Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-16
is
LATEST SCHEME
IN DRAFT FUSS
Three New Plans Suggested
as Way Out of Baseball
Difficulty.
OTHER LEAGUE GOSSIP
By JACK VEIOCK.

NEW YORK, Dec 16.-BasebalFs ad-
vfsory council may work out soIutio'i
to the draft problem shortly. A.. o+he-
Judge Lands and some OF the oolS d
baseball officers report progress, anu
despite the difficult task before the4'
they expect to present a plan that VIII
be acceptable to ootn majors anu t nyis
draft minor leaguers. There was q pOsSi-
bIuty of this being done TO-DAY
Commissioner Lands Is determines determines
the draft shall be in some manner agree
able to both minors and majors, x,,.s,t5
eff baseball is the great red-OIo'uI
and spOrtsmanlike American game
claims to be- he said today, 1t cahh no,
sfFord to tolerate a condition that IS bot1
un-American and unspOF IsI Ia -, =
The holding back Of the BAN payer ID
u The eA1 demand for the draft price OF
81 zoo for Glass IA players, mace las =
year at Chicago by the douole. =
leagues and turned down oy tne n I1S en-
AGREEMENT on such price may De the
solution of the problem -, of
Another plan calls for a draft price OF
5000 and one player who shan De =;
sufficiently high caliber TO make gOou IL
Class "A company. -f+b
sending drafted players back TO the cIuOs
from which they came at nam pIlce. 90 -.
with no strings attached. 1hls pro- I 81
would be highly acceptable to the hllhof
n spite of the firm stand Of the. non
draft leagues, Judge Lands mas hoPes
the draft may be completely restofed D3
text fall H., -
while the advisory council worked on
the draft question, magnates ana man
egers continued their cOnfabs on trades
and sales and discussed the cutting OF
the worlds series from nine 10 seven
games. Nine of the sixteen MAJOR
league clubs voted for the reduction W ltn
tn exception Of the Chicago CuDs' we
National League desired to retain the
nfne-game series. The American League
and Judge lands were unanimous! III
favor of a reduction TO seven games;
Ii was decided that the 1872 cham
pionship season in 10th major tongues
would open Wednesday. April T.
Ed Walsh, star hurler OF spitoaHs IN
other davs. and only recently manager
of Bridgeport, in the Eastern Leagu
was added to the American League So
of umpires. Walsh Will be the ninth
man of the staff and will be employed
as supernumerary until he qualities as
oscar Witt. ex-Red Sox third sacker.
obtained by the Reds over the WAIVER I,'t
route. was sold to the Salt Lake City
9Th OF which Duffy Lewis is manager
The price was not announced
Tvrus Cobb, Detroit pilot. said ne
wanted a shortstOp but that II appedIeu
as if the market for short helders was
closed TO MIN. ne OAAEANN
Dauss and maybe some cash 10 the he9
Sox for Everett Scott, but the S0x wanted
a ehortstOp in the trade.
Then Cobb and Miller Higgins OF ths
YANKEES got together and arranged
scheme whereby the Yankees would get
Teach and Dauss from Detroit, send
Johnny Mitchell and Dauss to Boston loI
Everett Scott and transfer the last haIhe1
tn the Tigers. But something happened
Ia that deal and Cobb appealed TO MS
owner. Frank Navin, and Navin attempt
cd to arrange a deal with Connie MACK
through which the Tigers would get the
services Of Joe Dugan.
Clyde Milan who took a DrleL anu
rather successful whirl at managing lne
WashinrtO Senators last season, was
mentioned quite often as a successor %
George Mcbride next season; Clark
Grifffth refused to be interviewed on the
William Billy Gilbert, who MADE
someTrhsf Of n reputation with John Nc
Graw's 1908 worlds champions VIII man
GO waterbury Eastern League team next
season Gilbert has been engaged IL
semi-professiOnal baseball prOmotlOn IoF
a number OF years. -,
The Brooklyn management ahhouHced
that they would play exhibition games
with the Louisville American Association
Club at Pensacola, Fla, March ~, ~ q
and probably al Mobile. Ala, March =,
"a and "a The Dodgers Will join the
Yankees in New Orleans for games March
% and 20.