Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-07
NATIONAL TO SET RULE
STOPPING CASH TRADES
Hereafter All Deals Between Clubs to Be Without Fnan-
cial Features-Minmum Waiver Price Of $1,000
on Minor Lacquer Is Also Planned

"hen the National League meets at
New York on February -, TO adopt
the seasons schedule, the organ,satipn
VIII pass a rule prohibiting any more
cash trades. Hereafter the league pro-
poses TO make all deals between clubs
mancinl features The wild offer which
president Charles Weeghman, of the
.nbs. made few weeks ago for Roger
!ormsby, OF st. Louis. following tho
'no9on deal for Alexander. has aroused
ne opposition of the majority of the
club owners. and the League plans TO
put stop to il.
Last fan, when war conditions dis.
organized baseball clubs. President
Icner anticipated that the more pros
ferrous clubs would take advantage OF
the situation tn buy up the star play
erE' and in Ms annual message he EN- :
P"mt;Gaiiy advised against the big sa,ss.
=, While the club owners applaudcd
Teners speech in the meeting. Wecvn
man ana Baker went right out of Tie
meeting and. Immediately forgot tic
Alexander deal. which was the sense
tion OF tho year.
The weaker clubs have been strenu-
ously objccting to the offers which IN.
, flch CUBS have been making for play
ers, for every time an offer Is mau.
Tor player and the deal does not go
through, the player becomes dissatis-
fled and loses much of his value TO the
club owner. This is especially true in
the case Of Hornshy. who since /, be-
came known that Wccghman offered
S"o,"ro for him. has made it known
mat he Will demand Il three years con-
tract from the 81. Louis Cardinals AZ
$4,000 n year. Hornshy has told his
friends that. If Hranch Hickey con-
sidcrs h. g WORTH, more than see. 10
- the ST Louis club, he believes he
should he at least worth $4,000 Il year.
II is now proposed to prohibit all
deals N ;he future where large sums
I NJ
baseball market to out-and-out trades
X Is acknowledged that the changing
oi talent from on" club TO another is
good thing for both the clubs ana
he players and adds interest to tho
game. The, prominence of the dolla
mark IN the deals, however. empha :
aiz"s the commercial side of the game
:" ",aeiE thHt the club owners fear It
may nave bad effect OH the attitude
OF &c fans toward the sport.
IN" club owners who will proposo tho
ne" rule are liarney Dreyfuss. of PITTS
IurGh. and Eranch Rickcy. Of ST. Loui,
Til. Pirate owners claim that WesrI.
nian made big offers TO get Max C:.rcc
'pr me cubs and that Carey Ia now
i.ssaisiicd with mis- Pittsburgh bert,
htcaus" h" could get more money with
Chicago. President Hermann il aisc
| ~ favor of the new rule because So
NARY eNorts have been made 10 lure
'ie eij s. Hroh away from The Reds tina.
nig contract from Cincinnati.
Most OF the players who are I'm h,c.
demand realize that IL they are sold
rom one cub to another for a hig cash
-onSid"ra ;!on. they have good chailr,
D! receiving a bonus on the transac-
lion. Therefore, when their owners re
iuSe 10 sell they Income rebelllous ana
Efforts.
tn" National League sill consider
a,hohG othcr things, proposition TO
amend it's constitution so As 10 permit
~ an Il
I ne Nsst scheduled series between th,
clubs al interest
The rules al present provide tina, no
Ho ouble,Ac I'd, be PLAYED in the "iirst
!"fl's. The great majority Of post
poncmonts occur in April ana May;
nut rs these cannot be played Oft until
me second series. there has Invariably
ullnNcI a congestion Of doubjc-hnad
ln case ~ further unfavorabie wta
tn"r IA June or Jnly, the clubs are
."rGeI TO crowd such increased post
uou"'ntn,s into September and Octo.
""r. which arrangement in the past
ms resulted - some of the clubs be-
ii@ comD"llci 20 play six or seve,
double headers iu n row or MOI bla,
The @1!ncs a. AL.
mont is 20 remedy this condition b,
allowing clubs 10 play OF post pon>
. occur
Ff,reight Of Tho ninc.yseyen don.
PIE headers played IN 1917 By Nat!onn
i.eaCu" clubs We're staged after tn.
. inihhi" OF August. Thcs" we're mad,
ntcessarE ~ huril ana May postpone
neh's. which samcr, hy reason Of :
Ia'ny Juiy. could No. br played off un
5 ~ inc third or inai series Of the sea
Another enor, VIII he made ~ hay,
tnr iehHh" set aside It's ruic providin,
Ihat player claimed u,tpr waive
9 NUS AT one" h" released to the clu1
! Claiming mis- services. II Is held b,
th"S" desiring This change that In
| operation of the rule in connection
!. with the present restricted player iiini