The New York herald., 1922-12-17
$50 NATIONAL MEN
CLAIMED BY CANNON
Only Representatives Of Older
Circuit Are Named on
the Ballots.
McGRAW OPPOSES ZONES
Indicates That His League Is
Satisfied With Home Run
Conditions.
By DANIEL.

That the Players Union has not
confined its membership to men in the
National League but has signed ninety
three representatives OF the American
League was the statement which John
McGraw credited to Ray Cannon, the
organizer of the association, yester-
day. 81 had understood that the union
had not bothered with the American
Leaguers, but had favored us with all
of its gracious attention. said Me-
Graw, "but I had a talk with Garry
Hermann this morning and he told
me that in a conversation with Can
non here two days ago he had learned
that within the last two months the
American League had been fairly well
organized.
Cannon said that the rnion had
signed 130 players in the National
League and ninety-thrse in the other
major, and had total membership OF
223. This Is somewhat -eassuring, as I
had feared that the union would snub
the American League altogether and
favor us with too much attention. That
would have been showing favoritism.
Cannon also told Garry about the aims
and desires Of the union. but. to tell the
truth was MT sufficiently interested to
quizz Hermann about them"
While the American League may have
members in the union there are no play
ers from that league among those run
ming for office or places on the board OF
directors and various bodies such as the
a..
committees. Cannon, who had been stay
ing at the Commodore. left early yester.
day afternoon for the West. II developed
that he had been here all week and that
he had had conferences with George
Burns, the new president and Jake
Daubert, nominee for vice-president-
Yankees Not I'm II.
One OF the leading players of tho
Yankees said not so long ago that they
had not been approached about tho
union and did not belong to It. Thar
seems strange. Possibly some have
Joined since then. Examination OF ths
official bulletin Of the union shows that
the Pittsburgh and Chicago Nationals
apparently are lukewarm about the base
ball guild Nary a Pirate or Cub is rum
ming for office or anything else. Some
body wanted to nominate Max Carey for
a high office. but he did not feel indig-
nant enough against Barney Dreyfuss or
his condition of slavery and lower berth
dom TO take up with the union.
The bulletin fairly bristles with the
names OF Giants-Frank Frisch. who IL
running for president but does not
know II and does not want the job
and has withdrawn in favor OF Burns:
Irish Meusel, Casey Stengel Earl
Smith and Davy Bancroft. The down.
trodden Philies are all over the bull
letin too. So are the enslaved DODGERS.
led by Dutch Ruether, Ray Schmanct
and Burleigh Grimes.
G. w Grant Of the Braves Joined
with McGraw yesterday In wondering
why the union was formed II. as some
OF It's members declare. II does not
intend 70 take a stand on salaries.
However q viii not he long before the
owners find out just what the asso-
citation Is driving at. The contracts will
60 out soon.
McGraw said that in few days hs
would go 20 Cuba TO play golf and get
down to condition. 'T am going TO re-
port 10 camp In the pink so that IL
any infielder finds that the union Inter-
feres with his reporting will be TT to
jump in and do a days work.
Against zoninE system.
The leader Of the Giants said that
he was opposed TO the proposed limi-
tation OF home run hitting by the estab-
lishment of zones at the various parks.
II believe that a system Of zones would
create lot Of confusion and would
make the work OF the umpires stil
more difficult" he declared 'Tt you
had zones YOU would have no home run
section at all IN parks like the PhiladsI-
phla and St Louis plants IN the Ma.
tional League u may be advisable 10
make the ball less lively. but think
that things have been quite satisfsc-
tory"
McGraw indicated that the proposed
change would he opposed by tho Ma
tional League Il was not within the
province OF tho recent Joint meeting
10 PASS on This question, IL will be
taken up by the icint russs comrnnves
before February Is. John Heydler. Bill
Veeck and Sam Breadon, and possibly
Umpire Quigley. will represent the Ma
tional League. Ban Johnson has mot
rn,~,oI h4u roesrltftra