New-York tribune., 1921-01-11
MinOrsBelieved
Ready to Accept
New Agreement
Drafting Committee to Meet
Majors in Chicago To-
day TO Adjust Differences

CHICAGO, Jan. 10. - Committees
chosen by the two major baseball
leagues to draw up a new national
agreement to-day officially voted their
approval OF the agreement formulated
in New York recently, which provided
for reorganization of the game with
Federal Judge Kenesaw M. Landis as
baseball commissioner. The action of
the committee put at rest rumors that
the American League was not satisfied
with the agreement and that cense-
quently a new fight might break out
between the major organizations.
The agreement will be formally acted
on by the two leagues probably to-
morrow, but this action is looked upon
by baseball men as a mere formality,
the National League already having
signed the agreement and President
Byron Bancroft Johnson, of tho Amer
lean League, having officially an
nounced that the agreement met with
the approval of the club owners in his
circuit.
Prospects of the minor leagues join
ing with the majors appeared bright
tonight, although no action on the
agreement was taken at their meeting
this afternoon. The minor league
drafting committee will meet with the
two major league committees to-mor-
row morning, when, it is believed, that
all differences of opinion concerning
the rules under which the game should
be governed will be settled.
Johnson on Committee
The American League committee
which voted approval of the new agree
ment was composed of President John
son, Henry Killelea, American League
attorney; Frank Navin, president of
the Detroit club, and Clark Griffith,
president and manager of the Wash
ington club. The National League
committee was made up of G.. ". Pep
per, attorney; President John Heydler,
August Hermann, of Cincinnati, and
Barney Dreyfuss, of Pittsburgh.
A drafting committee, which will
meet with the majors tomorrow, will
be composed of George Maines, presi-
dent Of the higan-Ontario League,
representing Class B leagues; Pres-
dent Walsh of the South Atlantic
League, representing Class c.: Presi-
dent Rose of the Florida State League,
representing Glass D; President Mar
tin Of the Southern League. represent
ing Glass \, and President Hickey of
the American Association, representing
Class AA. President NJ. H. Sexton of
the National Association of Minor
Leagues, and Secretary Farrell will act
as ex-officio members
The National Association of Minor
Leagues at its meeting day adopted
several amendments to its constitution,
including one designed to stamp out
gambling and game throwing and an
other creating a board of control to su-
rervise post-season interleague games.
New Agreement Up To-day
No action was taken concerning the
proposal to join with the major leagues
in signing a new national agreement,
that matter being left until the minor
league drafting committee meets with
the majors committee tomorrow.
The president of the association was
given the responsibility of seeing that
baseball in the minor leagues is kept
free from the influence of gambling.
The board which will control the
"little world series" between the minor
leagues after the regular season will
be composed of three men, with he
president of the association as chair
man.
The association also authorized its
president to negotiate with heads of
industrial and independent leagues
with a view to entering signed agree
nents with them which would protect
the organized clubs in the ownership
OF players.