Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-18
NATIONAL BACKS
UP ON SALARIES
Decides $1,000 Limit Not
Sufficient to Cover
Minimum Needs.
, VIEW AGREEMENT PLANNED
Majors and Minors Must
Have Something to
Difine Rights.

new YORK, Jan. IA week OF
conferences ana Joint sessions here
between major and minor leagu.
baseball club owners will be com
al,tri 'rmorrow when working
igIarmrut Ia signed by the national
commission for the two major or
nnlHlons and a committee repre-
,cr'.ns the National Association OF
Minor leagues to take the place OF
.hc national agreement abrogated by
numl consent
The minors will go their own way
1ricr the control Of their own ma
gunal board ~ arbitration which will
nave ull jurisdiction until It's term
II office expires In 1921. There viii
ne mo- more draft or optional agree
mrnts IN the National association
AMI all players must he purchased
sy major and minor clubs from the
minors for cash, all moneys and sales
tapcr 10 pass through Secretary
John a. farrcls office at Auburn,
NN
National hacks Up.
~
lonni league today the recently
adopted salary limit Of $1,000 per
month FOR each club was declared TO
b, Insufficient According to Free
ident ucydler. the club owners
agreed on a higher limit. but Just
what II II he declined TO discuss
>tf,her than ro gay that II was sat
Y i,f,riorv 30 cv"ryl,, DIV Interested. II
/, Understood. however. that n sim
liar limit has been adopted nv the
American league and that all c
major league clubs viii ~ hound by
a gcn'lrman's agreement To observe
It
PLAYERS Swappd.
MANY trades and deals were ri-
mored during the week hut the only
one tha, was corsummRted was
triangular exchange OF players In
which the Boston. Washington and
petrol, clubs of tho American league
were Interested. Tioston gets Oscar
Vni from Detroit and Pitcher Du-
mon, from Washington, Detroit In
return secures pitcher Love, Catcher
Alnsmi,h and Outfielder shorten.
and the Washington club gets Harold
- Jnnyrln. second hascmnn from
Boston
The Detroit club signed Dan Haw.
lev WHO managed Toronto's penrant
winners last year. as scout In peoe
OF plll Donovan, who In turn s'aneu
a CONTRACT, tn manage tn" Jersey CIV
Internationnls during the coming
4 season
Optional Agreement Banned.
Thr minor league baseball club
owners held a meeting which lasted
all dav and until late tonight Al the
afternoon session thev decided 10
abolish the practice of receiving or
releasing PLAYERS under an opuonnl
agreement In the future violation
of this mandate will incur a penalty
oiti .On0 IN class "A 1850 In class
1900 In class II, $500 In class e aud
100 IN class u leagues. From now
on the purchasing or selling q!
p.Avefs will he In open market ana
cash must he paid In every trans.
action New selected sale prices OF
PLAYERS were adopted ~ tollowe
"A club mus, pay ~ 500 for class
A PLAYERS. Class a. $1,000 for
players II. $3.50 for class e play
ers and e clubs $500 for ID players
In drafting players class A clubs
/ can only take one player from class
"a clubs. hut there In no restriction
a. 10 the number which league
clubs NJ the lower classlfications can
dnf' Higher clasrlficaiions how
ever have a right To purchase ur'
llmlicdly a. In the past from CLUBS
In lower classes The drafting Hea-
son was announced M from octo.
be- / ip 10 and no cancellations OF
dfan viii be allowed.
Player Limit Changed.
IN regard 10 player limits II was
agreed that class "A clubs can
carry aeon reserve but only is dur
INK the playing season, effective on
the opening day of the season. Clubs
IN an other cla~lficatlons Will he
allowed 90 have 81 on their reserve
lsi bat class 4 clubs are 10 hc I'M
Ted 10 ~ class n, ~, and classes e
And u ~ PLAYER, during the season
\ Another new rule was adopted IN
reference 10 future classification
which viii he governed nv the last
school census instead of the federsl
census Under this arrangement the
Eastern league and Texas leaEue
VI. Dee In class A instead OF n