New Britain herald., 1929-12-13
LITTLE BUSINESS
 DONE AT MEETING.
Annual Session Of Baseball
 Leagues Comes to a Close

New York. Dec. Is CP-The an nual winter meetings of the Nation- al and American baseball leagues have ended with a minimum of ac- 'tion in the matter oi business trans acted. The question of a September closing failed to come mp for off cial consideration after the mag mates discovered that only two league presidents had Jurisdiction on the question. Since both John Heydler and F.. s. Barnard favor q season running from April 15 to September 2S, however, it is safe to assume that such will be the 1880 dates
 Trade talk was rife in every quarter, but actual deals, as usual, were scarce, Grover Cleveland Alex ander, Cardinal hero of the 1925 world series, did return to the scene of his earliest major league Philadelphia-in a deal more important fir | a sentimental angle than from any other, Harry McCurdy. former University of Illi- lloiS Sttl, dlSo btCdlHc d [ illllS " Il II Old Alex the Great. and Young Homer Peel became Cardinal again in the same transaction, the only other swap returned Wallv Schang to the Athletics in exchange for Sammy Hale, who became q Brownie.
 The joint meeting at the Biitmola yesterday saw the chain store sys- tenn of baseball ownership discuss- ed at length. Sam Breadon. the most extensive dealer in live and dressed ivory, produced telegrams from presidents of wide range of minor leagues endorsing major league ownerships of the smaller clubs.
 President Breadon's action in speaking frankly regarding the chain store system doubtless had much to do with the failure of the joint session to adopt the regulation Commissioner Landis suggested-ra- quiring clubs to make known off, cially to the various baseball head quarters any transaction by which they gained control of a smaller franchise. All hands. including Commissioner Landis, seemed satis- fled to let the matter rest on the table.
 While no general gathering Of the baseball rules committee will be held this winter the joint ses- sion did authorize the clarification of certain points in the scoring rules and the unification of scoring instructions which the two leagues | issue to their official scorers. These | instructions now vary in several items, notably the one which re- | quires a starting National league pitcher to work five innings to gain a victory when an American leaguer needs go but four.
 The committee appointed by the | baseball writers to do this work in- cludes John B. Foster. James R. Harrison and Al Munro Elias of New York and Harry Bullion of Detroit. The league presidents also will appoint official scorers hence l IOTlll, Ill dCCOTudUCe Wltn another suggestion from the writers. The club owners voted to ask the | minor leagues to agree to permi. each major club to farm fifteen players rather than eight and to allow the same man to be sent out three times instead of two. A com mittee of four men from each cir cult will treat with minor league heads on this question, prepared to grant concessions to obtain favor able action.
 The joint session also appropri- ated $50,000 for American Legion
 junior baseball, s10,000 for Nation al Amateur Athletic Federation
 baseball and s5,000 to the organi. zation which aids needy employers To meet these expenditures, the commissioner will deduct fifteen pcl
 cent from the gross of the next
 world series rather than the GUS tomary ten per cent.