The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-19
NEW YORK CLUBS REFUSE TO CURB
 BUYING TACTICS
Fly GEORGE CHADWICK special Correspondent of The Age-HeraId tCopyright, 1929. by The Age-Herald)

New York, November 1S.--The cor dial relations, if there were any such, which existed between the New York American and National league clubs when both teams played at the Polo Grounds, are dragging their anchors and slipping rapidly out at sea. Also, the baseball boys from Cincinnati, Pittsburg, St. Louis, De- trcit, Cleveland and other major foundly on the wisdom of sitting at the table stake game of baseball against opponents of heavy bang rolls. and are meditating on the probabil- ity of protecting their stacks against the old game of raise and double raise.
 The New York National league club and the New York American league club will not concede one iota in regard to the right to get players where and when they may under the present rules of baseball, and to pay whatever they wish in cash or offer whatever they desire in other play CTS. Each will oppose any legisla- tion that may tend to modify present conditions, although both probably will abide by the laws of baseball if they should be modified.". This is the way man, prominent in base ball, who is presumed to have sounded out the owners of the New York clubs, outlined the situation today
 Not n Declaration
 That attitude is not a declaration ot war, because both New York clubs recognize that things might be made mighty uncomfortable for them. It is, however. recognition of the fact that the two clubs are now matched in extreme business rivalry and an announcement of the deter imitation to go as far as they wish under the present baseball code to obtain anything that may be of ad- vantage to them in that rivalry.
 The erection of a new home for the American league club within a short distance of the Polo Grounds has made 1t evident to both parties that they are rivals for the patron age of the ticket buying public.
 The National league club. with it's control of the Polo Grounds, had a grip on what football was played here. Now, however, it has sud- denly dawned on the minds of sew eral persons that there might be two big football games scheduled against one another on the same Saturday.
 It also occurred to some that when one or the teams IS not playing at home there are seven open dates, and that at the home of the rival club on those dates may be going on a counter attraction that will affect baseball.
 Vote in Negative
 That is the reason the New York clubs will vote in the negative If they have chance to vote. on com pulsory waiver requests. on pro posals to limit the amount to be paid any ball player, on further limita- ton of the roster of the clubs, or in fact, on anything that will curtail their right to splurge and splash as they please in the baseball pond. That means that the limit has been removed from the baseball poker game and some of the other teams cannot stand to operate on tha; basis.
 It will be observed that little Is said about the honor of winning the championship. Once that was a great thing in baseball. Now the cham pionship Is the only yellow chip which 1t is necessary to ante to sit in on the world series.
 for curtailment of high financing and for limiting the buying of play CTS in midseason are still sticking, for they perceive that they may be drawn into a whirlpool of rivalry that will swallow some of them if they don't do something.