The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-10
BIG LEAGUE SCOUTS
SEEK YOUNG TALENT
Treasured Prosperous SEASON Causes
Ivory Hunters "a Gather
Juvenile Talent
NO DRAFT THIS SEASON
Timr IIpnorcd Custom ~ Majors
hcnCldng out aud Grabbing
Players ~ ~ Hn End.
NO DRAFT THIS SEASON

NEW YORK, Aug o. Major
league scouts are combiuR tu'
bushes the summer with Ererior
care than over before. There are
Two distinct reasons.
Ia The hrHt place, the merry mag
nat'H lu tho big show stand ready
Go invest iu young players ON "a lu
go scale than Al any time since Dee
lHro tuCI, SAM entered Ihr world
war Ihuy Uru satisfied tuu' ih'
baseball business. which came back
vain the pruNerbi1l bang. IH back
iu HthS, ypd thut Property iH due tu
return. furthormUrv. a majority Uf
h,R league clubs are short uu piuH
per.iNr Htaru. particularly young
pitchers aud innoldors. liUuru th'
scouts are ..pking 'cm over with an
unusually ! l,'u eye
he oth'. reason has to DO win
tho break l.lWcen the majors and
minors. " en- ,hn JOINT meeting 0f
the big an htllo fellows was held
here luHt January the minors made
y known that they wanted 10 sever
the apron string thpt held them ted
10 O,d Nav Major They wanted
freedom from the draft aud a mum
her " other things They turned
democratic. hulshoyiHtir. or what.
ever you please, and lflcr hcaring
their pleas the mplDrH shook their
nogglns wisely and agreed mat tho
national agreement, promulgated to
1908. should be- broken
Nothing came of tho agreement
reached az the January meeting.
Tho majors. who were said 10 have
acquiesccd 10 the plan Tor killing
tho timo houorcd agreement. simply
sst back and twiddlcd their thumbs
The minors waited Tor some sort ~
written acknowledgment from the
big boys but Il failed TO appear 10
the minors, headed by Al Tierncy
met IN Chicago n short time ago and
declared their independence
To-day the national agreement is
scrap of paper War hasn't been
declared. or anything Ike that. but
u In a certainty that the majors ana
minors are watching each other with
weather eyes The minors hope toI
got along amicably. conduct their
own business. Acll their own players.
respect contracts and territory aud
otherwise deal with their big broth
ors In fairness aud equality
There will be no draft this fall.
The time-worn right OF the majors
to reach out and grab minor league
talent for n prcarrangcd price IL At
an end, II the big fellows want a
player they must fork over a price
that Is satisfactory 10 the minor
league club owner.
No the scouts are having their In
ming. They are more important than
they ever were before. They're out
To get the lowest OF low downs"
on every minor league player Of
prominence, and the chances are
that every major league club iA
keeping card index on young tai
ent.
No far. there Il no evidence that
the new arrangement with the
minors running their own affairs
will )sfTNo work harmonlOusly for
big majority OF them. but here and
there We note Indications OF unset
tied times IN baseball
Fact is. the minors are not exact
" n unit because certain maEnates.
Or leagues which had no part In
the January meeting In New York
have hesitated to accept the plan
for taking things Into their own
hands This leaves the National as
aocihtion majority vouchinE for the
move made recently IN Chicago and
a minority still expecting something
In the way of definite move. or al
least official comment from the
majors.