New-York tribune., 1920-12-29
Two Factions at Arms.
One Favoring Proposed
Agreement With Majors
and Other Opposed
Rv ". |. Macbeth

The storm center OF organized base
ball that for the past several mon tbs
hss threatened to blow few slabs out
of the major league structure seems
cethe ring now in the minor league dug
outs. Save for Jew idle tits here
and there, all is serene and tranquil
in the higher paths; but in the lower
byways there IS trouble. and plenty OF
il i half one hears is to be believed
Minor league baseball is rert by two
factions. one OF these is ready to
rs-ify the proposed new agreement be-
tween majors and minors; the other is
sternly opposed This new agreement
so far as can be learned. proposes to
restore draft privileges of higher upon
lower leagues throughout the entire
organization: the idea, of course, be
irG to restore those privileges at some
th.rg aprroximating market values in
talent selected.
Two Class AA minor leagues are
holding out aga nst the draf' by ma
;or leagues at any cost. These are the
American Association and the New In
ternational League On me other
hand, the Pacific Coast League seems
erXious TO have the daft restored. But
those Class AA leagues which insist
that they be protected agans. draft by
their draft privileges on leagues Of
lower classification, q privilege vested
ir that agreement which now binds the
minor leagues.
The little minors Chat is, the mir ors
beltw Glass A ratirg) are the real
sufferers. And they are ready to band
together to deny to minor leagues Of
h CHER classification a right to draft
their players un ess those leagues Of
ligher rating submit to draft by the
major leagues
Their chattels bring more on the ma
!or league mart thar they could hope
to bring in barter with even the most
prominent minor conn any. A real ma
jor league prospect always will COM
mand his price When such a chattel
advances to the highest circles of mi
ror baseball without possibility of
further advancement his 7laying worth
suffers accordingly. The sma minors
therefore, declare they viii not stand
Tor players being drafted from them
clubs are equally liable for the play
ers they have under contract
But in certain LEAGUES of lower class
ifcation mes mu mur in which i
seen the fine, Srencerian hand Of GER
tain malconten.s % the came None i
more obstreperous in his outcres an
President Haines of the Michigan On
tario League VII, served on the minor
leagues committee of six with a like
number Jointly from the two maj iors ir
framing the recently drafted working
agreements with Judge Lands in the
chair in this city . couple of weeks
ago
Ever since that occasion Haires has
been crying loud aud long to TIE h oh
heavens Of alleged trckery and chica.
merry though why re indorsed the ac-
tion of the joint committee in question
must remain a problem. His latest
outburst IS uggestion that Bar
Johnson be made sole arbiter IF minor
league baseball, as Judge Lands is sole
arbiter Of the game in the broader
sense
All of which shows there will be
more than one monkey wrench hurled
into that fine machinery OF reor~ani-
zation when the clans. great and srl II
get together in Chicaro for reorganize-
ton next month Absolute monarchies
always nave died card And Gar Ban
still has his renchmen scattered
through the undergrowth
But tie major leagues have the whip
hand il they have only sense cnoug'
to WELD their power. They have the
sympathy OF tne great majority Of the
minor leaCues. who realize raeir best
interests lie in major league market
Those few ralnOr l,aPues W ich object
so strenueusly to the draft would soon
come to time If ost~ac-zed both by the
majors and the minors of lesser rating
season outside the pale without
craft on the part Of the majors and
with raft privileges denied upon lower
leagues, NoulG doubtless be an eve
opener. Almost without exception the
ieagues OF lower rating stand ready to
requciate draft by their fellows Of
higher rating which VIII not submit in
turn TO draft. What is sauce for the
goose should he lauce for the gander
Il the majors weaken the blood will be
on their own ttLcs
Before ne returned to supervise his
racing interests in Cuba John J Nc
Graw, manager of the Giants, selected
q new uniform for his 1921 team.
The home uniform will be white
with wide navy blue stripe. The
cap will be white with a navy stripe
and navy crown; the visor viii be
navy blue, with the letters an. Y"
ronogrammed in white in front. The
stockings will be Of navy blue with
On The road the Giants will wear
plain blue gray. The shirts will be
lettered with the word Giants" across
the front in navy blue. The caps will
be gray, with the crown and visor
nayy blue. The stockings will be navy
hiua with prsv an le+=