The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-11
MAJORS ARRANGE
FOR JOINT SESSION
Bascball's Big Conference Will
Be Held in This City Next
Thursday.
n, FREDERICK G. LIED.

Tho Joint meeting OF the National and
Amer an Leagues scheduled for next
thursday will be held at the Hotel Bllt-
r,ore az 80 in the afternoon. John
Heyder, president OF the National
League, and Col Jacob Rupert OF the
Yankees selected the time and place for
the meeting ut conference yesterday.
col Rupert acted in behalf Of Ban
Johnson. president OF the American
League.
Next Wednesday the Nat onal League
will hold a special meeting at the Hotel
Waldorf-Astoria This meeting will
AXE the place of the usual February
schedule meeting OF the National League.
nd all such business as usually comes
hefore the spring meeting will then be
transacted Among the most important
will be the adoption OF National
League player limit, and an amendment
:, the league constitution returning the
league to the old system OF non-recall-
aole waivers.
Heyder will recommend that the
natter of the adoption of the schedule
te left over to IL special committee.
Tho American League also will meet
IN special session at the Blltmore next
Wednesday and it also is presumed that
This will take the place Of the schedule
meeting of the American League.
Minors Meet Here Tuesday.
Representatives of the minor leagues
will hold n special meeting here next
Tuesday, and will try to formulate some
plan Of action in presenting their griev-
snces to the major league conference.
on his return from n ten day trip
through the West yesterday Heydler
said 1t would be we'll for the minors TO
have a thorough understanding among
themselves before they again approach
the major leagues. While no one in
baseball is more sympathetic over minor
league conditions than Heydler. he is OF
the opinion that the minors are trying
to blame the big leagues for too many
Of the troubles of the minor leagues.
The minor leagues are pretty much
Up in the air. They did not show much
team work In approaching the National
Commission in Cincinnati last Monday"
said HeydIeu For instance the minor
league committee. OF which Joe Tinker
was member. put in a request for the
abolition of the draft from all minor
league players. Then President Hickey
OF the American Association, in which
Tinker has the Columbus franchise.
asked that we draft players only from
Class IA leagues and let the Class "A
teams draft them from leagues under
them Then the International League
Erother Class "A league, wants the draft
removed from it,
Concerted Action Needed.
Naturally such way OF presenting
grievances can hardly bring favorable
attitude from the big league men. Il
seems to me that the correct way for
the minor leagues to act is TO decide
exactly what they want and appoint an
authoritative committee to put their
complaints before our joint meeting.
,xba ua could make from
the committee that came to see the Ma
tonal Commission the minor wants us
10 stop drafting players stop letting
PLAYERS ont on options and to stop sign
ing Young layers who are free agents
TIE question then is; Where would
ne majors procure and develop their
players?
personally am in favor Of the draft,
optional agreements when properly en-
forced and the right OF any big league
e,uh 10 sign any promising youngster It
desires II he is not connected with any
club on the other hand the minors DO
heir part in developing our players ana
.Aoud get adequate protection ana any
I'D We can give them
Heydler said the annual meeting OF
he National Commission in Cincinnati
as, Monday went by without hitch
md that his relations with Ban Johnson
were most anna bic. In his annual re-
mort Hermann suggested that III view
o.. The unsettled conditions in baseball
he election Of officers be postponed until
',e- the joint major league meeting.
When the election Of officers came up
neyd.er moved that Herrmann's sugges-
,on on postponing election Of officers
adopted and the motion was passed
'-a-!mously.
Branch Hickey Discharged.
Hsvd.er Yesterday held conference
g. the managerial situation in St Louis
with Major Branch Hickey. president O.
ne s. Louis club. Hickey received his
.scharge from the army at Camp Ken
t-i.t Lakehurst, " j.. yesterday,
t. National League president SAID
20 objection will he made to Hickey at
ending next weeks National League
meeting II. said Rickey's present
status is unlike that OF President-Mana-
aar Fred Mitchell of the Cubs. who was
har-gd from the annual meeting or the
National League last month.
"a Tar AS the National League knows
Va. Hickey still is president OF the
81 Louis club and Jack Hendricks - ITS
ranagtr. With contract which has an
.'.e~ YEAR % run" said Heydler. 1--WE
ave heard nothing official TO the con-
f-a-,.