Arizona republican., 1917-12-14
MAJOR LEAGUE WILL CONTINUE
 TRAINING CAMPS
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CHICAGO, Dec. 13.-Retention of the 25 player limit and continuation of the usual spring training trips was de- cided upon at the closing session of the American league meeting tonight The club owners cleared up these points in preparation for the joint meeting with the National leagues here tomorrow.
 Summarized. the important questions to be considered by the 16 club owners of the two leagues are:
 "The advisability of reducing the playing schedule to 140 games.
 The advisability of a 154 game schedule running only five and half months.
 "DevisinS a method to collect the federal war tax.
 settlement of the financial obliga- tions resulting from the Federal league war.
 Suggestion of new division of the world series receipts.
 Inserting a war clause in the play CTS contract to protect the club owner in the event the player is called into | the national army"
 President Johnson's announcement that the $110,000 fund agreed upon to reimburse packers of Federal league CIuDS SllIl IGIlldiHeu uIpdiu CduSeQ d surprise. He said that the American league was ready to pay it's shareA S55, 5,000-at once, but that the entire is- Sue would have to be settled by the club owners of the two leagues tomor- row. It was revealed that Edward ! GWinner. who lost heavily in backing | the Pittsburg club of the Federal | league, is to receive s50,000 of the fund and the balance is to be divided be- | tween Harry Sinclair, who financed the Newark club, and the Ward estate of l New York, which supported the Brook | lyn Federals.
 The suggestion advanced by the Ma | tional league that a new division Of | the worlds series receipts be made did not gain favor with the American l league club owners. The National | league proposes to limit the amount | the players of the contending clubs re- i ceive and divide the remainder among | the players on the four leading clubs
 in the two leagues. President Johnson | said he believed this proposal probably would be voted down by the American | league, which thought that the "spoils
 should go to the victors."
 After agreeing to retain the present
 player limit, the American leaguers de-
 cided to hold bat and balf' fund day
 in every city in the league next June
 Twenty-Five per cent of the gross re-
 eeipts will be donated to the fund foI
 the purchase of baseball paraphernalia
 for American soldiers. President John.
 son also announced that the league
 would raise a fund to buy baseball equipment for Canadian soldiers. President Johnson declared himself ! in favor of new form of contract with a war clause inserted in it for the 1915 ] season. The clause will affect all l drafted or enlisted players and is for the purpose of protecting the club owners. The latter will be absolved from all salary obligations if the play CT enlists or is drafted But if the player returns to the game after being ! discharged from military service. he must consider himself still bound to the club with which he last signed. The price Charles Comiskey, owner of the Champion Chicago club, paid for Eddie Collins. star second baseman was made public tonight by President Johnson. He said Comiskey paid the Philadelphia club s50,00O for Collins contract, gave Collins a s15,000 bonu: | for signing, and signed him to a five year contract at a salary of s15,000 g | year.