The New York herald., 1921-12-18

Lands the advisory council of organ
ized baseball yesterday adopted COM
promise plan for the general reinstitu-
tion OF the drafting system in the
minor leagues. The scheme was ap-
proved after three days of deliberation
at the Commodore and now will go
to the five minors which have declined
persistently to go back to the draft
the International and Pacific Coast
leagues and the American Associa-
tion, comprising Glass AA; the West
ern League and the Three I League
1t seems practically certain that four
of these organizations will accept the
plan, but it is feared that the Pacific
Coast League will kick up quite a
fuss. Some Of the club owners out on
the coast are imbued with the idea
that they do not need the majors
clared a third major. or submajor in
class by itself, while others. it is
rumored, would not be averse to cut
ting loose from organized baseball.
1t will be recollected that originally
the Coast League was an outlaw Or
ganization. President Mccarthy of the
Coast League was expected at yester-
days meeting but he failed to make
his appearance.
Judge Lands emitted quite n lot of
plain language at yesterdays session.
which concluded the council meetings
and the major league contradictions as
well. We understand that he impressed
cpon his four associates the fact that
both sides would have to make conces-
sions because baseball simply could not
continue without the draft.
Looking Toward Baltimore.
No doubt he told John A. Heydler.
head of the National League, Ban john
son, president OF the American League,
and Mike Sexton, president. and Jonn
Farrell, secretary, of the minor league
association. that without the draft or
ganized baseball presented vulnera Bile
front In court of law and left itself
open to a devastating decision in the
case of the Baltimore club OF the de-
funct Federal League. which Is to come
up again. before tfe United States
Supreme Court. .'.
The compromise plan stipulates that
each minor league club give up one
player in the annual draf.-the class
"A league clubs for 5000 and the class
A clubs for $1,000. In the event a major
league club sends back a drafted player
within one year the club from which he
was obtained Is to have the first claim
on him. for half the draft price.
The rules stipulate that the major
leagues may draft from all classes. all
tho way down to class u, but the minors
may draft only from the class immedi-
ately above them. This means that the
class AA leagues may draft only from
class a and that class 4 may draft
only from class p. The class leagues
may draft only one man from any class
club, but in the lower classes the
craft Is unrestricted.
Judge Issues Statement.
The adoption of the plan was an
nounced by Judge Lands in tho follow
ing statement:
THE question has arisen what to do
with the draft 1t Is a principle OF
baseball that the player must advance
In his profession according TO his skill.
TO secure TO him and to the game this
result the draft rule was devised and re-
manned In force until 1918. Since the
baseball organization of year ago GER
tain leagues have declined to submit TO
the draft.
These leagues are the American AS
sociation. New International Pacific
Coast, Western and the Three 7. Recog-
nizing the existence and operation of the
draft as fundamental, and believing
deviation from II anywhere, or to any
oxtent, TO be a menace to the right of the
player and the welfare OF the game, the
National and American League clubs
have authorized the commissioner to pre-
sent to the leagues mentioned above the
following as a fair basis for the settle
ment Of this grave question:
"U.) Onc player Of each "A or
club shall be eligible TO selection or
6rdft after tic close Of Hs season each
gear, the selecting club to pay iu cash
upon erercisirg the right the sum OF
$4,000 IN tho "A clubs, $4,000 to the
Il clubs. Y
"(2.) IN Me eromt arv selected
player is released by q major. league
club tcithiN one year OF his selection,
the Club Of IA or shah first haze
the right 10 secure his services upon
f,ayin0 to the releasing club oFe-hdV
the draft price paid by that club
",rhe commissioner has a deep con-
viction that this Is in harmony with the
principle now subscribed to by the major
aud all minor leagues and always to b.
borne In mind that the players right
and welfare OF tho game require that
his services shall be available to the
clubs of highest classfications.
Each Made Concessions.
While the Pacific Coast League has
resisted all moves to arrange a compro-
mise, the International League and the
American Association indicated &C. FRI
day that they would readopt the draft IL
they were nl.swed 1880 for each player
or $4,000 and player from the majors.
They insisted on getting back rejected
draftees for half price--and they have
won that point. The majors refused to
go higher than $4,000 for Glass "A
player and wero allowed to keep that
position In return for yielding on the
half price point.
" is expected that the American Asso-
citation will adopt the plan this week at
fts annual meeting. and that the Inter
Dstonai will chime in at It's session In
q. February. But there is no telling what
the Pacific Coast League will do
Tho owners out that way have been
eeioiled by recent sensational sales--the
$4,000 deal which San Francisco made
with the Giants for Jimmy O'Connell, the