The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-14
BREWING
ON DRAFT ISSUE,
MAJORS PEEvED
Agreement to Limit Price
Paid for Bushers May
Be Effected
BY JACK VEfOCk.
]. N. 3. sporting Editor.


NEW YORK, Dec l3.--The stage
was set for completion OF some Of
the many big deals that have been
rumored In major league circles
when the National league went into
session here this afternoon.
II was significant that every
ma jor league manager, with the ex-
ception OF iris Speaker, of the
Cleveland club, was seen around
tho lobby OF tho Waldrof hotel
busily comforting and looking for
chances TO make deals that Will
strengthen their teams
The magnates OF the National
league are strongly against tho stand
taken by the minors which have
refused tho drafts.
Colonel Ebbet;s OF the Brooklyn
Dodgers said:
There are two cardinal princi-
pies In baseball one IL the enter
talnment OF the public and the other
is the development of players and
giving TO them an opportunity to
advance In their profession. II
present conditions continue, these
cardinal principles will eventually
be shattered"
Branch Hickey, president OF the
ST. Louis Cards. said.
"The draft for all minor leagues
IL an eventuality, ! think. They
must come to II sooner or later"
The only deal announced came
from Clarence Rowland of the
Columbus, ohia. club, who traded
Paddy Martin. d left handler, TO
Toronto FOR Bill Snyder. a big right
handler.
The Minors Stand Pat.
The class AA leagues and several
minors of lower classification are
solldly opposed TO the old draft
ing system and their right 10 re-
tect Is an ace in the hole.
The International league did just
what was expected OF II Monday
when It voted to have nothing TO
do With the draft for the coming
six years during which the major
minor league agreement signed last
January in Kansas City will con-
tinue In force.
The high prices spent for players
by several major league owners who
laid out excess profits for recruits
instead OF permitting the sfunds TO
pour into the government treasury
caused a fover of excitement among
the minors and now minor league
player OF ordinary caliber could be
purchased for the late and lam
ented" draft price from AA leagues
which was 5000.
Big Deals Brighten Some.
a rule fixing the sum any major
league players can pay for minor
| league player will be seriously dis
cussed by the National and Ameri-
can leagues today and tomorrow
and when they hold their joint meet
iifg Thursday II is altogethed
probable they will adopt an agree
ment.
| Just what sort of a limit will be
/ agreed upon In the face of $4,000
deals and others nearly AZ high. is
difficult to forecast but men close
to some of the powers that be, are
OF the opinion that IL the majors
make such a move. future offers
for minor league stars will stop at
$4,000 OF perhaps many thousand
| less.
1T behooves the big leagues 70
take measures 10 protect them
| selves II the minors cannot see that
the draft is the very foundation OF
baseball and the best thing for all
concerned" said President John
| Heydler today.
| "Just what the National league
will do in the matter l cannot say
but Il would not greately surprise
me II the league should adopt a
rule limiting the price that can be
paid for a minor league player and
seek concurrence In II by the
| American league