Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-13
TRIAL DRAFT Of
PACT To GOVERN
BALL COMPLETED
Major and Minor League
Committees Accept the
Tentative Agreement; Will
Be Acted on This Week.

New York, Dec. 12.-Ine lenld~
tive draft of the proposed new ma
tional baseball agreement which Is
to be the government of the sport,
was accepted today by the major
and minor league committees
which have been working on the
document the last two days. The
agreement was drafted last night
bv Judge Kenesaw NJ. lands,
George Wharton Pepper, of Phila-
delphia; John Conway Toole, OF
New York, and j, c. Jones, of ST.
Louis.
The committee submitted two
tentative agreements, one between
the National and American leagues
and the other between the two ma
iOr leagues and the National Asso-
citation of Professional Baseball
! leagues, the minor leage organlza-
| ton
Action on the agreement be-
tween the two major leagues Will
he taken at their annual meetings.
/ that of the National league here on
Tuesday and the American league
at Chicago on Friday. The agree
ment between the major leagues
and the minor league association
will be acted upon in a referendum
and will be submitted to each OF
the twenty-seven leagues in the as
sociation, The latter will hold a
meeting at Chicago on January ~
to take final action as an assocla-
ton, and on January IL there VIII
be a Joint ratification meeting az
Chicago to be participated in by
the National and American leagues
ana the national association.
Controversial Point.
The most important controver-
sial point in tho proposed agree
ment between the major leagues
and the minors, was that relating
to the drafting of players from one
league by another of higher classl-
fication. ..
The point was not definitely set
tied by the committees because OIL
the known opposition of the Amer,
lean association and international
lcague to the restoration OF the
draft Some class A leagues also
are opposed to it, while all leagues
below class A favor 1t.
The American association anu
the International league, 1t Is salo'
iwould have no objection to a dral'
Iprovislon, if the price for players
so taken by the major league ciups
is fixed at $500. 1t is understood
the major leagues are Wiling u
make the price $4,000.
Draft TO BE Optional.
In order to make progress TO-
ward the completing of the new
national agreement, the joint com
imittee accepted a provision tha'
the draft be optional. The clause
would permit the drafting OF play
ers by the major leagues only IRON
those lower leagues that faVol
isuch operation, but any mlnoi
league that rejects the propositiol
will not be permitted to drat'
plavers from leagues OF lower
classification. Thus II the Amerl
can association and the lnterna'
tionaal league continued their OPP
position to the draft they will b(
prohibited from drafting players
from the leagues of lower class ina
ADOPT the provisions, and the two
class AA circuits then would be re
stricted from obtaining new play
ers by outright purchases or pN
developing players not connected
with organized baseball,
Judge Landis' Title.
The acceptance of the tentative
draft of the new agreement by th'
ljoint committees today. however
does not mean its final adoption