Evening star., 1928-12-04
MINOR MAGNATES
FIRMLY OPPOSED
International Retains Toole.
Adds Vice President and
Executive Committee.
BY BRIAN BELL,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

ToRoNTo, Ontario. December A.
With proposed amendments tc
the draft regulations defeated
before the National Association
of Professional Leagues opens Its
annual convention tomorrow, indications
today were that the fight on the floor
of the convention would be waged about
the so-called "Bramham resolution
which is another amendment dealing
with the draft.
The International League. the Ameri-
can Association and the Western League
which now are bound by only hmlteo
draft have expressed themselves al
annual meetings in Toronto as satlsf1eo
with conditions as they are In regard
to the selection of players by the
majors. AS any action changing the
plan by which the majors could draW
on the minors for talent through the
processes of the draft would have to
be unanimous to make it effective. the
amendments, formulated by the major
minor advisory council are doomed.
Negative Action Certain.
There was. as a matter of fact, no
positive assurance that the majors would
have accepted the amendments If they
could have been enacted by this con-
vention. With negative action certain
when the question reaches the conven-
ton. the annual meetings of the Ma
tional and American Leagues In New
York and Chicago next week and the
Joint meeting of the two leagues at
Chicago assume added Importance.
No representative of major league
club would discuss the question Oh
possible action on the matter at New
tn odU l.
vention here, but other well posted base
ball observers said it was certain that
the draft issue will be we'll to the front
on the program for discussion at the
majors meetings.
In the meantime w. G.. Bramham,
president of three minor leagues, the
South Atlantic Association, Piedmont
and Eastern Carolina, all in the South
Atlantic States, is going ahead with his
plan to fight for the adoption of an
amendment providing for perpetual
right to be drafted by players signing
their first base ball contracts IN leagues
operating under the draft, regardless OF
their possible later afhliation with clubs
in leagues recognizing only the limited
draft.
The decision probably will not be
reached before Thursday, as the open
ing day tomorrow will be occupied with
formal organization of the convention
and appointment of committees. The
report of the committees on the second
day will bring the whole draft question
to the floor.
Ints Finish Sessions.
The International League ended its
business sessions last night. There
was no formal effort made to oust
President John Conway Toole. the
league adding vice president and ex-
ecutive committee instead OF getting
rid of a president. Lawrence Soman,
veteran president of the Toronto team,
was elected vice president, and Warren
c. Giles, Rochester, and James P. SIN
mott, Newark, were named with the
league president to form newly Great
ed executive committee. The functions
of the committee will be to assist the
president in the administration OF the
affairs of the league at times when the
services Of the committee seem to be
in order.
The national board of arbitration, the
body deciding all minor league disputes
rs to salaries, rights to players services
and other matters between clubs or be-
tween clubs and players, continues in
session today. Early sessions OF the
board were occupied in deciding scores
of small claims, but some remain in
which the sums involved amounted to
what one member of the board called
serious money"