The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-13
.rLAV' ANTS Is WORKED
OUT To SETTLE
BASEBALL WAR
Not Final but Seems to Promise
Peace Basis
is REFERRED TO LEAGUES
Judge Lands Has Drafted a Plan
Which Is Endorsed by Many
Managers.
nonf sIhLn IlhrhryI

New York, Dec. 1.-THE tentative
draft OF the proposed new Nat onal
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,
as accepted by the committees which
drafted last night by Judge Kene-
saw Mountain Landis,, George Whal-
ton Pepper of Philadelphia. John
Conway Toole Of New York, and j.
c. Jones of st. Louis
The committee subm tied two ten
tatiye agreements. one between the
National and American Leagues and
the ther between the two major
leagues and the National Association
OF Professional Baseball Leagues, the
minor league organization
Action on the agreement between
the two major leagues will be taken
at their annual meetings. that of the
Nat onal League on Tuesday in this
city, and the American League at
Chicago, Friday The agreements
between the major leagues and the
miner league associations will be
acted upon in referendum and will
be submitted 10 each OF the twenty.
seven leagues in the association.
The latter will hold a meet ng at
Chicago on January 10 to take final
action as an association and on Jan
uary II there will be joint ratlhca.
tion meeting at Chicago TO be par
! ticipated in by the National and
/ Amer can Leagues and the National
Association.
/ The most important controversial
point in the proposed agreement be
tween the major leagues and the
minors was that relating to the
drafting Of players from one league
by another of higher classiiicatiC n
The point was not definitely settled
by the committees because OF the
known oppos tion Of the American
Association and the International
League to the restoration cf the draft
Some class A leagues also are oppos
ed to It. while al leagues below class
a favor It.
The American Association and the
international League, it is said
would have no objection tc a drati
prov sion, Il the price for players Sc
taken by the major league clubs. i,
fixed at $500 Il is understood tn,
major leagues are willing to make
the price $4,000
in order to make progress towart
the completion of the new nationa
agreement, the Joint committee ac
cepted a provision that the draft b,
optional. The clause would perm
the drafting OF players by the majo
leagues only from those lowe
leagues that favor such operation
but any minor leagues that reject
the pre- position will not be permitte,
to draft players from leagues o
lower classification Thus. II tn
: American Association and the Inter
national League continue their OF
; position to the daft they VIII b
; prohibited from drafting player
: from the leagues Of lover classiilcj
d, tion that adopt the provision, an
/, the two class AA circuits then woul
, be restricted to securing new PLAY
ers by outright purchases or by d,
r yeloplug players not connected wit
. organized baseball.
Y The acceptanCe OF the tentatiy
draft of the new agreement by tn
h Joint committees today, however, doc
b not mean It's final adoption as tn
respective committees will be oblige
Y TO make report back to their o
?. geni2atou for rati6cat' en-