The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-13
RULES GOVERNING
BASEBALL UNDER
REVISION PLANS
Owners and Managers Con-
slider Many Changes Re-
garding Great Sport.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Revision of
the rules governing the great out-of-
door sport of Americans. and general
overhauling of the game were con-
templated when officials Of the league
of baseball clubs. meet in anual con.
vention today
The owners and managers professed
fatigue over the annual hom-out cpl
demic and efforts We're expected to so
arrange .hings so that when n star
player goes off in a corner and pouts
for more pennies it will be possible TO
give him good spanking and make
him go to bed There was under con-
sideration new contract under which
PLAYERS would be signed for 10 months
instead Of the playing season.
John Heydler, the National League
president, said he would propose the
fixing of a limit on the prices to be
paid minor league clubs for players
sold to majors. Other officials Of the
senior circuit said they favored such n
proposal because they were of the
opinion that the high prices demanded
by the minors We're causing dissatis-
faction and We're menace to a con-
tinuance Of the drafting rule.
Some of the owners declared they
would propose elimination of the rule
prvventing world series players from
transforming, the clause that caused
George Herman Ruether Robert Meu-
sci and William Piercy to be deprived
NJ their worlds series money and TO
be suspended for about six weeks Of
the 1922 playing season. Other Off.
cials asserted their desire for a rule
that would curb the use Of pinch hit.
4 ters.
Reserve List Considered
The present arrangement regarding
players on the reserve list and play
ers out on optional agreement also
s was slated for argument. The major
leagues are at present permitted TO
carry forty men on the reserve list and
eight on optional agreements They
went the limit. raised lately to fifty
and President Toole Of the Internation'
al League said yesterday that his
league would have no objection to
such increases. but it would like to see
tho big fellows try to keep measurably
near. at least, to the limits designated.
There will be some talk, it was said,
about reduction Of admission prices,
. but some of the wiseacres declared
. that the owners knew that the fans
would pay what they asked and that
they didn't expect any reduction ex'
cept perhaps for worlds series games.
Na.,lfaac
Miller Higgins announced today that
he expected 10 manage the Yankees
again next season He denied any
knowledge of the reported deal with
Detroit involving Veach and Ehmke
, Of Detroit, and Johnny Mitchell, the
! Yank infielder. The other folks said,
however that the deal actually was in
the making and that there would be
/. confab about It soon. Huggins said
he had no intention Of trading Roger
: Peckinpaugh for Rice or Judge OF
Washington.
we could use Rice and Judge toe
) for that matter" he added, but not
at the expense Of Peck"
Hrooklvns bosses were reported tc
, hc- talking trades and cash with Gin
, cinnau and Pittsburgh The Pirates
( wcJo said to be willing to part with
3 Whitted and Schmidt in exchange for
Wheat and Myers. Schmidt, one OF
the leagues best backstops. has asked
( To be traded and the Superbas are
known TO be in the market for catch
& or. However. they may consider
Wheat TOO valuable.