans and Boston Nationals eight each. Brooklyn seven, I Boston Americans five, Chicago Ma tionals four. Philadelphia Nationals three. Cleveland, Pittsburg and New York Americans two each, Washing ton, St. Louis Nationals one each.
 The drawing of major league teams for Class A A and class A players resulted in the following:
 St. Louis Americans s; Detroit Americans and Boston Nationals each; Brooklyn and Chicago Nation als 3 each; Chicago Americans and Cleveland Americans two each; New York Americans and Cleveland Americans two each; New York Americans, Washington, Philadelphia , and Cincinnati one each.
 The names of some of those chosen | were given out unofficiany tonight, ! among them being: by Detroit, Will | Hams of Sacramento; by the Chicago | Americans. Barber, of Lincoln, Neb.; { by Cleveland. Wood, of Sioux City: ! by the Brooklyn Nationals, Riggert, | of St. Paul; Gagnier of Newark; [ and Kraft of New Orleans, while ] Herbert of Toronto is also transfer red to Brooklyn by the Chicago Ma tiOnals in exchange for Babel of l Winnipeg; and Heating of Columbus, | Ga; Cincinnati gets Neihoff. of Louisville; the Chicago Nationals. Johnston of San Francisco; the BOs- ton Nationals, Krutcher, of St. Jos eph; the New York Nationals, John son of Omaha.
 Little business other than drafting was taken up by the National Com mission today but a resolution by President Ebbetts of the Brooklyn club of the National League was submitted. It aims to revise the drafting rules so as to give teams which are lowest in league races a chance to obtain the first call on the players drafted briefly it is as follows:
 There shall be sixteen draft se- lections numbered from one to six teen which will be awarded to the sixteen major league clubs.
 The National League and Ameri- can League will determine by lot which league shall have the odd numbered selections and which the even numbered
 "The league securing the odd num- bers would award the selection of one to their eighth place club, num- Der three to the seventh place club and on up to the leading club, which would receive selection num- Der fifteen.
 "The league securing the even numbers would award selection two to the eighth place club, four to the seventh, and so on up to the leading club of their league. which shall re- ceive selection number sixteen.
 ''The sixteen major league clubs shall be represented by officials of the respective clubs at the drafting meeting and shall, the numbers are announced in numerical order. have the right to make free selec- tion of the player of any minor lea que club subject to draft; restrictions relative to the number of players subject to selection by the National of Clubs to remain in force precisely as one now provided for in the National agreement.
 By this system it is believed the following reforms will be accomplish ed:
 q. The great element of uncer- tainty of the players to be secured will be removed.
 ''2. The elimination of filing lists of thirty to forty players.
 g. It will minimize the possibility of a club being unlucky and secur- Ing several players not up to stan dard.
 A The elimination of technical evasion of the drafting laws.
 5. Great good would come to clubs in the second division in hav- ing a free selection before the clubs of the first division can secure a player or players most needed to strengthen their respective clubs and thus in a broader manner it will strengthen the leagues"