Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-12
LAND|s At HEAD
Of TRIO CHOSEN
TO DRAFT MATTER
ALL MAJOR LEAGUE CLUBS ARE
REPRESENTED At INITIAL
SESSION.
PLAN JOINT RATIFICATION
Toole Offers Program Providing for
Commission Composed of lands
and League Presidents On
Draft.
By Associated Prraa.

NEW YORK. Dec. ii.--MaJ0r and
minor league committees engaged In
drawing up new national baseball
agreement early tonight delegated q
Judge Lands. high eoniglssioner of
baseball. George Wharton Pepper. of
Philadelphia. and John Conway Toolc.
Of New York. the task OF deciding upon
the form of the document = The trio
met tonight and discussed the provis.
Ions Of the tentative agreements thai
'''rc Drescnt~d t0 the committees TO.
day and viii submit their report q
the joint COMMITTEES tomorrow Tho
general conferences of the committee.
which lasted all day. was attended by
representatives OF all the major league
clubs. except 81. Louis and Chicago ~
'he American League. Absence OF
President Ban johnson. OF the Amer.
can League accasioncd some surpris
and much speculation. until Judge Ian.
d. said the mix.up regarding the pro.
posed Joint meeting of the two major
leagues and the absence OF President
johnson here today were due TO him.
To Meet Saturday.
He explained that In his opinion II
would be impossible 10 get through
with the preliminary discussion and
work on the new agreement before next
week and for that reason he notified
President johnson ana President Heyd.
Ter that the ioint ssssiun would be held
In Chicago next saturday. Before
leaving Chicago. Judge I.andIs said
President johnson declared that any.
thing the Judge decided upon woul
siht him.
later Judge I.andls announced def.
nitely that the American League meet.
Ing would be held In Chicago mex, Fri.
day. and that the joint ratification
meeting would probably he held there
Saturday. or. u delayed. either In
Chicago OF New York after New Yeart
When the major and minor leaguT
committees met To take up the new
agreement tentative drafts were sub
mitted by President Heydler of the Ma.
tional League and John Conway Toolr.
attorney for the National League. The
princiDal difference between the two
was that the Heydler drAft included the
administrative detalp while that pr"
scented by Mr rYToole omitted these do
tails. which ne suggested might be In
corporated in separate agreement.
thus leaving the code which is 20 he the
general government OF baseball In such
form that {, would cover minor leagu"
as well as major league baseball.
Possible Complications.
Mr.. Tooie pointed out possible com
piications involving minor leagues un.
der the proposed agreement presented
by Mr.. Haydier. there was virtually
unanimous agreement relative % the
draft presented by Mr. Toolc. which
provided for either of the final forms
OF agreement. one 10 he between the
two larger leagues with provisions for
admitting the minor leagues as an ~.
sociation. as n party 81 the agreement.
and the other n three party agrccmtn,
the parties being the National League,
American League and the National A.
aociatiOn Of Professional Baseball
Leagues.
The plan suggested by Mr.. Toole
provides for n commission composed of
Judge Lands and the presidents of thr
National and American Leagues as ad'
visory members. A representative of
the National Association also would h''
n member in n similar capacity. II the
minor league association elects 10 come
In under the agreement
Mr.. Toolc explained that provision
Is made for the settlement ~ disputes
between two major league clubs of be.
tween major and minor league clubs.
In the following manner: II the dis
putc be between club 81 either major
league and n minor league club. II sha
he acted upon by the minor league rep
rcsentative and the representative ~
the major league involved. In all cases.
however. decision reached In such cases
shall have the approval of Judge Ian
dis lie IL to make the decision In any