San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-03
400 MOGULS
MEET THIS
MONTH
California Beckons to
Baseball Men Of
~; Country.
By HARRY CRAYSoN
Universal Service Staff Correspondent.

Universal Service Staff Correspondent.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2.-Califor-
MIA and Catalina bcckons to the base
ball magnate.
The minor Lacquer is coming West,
old man, to map out his program
for the coming year. Many big
lcaguers will accompany him.
More than 400 baseball men will
attend the annual meeting of the
National Association of Minor
Leagues, scheduled for Catalina, Will
liam Wrigley's magic island, January
II. 13 and IA.
The meeting will be concluded Jan
uary 16 when Wrigley Field, Los An
geles' new S1,30O,000 park, declared
TO be the finest in the country, is to
be dedicated to baseball players who
fought in the World War. Judge
Kenesaw Mountain Lands, the game S
supreme dictator. will talk as well ai
will American Legion officials who
arc TO be in charge of the ceremony.
A tablet bearing an inscription to the
soldiers will be unveiled.
HEYDLER ON HAND
John Heydler, president of the Ma
tional League, will sit in important
conferences with the minor leaguers.
Big league owners who have an
nounced their iDtefition of taking the
long train ride are Connie Mack. Bar
ney Dreyfuss, Clark Griffith, William
F. Baker and Colonel Jacob Rupert.
Major League managers coming are
Eddie Collins, Rogers Hornsby, Iris
Speaker, Tyrus Raymond Cobb, Bill
McKechnie, Wilbert Robinson. John j.
McGraw, Dave Bancroft and Lee
Foil.
Other well known baseball officials
who will be on hand in order that they
may keep an ear to the ground in
clude William Killefer Jr., who re-
Gently signed a contract TO assist
Rogers HOrnsby with the st. Louis
Cardinals. Fred Clarke, who returned
10 the game and helped guide the
Pittsburgh club 10 the world cham
pionship last fall. George Stallings,
Bob Quinn, president of the Boston
Red Sox, and Bert Niehoff, manager
u the Atlanta Southern champions.
While no $4,000 beauties will be
dangled before the eyes of the major
league owners, as unfortunate Jimmy
O'Connell was at Eastern conclaves
several years ago, many a deal is In
the making.
FINISH REBUILDING
At this gathering. most of the small
fry finish their rebuilding campaign.
The big fellows either close for or
pass up for the coming season, at
least. minor league stars whom they
would like to take South the follow
ing spring.
A president. secretary and other
officers are to be elected. Many Of the
present day owners were parked in
kiddie koops when Mike Sexton, of
Rock Island, Ill, was first chosen
president, and J. Fl. Farrell, of New
York State, has long been secretary.
Both undoubtedly will be reelected.
Old rules and regulations are to be
discussed, and perhaps a new one or
two drawn up by the board Of arbitra-
ton, which consists Of the various
league presidents and ]. Cal Ewing,
grizzled owner Of the Oakland coast
crs, who has the distinction Of being
the only club president on that i'm
portant body.
Claims of clubs. managers and play
ers will be settled
The number of players that major
league organizations can send out UNI
der option will be determined for the
coming season. perhaps for several.
They were allowed eight the past
year. but would farm" as many as
fifteen. The minors claim eight is
plenty, so that number unqucstionably
win remain the limit.