The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-10

he presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues here today.
 resume of the business transacted by the National association during the year showed that 40 minor league organi cations, embracing 262 cities and towns in the United States and Canada qualified for membership in 1915. as compared with A leagues representing 300 towns and cities in 1914. Ten of these leagues did not begin the season of 1915 and five of the 30 which started failed to complete their season S schedules. One of these was disqualified and the other four dropped out, their failure to continue be- ing attributed mainly to the unusually adverse weather conditions which pre- vailed. In one league 105 games were postponed on account, of rain in a four months playing season.
 Five thousand four hundred and seven- ty-two players contracts were received recorded and promulgated by the associa- ton during the year. One thousand and three players were released by purchase out of 2S40 reported to the office of the association for release Ninety-one op- tional agreements were exercised by Ma tional association clubs. Six hundred and seventy players were reported for sus- pension and 236 were reported for rein statement Seven drafted players were claimed under the waiver rule and 73S disputed cases were adjusted by the as sociation during the year. Seventeen players were drafted by the National league and a similar number by the Amer ican league.
 Out of $72,S00 received by the associa- tion for drafted players the American league contributed $23, 400 and the Ma tional league $21 950. In all, $129, ,557 passed through the office of the National asso- citation during the current year for drafted players, optional agreement play CTS and others released by purchase.
 The following is list of the players drafted by the major and minor leagues:
 National League
 By Brooklyn: Reilly from New Orleans. $500; Earth from Seattle, $1200; Trieste from Syracuse, $l2o0; Colwell from Van couver, $1200.
 From Boston: Blackburn from Indian apolis, $2500.
 By Pittsburg: Madden from Galveston, $120o; Blackwell from Lexington, $500.
 By St. Louis: Hitler from Durham, N. C.. $500.
 By Chicago: Mulligan from Davenport, la, $1200; Wallace from Birmingham. $500; Allison from Memphis $l5cO; Hogg from Mobile, $1500; Wright from Virginia, Minn.. $750
 By New York: Farrell from Portland, Me, $1200: Sharman from Portsmouth. O., $500; Baker from Little Rock, $l500; Kos cher from Toronto, $250O.
 American League
 By Washington: Rondeau from Minne- apolis, $2500.
 By Philadelphia: Stellbauer from Pe- ora. $12O0! Damrau from Portsmouth, Va. $75O; Ray from Greensboro, N. C., $500; Richardson from Marshalltown. la, $500; Seibold from Cedar Rapids, Ia., $500.
 By Detroit Harper from Fort Worth, Tex, $l200; Pagan from Oklahoma City, $500
 By New York: Piefcey from Venice, Cal, $2500; Blodgett rom Omaha, $500; Ross from Chattanooga, $1500; Shooker from Ottawa, $750; Gable from Bradford, Pa. $500; Love from Los Angeles, S2500; Brown from Topeka, S15O0.
 By Chicago: Lynn from Salt Lake City, S250o; Danforth from Louisville, $25O0.
 National Association Clubs
 By Milwaukee: Crfchlow from Waco, $750; Madden from Galveston, disallowed; Harper from Fort Worth, disallowed Faeth from Virginia, Minn., $500.
 By Los Angeles: Galloway from Denver. $l0o0; Jackson from Bloomington, Ill.,, $750; Thompson from Lawrence, Ky, $750
 By Salt Lake City: Mullen from San Antonio. $75o.
 By Indianapolis: Aldridge from Erie, Pa $750 Kirby from Sioux City, la. 5000; Kerr from Fort Worth $75o.
 By Providence: Mcdonald from Hous- ton, $75o O'Nell from Utica, $750; Thomp- son from Lawrence, Kan, disallowed.
 By Louisville: Farmer from Nashville. $1000.
 By Richmond. Va: Ritter from Lewis ton, Me-, $750
 By Portland. Ore: Quinn from Syra- cuse, s75O; Halliker from Keokuk, la, $40S
 By Indianapolis: Humphries from Nor folk, Va, $5Oo.
 By Lincoln. Neb.: Lee from Musca- tine, Ia., $300.
 By Denver: Webb from Hornell, N. Y., 800; O'Neill from Utica, disallowed; Harris from Marshalltown, Ia, $500.
 By Mobile: Ledbetter from Charlotte, N. C., $500; Martina from Beaumont, Tex, disallowed; Harper from Fort Worth, dis allowed.
 By Atlanta: Munch from Charlotte. N. C., $500; Thrasher from Norfolk, s4O0.
 By Denver: Stevens from Tacoma. $500; Howard from Gettysburg. Pa. $500
 By Chattanooga: Efird from Suffolk. Va, s4G0; Martina from Beaumont, Tex. 5000; Matteson from Troy, N. Y, disal- lowed; Kerr from Fort Worth, Tex, dis allowed.
 By Birmingham: Miller from Burling-