Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-13
ACCEPTED TENTATIVE DRAFT OF
 a9 NEW BASEBALL AGREEMEN1

agreement which is to be the government or the sport was accepted today by the | major and minor league committees which have been working on the docu- ment the last two days. The agreement. | as accepted by the committees, was | drafted last night Pby Judge keneshw | Mountain Landis George Wharton Pepper | of Philadelphia. John Conway Toole ot | New York and J. c. Jones of St. Louis.
 The committee submitted two tentative | ! agreements one between the National and | American league and the other between | the two major leagues and the National Association of Profession Baseball I leagues, the minor organization, Action on the agreement between the | I two major leagues will be taken at their annual meetings. that of the National league on Tuesday in this city and the 1 American league at Chicago Friday. | The agreement '.~sween the major 1 leagues and the minor league association will be acted upon i'll aAreferendum and will be submitted to each of the 27 ] leagues in the association.s The latter ] will hold meeting at Chicago on Jan uary 10 to take final action as san associ- l ton, nd On Jnury F there will be joint ratification meeting at Chicago to be participated in by the Nationa and Ameri can leagues andtthe National association. The most important controversial ] point in the proposad agreement be- l tween the major leagueH and the minors was that relating to thefdrafting of piay- CTS from one league by another Of ri5hsr classification The point was not deh- ntely settled by the committees because | of the know opposition of the American
 association and the International league to the restoration of the draft some 1 Class A leagues also are opposed to IL
 while all leagues below Class A 1avor It. | The American Association and they ln-
 ternational league, it is said, would nave I no objection to a draft provision, II the price for players so taken by the maJor leagues are willing to make the price 1 5000.
 In order to make progress toward the 1 completion of the new national agree ment. the joint committee accepted nrovision that the draft be optional. The
 clause woxld permit the drafting ,ot play Il CTS by the major eagues only from those
 lower leagues that favor such operatlon' but any minor leagues that reJects the
 proposition will not be permitted to orars
 players fro mleagues of lower classlhca-
 tion Thus if the American assoclatloh' 4 and the International league lontirue their
 onnosition to the draft they will be pro-
 hibited from drafting players, from the
 leagues of lower classification that adopt
 the provision. and the two class A cir
 cuits then would be restricted to obtain ing new players by outright purchases or by developing players not connected
 witk organized baseball.
 The acceptance of the tentative draft
 of the new agreement by the joint com
 mites today however, does not mean it's final adoption as the respective con7
 n1ittees will be obliged to make report l oaiz f0r r9tlf1Ca-
 tior.
 I The agreement between the National
 and American leagues designates the title
 of Judge Landis as commissioner In outlining his duties the agreement places
 upoa him the task of Investigating "eith2
 CT upon complaint or upon his own inltl-
 ative any act or practice, alleged or sus-
 pected to le detrimental to the best in
 terests or the national game Of baseball
 with authority to summon persons and to order the production of documents" Pro-
 vision is made for imposing penalties for 5. refusal to comply with the commissioner 8 , orders in such cases
 After investigations the commissioner
 shall determine what preventative. reme- . dial or punitive action shall be taken eith-
 CT against major leagues, major league i | clubs or individuals, as the case may I be- 1 In. the event. that a major league or major Aleague club be found guilty oi conduct detrimental to the game the commission may impose fine not tc
 exceed S5,000, and in the case of clut punishment may be extended to include . | temporary deprivation of representata. ton in joint meetings held under tht agreement In the ease of an official ol
 employe of a major league or major
 league club the punishment may be ex
 tended to suspension or removal and : Nlax r11a- tesl l oIa h. .:- :o sioner temporarily or permanently in Q eligible to play with any club which i eS 9 party to the agreement
 1a In cases where organizations or indi s4 viduals not parties to the agreement ar s4 found guilty of conduct detrimental t 92 the game the commissioner is authorize
 to pursue appropriate legal remedies. The term of the commissioner is fix o oo ed at seven years and he shall be eligibl
 to succeed himself His salary is ike F at $50000 per year.
 4 Judge Lands is officially named as tn
 first commissioner in the agreement an
 it is provided that upon the expiratio
 iiof his term or in event that the offic
 shall become vacant for any reason, hi z successor, shall be named by vote (
 the majority of tke clubs comprising th
 two major leagues.
 Failing to naI1e commissioner withi
 three months, either major league ma
 request the president of the Unite
 States to designate a commissioner, an
 the person so designated shall becon
 the commissioner with the same effe,
 as provided for in the agreement, An advisory council is provided. f.
 to consist of the commissioner and u i, presidents of the two ma for leagues 1,- case of a division of opinion within tl N -t' council the. decision of the commission H. in all cases shall be final
 = z To the advisory council is delegated Il ..s .,H power of making the rules to gover -l,' the worlds series, regulate contracts an 'n' determine the relationship between pla, .4 CTS and clubs, and between clubs ar = clubs in all cases which concern pla- cs CTS of their contracts.
 ao ao It is provided that the expenses or f, ~ ~ advisory council including the salari = of the commissioner and secretary-trea 4 oii urer shall be paid by the major lea gue , 9 except to the extent that funds su s :. ficient for the purpose are derived fro n no games conducted under the auspices U the council.
 es The agreement is to remain In for V, 2s years and both leagues agree tn, .ei no diminution of the compensation no powers of tha present or succeeding cor ge missioners shall be made during his ter ws of office.
 s4 DODGE ELFcTEB CAPTAIN OF lls CORNELL ELEyF h. Ithaca, N. Y. Dec. s.-wilson s. Dod