The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-17
EASTERN WILL SEEK ANOTHER
 RULE ON DRAFT

Hartford, Jan. 17.-Before another week is enSed, certainly before the end of the present month, important developments in the preparations Of G11e Eastern League and the Hartford Baseball Club are expected to mater Haiize. A meeting of the Eastern League, at which the schedule com nnittee is expected to make its report, is impending and 1t Is likely that the xnoguls of the league will gather down in New Haven next week, prob ably Monday, although Dan O'Neil president of the league. is not yet certain about the date on which the session will be held. There Is hardly any doubt, however, but that the heads of the various teams in the circuit will gather in the Elm City end the gathering will be one of the most important of the winter season around here. as practically everything pertaining to the coming campaign will be decided.
 After the annual meeting of the minor! league baseball moguls in Springfield, all of the smaller fry' noguls were confident that a new agreement with the major leagues would be forthcoming. A committee was appointed to meet with the ma iors and enter into such agreen1e mt not because of the war that was be- fng ;waged at the American League annual meeting in New Y Yorlk. nothing was done toward getting together for Shis purpose. In view of the an- nouncement by the minor league com xnittee that it is waiting for the ma tors to come forth with a proposition, St does not look as though the old conditions will come back again in 8 hurry, as the minors want a new con- tract and they want the majors to submit the terms to them.
 Despite the fact that verythine was considered settied at the annual meeting of the minor league 1T Springfield, when the smaller fry voted to meet the majors and talk over the prospects for a new agree xnent, the battle between the minors and the majors, which started twt years ago when the smaller league: kicked over the traces, has not ye finished. A sort of an armistice ha' been agreed upon, however, and may be that everything will be set tied before the coming of the base ball season, although the chances il that direction right now are not par Ndcularly bright. The committee ap pointed at the meeting in Spring field announced recently that it wa waiting for the major leagues tC make it proposition looking forwart 10 the return of the old conditions They favored the return of the ma htonal agreement with reservation but these reservations have neve been announced. John Farrell, sec retary of the minor organization wa in New York when the National an American Leagues held their an uual meetings but, because of tn warfare that was being waged insid the younger organization, he wa unable to make any headway. Prest dent Heydler of the National Leagu didn't want to take it upon himse to straighten matters out. Heydle holds that with an appeal pendin fin the suit with the Baltimore Fec won against organized baseball
 would be bad policy to renew the ol agreement at this time.
 Evidently the minors have no idle of standing for the terms of the o1 contract They hold that, by u terms of the old contract, they wei seriously handicapped, especially I the draft rule. While they want
 get back into the good graces Ahe majors again, 1t is apparent tn 4heir desire is not so keen as HOrc6 them to dcCSpL bAe oiO aSIe e 1nent They want a new contra drawn up and they want the majo 10 present the terms If Ban Johl son takes the same view as Heydl the chances are that no new agre ment will take place. There may a working plan, however, by whit 4he minors will get the relief tn, need and the majors the players tn
 want without paying prohfbiti
 prices for them. The big leagu need the little fellows much
 mhe little fellows need the big one