Evening star., 1923-12-09


the commits sioner's hands. and the
issue OF the intcrnationa! League, Fa'
ton and Western League.
The convention is expected 10 nro-
duce at least q half dozen imEo"t-h'
PLAYER deals. as almost al oI th2 !''
ior league club owners have declared
that we will trade aay @i3Her We
have, if we can improve our S.up.
1t is expected that 4 de- lnNotN-
ing Rogers Hornshy, star second baS
man of the st. Louis 'arAIn:t : '..fo
J. 923 batting champion "t ne -Eil-C-tt,,-.
League. viii -. cor rSui1nla ,e!. N.!t!t
ovrrturcS for thc sctv'res -. "a -
Collins. captain OF thc W mite SpN. i3&'
ho made. Urban S'ori.e''. nitcntI'
ace Of the 81. Louis i;'oN'.5. - =.
traded during tn wees. ;'H :. ''E".. -
r!s dispute with the management t'l..i
led to Itis suspension on charges "i
INSTRUMENTATION
FcGr Meetings Monday.
The conv entiou Will open om Non
day with Individual meetings Of tlf
American Association. southern -N>S'-
citation. Pacific Coast ana W SSte'"
leagues and also q meeting OF me El
nora board Of arbitra tiuu. Wh!cA WI
attempt to settle the Pacific coast.
League presidency WTargl"- The Na-
tfonal and American leagues VIII meet
"r Tuesday. With a so'nI sss''o"
scheduled for the following dSI
tac Ps,ritir Coas; League is the cuiSI
husiness to come before thc board o.
arbitra;iru-. on Monday. TING "oaiu
VIII be aSt;pti 10 decide whether VII
liam II. Mccarthy. former president
or Harry A Williams. Los An&e.eS
newspaper man. was duly elected
president williams received the vote
Of five club owners. while MCCARTHY
was supported by three ciuos. pu! tne
latter takes the stand that the Seattle
Club one of the members VINO voted
for Williams, was not entitled 10
vote. as it was "syndieate GlEb.
backed In part by William Wr'gleJ
i;. owner OF the Chicago Cubs. and
fho Los Angeles club. Wrgley has
admitted he Endorsed a note to help
Wade Killcfar. fcr|1cr Los Angeles
manager. purchase ,br So. IT, Ctrp
CortentIors -: williams Faction.
TIE Williams sappertv"+ assert
that Mccarthy, as Urc% dent. rccos-
pertaining To the 'eag,v ASSIGNING
nr'piru". accepting S"att!o'= quota 81
the expenses OF running the league
Including his own salary. and issuing
Inc league standing, but denied the
club. the right to vote. The NC
Cartlly-W Williams fight also is tangled
up with the draft question, as Nc
Carthy was the prime mover in keen
Ing the Coast League from subscrlb-
ing to the major leagues draft offer
Commissioner I4andiS' office now
has surplus of upward OF 100000.
and the Guest on of what 20 do with
rF1ia amount is likely to trfn~ forth
come brisk discussion. According to
r'lc. co~t"art entered iUto between
-hc con- 'i-GiGne- ar3 IL" r'3 Tor
leagues. tie pres dents cf tho Nr or
ican ard National leaer"@ are Gus
tediare Of this sun Part Of the
criticism ieveled at the Cor1mission-
rr dates back t. the world series.
when he vent 70 New York and an
rounced details of the world series
Al rangemeHts. except the appoint
mcnt of umpires, without consulting
either President Johnson of the
American League or Heydler or the
National League. The commissioner
followed this move by calling for a
day tho American League constitu-
ton provides for its annual meeting.
johnson Avoided Clash.
President Johnson avoided clash
hv moving the date Of the American
League forward II dav. while Presit
dent Heydler agreed to break the
National Leagues custom and meet
in Chicago. instead uf New York The
amendments to be nresentc' to the
major leagu" agreements by Com
missioner Landis are expected to de-
Nelon considerable ornosition. One
Of tho chief points which is said to
meet with diGapproval by the league
heads is the proposed amendment
giving L4andis authority over the UNI
Dfres. Some members Of the Pacific
Coast League have been strong in
their denuncia tion Of the commits
aioners decisions in the Seattle-Port-
land issuc. when Manager William
Nenworthv and Owner William
klepper were SUSPENDED.
The draft question premises 10 re-
tair its cus'"nlar ~ nre:t' on in the
1imelght The Am @rican <-rocia tior
Internati"nal md Ta"iG' Cnae;
league" are scrNdu'od Cor joint
meeting IN Monday to d'eo,rss 4 plan
regarding the draft whic'' will be
submitted TO the maiors. It is gem
"raliv believed that the arrangement.
which the western league accepted
last year would bo accertable to the
three class "A leagues
According % this plan. ? club is
a,loWed 10 retain its own developed
players. thes" NOT heipe subject to
the draf'. IF McCahfh~ loses his
Pacific Coast League fight. it is be-
iieved that circuit will accept some
form Of draft.
Toledo Club Nay BE Sold.
meeting is exnected to complete its
business quickly, adopt the schedule
for the 1928 season, which will call
for 154 games. and award the pen
Toledo club. which it is understood
Roger Bresnahan is anxious to dis
pose of. NAV hinge on the outcome Of
the associations action on the draft
The conference next week gives
promise of being the biggest tr1dns-
and sales market IN the history OF
base ball. Business along thI, line
is promising to become brisk just as
soon as the ms iors and minors reach
some agreement on the draft. II Is
known that at least ten big trades
involving players in the Pacific Coast
League are on the fire.
Two of the biggest deals in base
ball are said to be in the making.
These involve Rogers Hornsby of the
St Louis Nationals and Urban
Shocker OF the st. Louis Americans
TIornsby came to blows with Man
ager Hickey last season and was sus-
pended. He is anxious TO he traded
and the Chicago and New York clubs
are said to have made generous Of
fcrs. Checker. who was spsnended
for violation OF the rules of his club.
has asked Commissioner Landis to be
declared A free agent It is under
stood that the commissioner will de-
eide that Shocker's case is club
matter and the player will be told to
report to his club.
A deal sending Eddie Collins Of the
White Sox to Washington as man