The Cordova daily times., 1922-08-14
MAY REPEAL
 RULE AGAINST
 TRANSFORMING

| ball players probably will be as plenti- ful as chin whiskevs in Moscow dur ing the coming autumn if magnates of the National and American leagues run true to the dope in the joint meeting which went into session here today The meeting was convened at the summons of Judge K. M. Landis and the rule regarding transforming is expected to be rendered as void as a cancelled check before the confab adjourns.
 Since Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel and Bill Piercy became hostile at the close of the last worlds series and went out transforming in defiance of Judge Landis, the owners of the Yankees and the laws of the venerable organized baseball, the question of the right of | players to participate in exhibition games when the major league season i is over has been agitating a host of individuals connected with the na- l tiCnal pastime. Most of the agitation has taken the form of a campaign to repeal the rule which says that no player participating in a worlds series may indulge in transforming.
 MANY TOURS PLANNED Numerous post-season tours of ball players are in the making. Herbert | Hunter contemplates taking a couple of teams to Japan; Ted Sullivan, the perennial promoter, is said to be fathering an excursion to Europe; an- other jaunt to Mexico City by mem- bers of several southern clubs is , planned, and a great international business exposition in Buenos Aires has inquired as to the possibility of | display of the national pastime in South America.
 1 With these various opportunities 1 lying golden before them large num- Der of ambitious athletes are eager to have the ban removed so that they may pursue their summer vocation in tropical and other climes during the winter months with profit and pleas ure to themselves.
 Among the club owners, also, there is an apparent sentiment that the rule is not the wise and beneficient provi- sion it was thought to be when it was made a part of baseball law. LANDS FAVORS ABOLITION Judge Landis, who soaked Ruth the heaviest penalty ever imposed on a diamond athlete for infraction of the rule, is known to favor it's abolition. | Club owners of the National League have gone on record as favoring it's retention but not by an unanimous vote. The American League has not expressed an opinion but it is believed majority of the magnates would be just as well pleased if the rule were showed into the discard.
 At today's meeting should the mag mates be divided Judge Landis will cast the deciding vote. The rules for changing the code provide that in all matters considered in joint session the roll is called and if there be di- vision the leagues each cast one vote l and in case of a tie the commissioner | decides.
 If the rule is repealeddaynrules s2ETA If the rule is repealed club owners may still prohibit the players from indulging in post-season excursions There is provision for this in major league contracts the clause reading:
 "The player shall not without the consent of his club engage during the term of this contract or any renewal thereof in any game or exhibition of baseball, basketball football or other athletic sport except for the club or for an assignee of this contract.
 IMPOSES REASONABLE FINE
 "For violation by the player of any regulation the club may impose req sonable fine and deduct the amount thereof from the players salary or may suspend the player without salary for a period not exceeding thirty days or both at the discretion of the club"
 Thus it is plain to be seen that the club owner can prohibit transforming on the part of the hired hands, be- cause the Supreme Court has held that the reserve clause is a valid DOT tion of the players contract which makes it virtually twelve-month af- fair even though the player draws salary only through the championship season.
 Unless there is slip-up in some to-