The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-11-09
SOME Of REASONS
WHY DASEH
LOST MONEY
IN 1875
Secretary John H. Farrell Pre-
sents Annual Report to Ma
tional Association of Profes.
sional Baseball Leagues.
SEASON DISASTROUS
FOR LITTLE LEAGUES
Fifteen Out of the Forty
Which Started Did Not Com
plete Season; Bad Weather
a Feature.

a Feature.
SAN Francisco. Cal. Nov. e.-Many
interesting details In connection with
the professional baseball season of
1915 which. for many reasons, was
non productive Of financial benefit To-
those most closely Identified with the
national game. were included in the
annual report of Secretary John u
Farrcl which he presented at the an
nual meeting OF the National Associa-
ton of Professional Baseball Leagues
here today.
A resume of the business transact
ed by tire National Association during
the year showed that forty minor
league organizations embracing 262
cities and towns la the United states
and Canada qualified Tor membership
In 1915 as compared with forty-four
leagues representing 500 towns and
cities In iai4 Ten OF these leagues
did not begin the season Of 1915 and
five OF the thirty which started failed
90 complete their seasons schedules
one 81 these was disqualified and the
other four dropped out. their failure
to continue being attributed mainly to'
the unusually adverse weather CCndl-
lions which prevailed In one league
l05 games were postponed on recount
OF rain in a. four months playing
season.
Five thousand four hundred and
scNcnty-two players contracts wcr
received recorded and promulgated
by the association during the year.
Onc thousand and three players We're
released hy purchase ont OF $50 re-
ported Co the Office of the association
for release Nincty-ouc Optional
agreements wcre approved between
National Association clubs and tnirty-
min optional agreements were cNcr-
ciFcd hy National Association cluhs
Six hundred and seventy players were
reported for suHueusiuu and -3G wer.
reported for reinstatement. Seven
/, drafted players were claimed under
tit waiver rule and 80 disputed cas-"
were adjusted hy the s|ociatluu dur
Ing the year. seventeen players WcIg
drafted hy tho National hague and a
/ similar number hy the American
league.
out o. Sl2hU0 received ay The aa-
s|ociatiun for drafted players tun
American league contributed S-3.4nn
ond the National league S1t.95U. tu
-A LN"-H''N N-N.A % |H"A 'N
of the National Association duflup the
current ycar for drafted players op-
tioual agreement players and others
elcascd hy purchase.
Tho following b. "a Est 81 the p.lF-
ere drafted hy the major and minor
leagues.
National League.
uy Brootlyn. Reilly from Ncw or
leans $500 Bar,h from Seattle,
$1,000, Pricstc from Syracuse $1,000
f, Culvoll from Vancouver. fl.tuu.
Ey Boston Blackburn from Iudl-
annapolis. $4,000.
By Pittsburgh Madden from Gol-
weston. $1,000. HlackWe.s from LcH-
inRton. $500.
Hy 81. Louis Hitler from Durham
y e.. $500.
By Chicago. Mulligau from Daycu-
port ln. $3.50, Wallace from Bir-
mingham. Ala $500. Allison from
Memphis Tenn. $500. HogH from
Mobile, Ala. $500. Wright from Viz
ginia. MINI, $3.50.
By Sew YORK Farrell from Port
land Ne. ti.2g0. Sharmau from
Portsmouth, o., $500, Baker from
Little Rock. Ark, $500. Koschci
from Toronto. ont, $2.51O.
American League.
By Washington. Noudcnu from
Minneapolis. MINI. {2.b00.
Hy Philadelphia %Stcllbaucg from
Peoria, $1,000. uamr4u from Ports
mouth, Va, $3.50. Hay from Greens
bore, s. e., $500; Richardson from
MARI hulituWu. Ia. $500. Sci1old from
Cedar Rapids, Ia. $500.
49, Sew York. Pierccy from Ven
ice, Cal, $500; Blodgott from Oma-
hu, $500; Ross from Chattanooga.
Tenn. Xl,jON. Shockcr from ottawa,
Ont, $3.50, Gable from Bradford, Pa,
$500; Love from Los Angeles. cal.
S2.5uo. Brown from Topeka, kan,
$500.
. By Chicago Lynn from SAT- Lake
city. 81 500. Dauforth from Louis
vile $500.
National A~sSpciatloh Clubs.
By Milwaukee Crichluw from
Waco. Tex. $3.50. Moddeu from Cali
weston, disallowcd; Harper from Fort
worth disallowed; Facth from Viz
gini1, Mimi, 5000.
By Lon Angeles. Galloway from
Denver, $1,000. jackson from Bloom
ington. iu., $3.50. Thompson lrotp
Lawrence. Kan, $3.50.
By salt Lake CITY. Utah. Mullen
from san Antonio, $3.50.
By indianapolis. ldrldse from
Erie, Pa, $3.50; kirby from sioux
city, Ia. St,ooo; Kerr from Fort
worth. Tex $3.50.
By Providence McponDaid from
Houston, Tex, $3.50; oNeill from
Utica, $3.50; Thompson from Law
renee. kan, d~isallowed
. BY louisville. Farmer from Nash~