Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-09
MEET TOMORROW
TO DISCUSS DRAFT.
Big Time MoguIs Open SEES
sions With No Points of
Dispute Between Them.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

N IEW YORK, December g.
m The committee Of Double
1 Y A Leagues has gained the
first point for which it
strived when it asked the Ma
tional Association, at Montreal,
for a years interim on the player
draft problem.
A conference has been arranged for
tomorrow morning between the COM
mittee and the major leagues. The
draft Will be the issue at this meeting.
The difference in the past has hinged
on whether the draft shall be universal
and the probability now is that the
double A leagues will concede the uni
versal draft on more liberal terms
than it has been provided for since the
agreement between all leagues at Chi
cago when Commissioner Lands &C
cept3d Office.
Perhaps another topic of dispute will
enter into the negotiations and again
bring about disagreement, but it seemed
likely today that the organizations on
: both sides of the fence had grown
! tired of discussing the matter any
farther and would reach some point on
which both could agree.
McGraw, Week Take Lead.
John j. McGraw. representing the
New York Nationals, and William
Week of the Chicago Nationals in
formed the minor league men that they
were willing to enter into conference,
and other major clubs followed their
lead and the meeting finally was ar
ranged.
IF the double A leagues accept the
universal draft, they will recede from
the present policy of the modified draft,
which has been the vital point for
which they have striven ever since the
present attempt began to renew the
agreement between the majors ana
minors.
President Barnard of the American
, League thinks there has been enough
discussion of the draft; but, like other
major league men, he is willing to try
once more to patch up any dlnerences
that may have existed.
Minor league men are in New York
In greater force than they were at Mon
treal, evidently anticipating that the
troubles between the leagues Will come
to an end at this meeting and that
they win be able to make arrangements
for PLAYERS for next season, which Is
the one thing that gives them most
concern.
whether the double A leagues will go
on and try in time to form an organi-
zaticn of tier own is to be awaited:
Thev unduestionably are encouraged
by the change in sentiment which has
followed their action in Montreal, when
they asked permission to counsel WITH
the majors and try to do something on
their own account without having TO
make their needs conform to the Ma
tiona1 Association In general.
Major MoguIs in Harmony.
The major leagues will begin their
sessions today. The individual work OF
the leagues Is almost entirely centereo
In arranging their affairs for the COM
ing season. There Is no question In dis
pute between them and they viii almost
surely get their business out of the way
by Wednesday so that they may meet IN
Joint session on Thursdy to be followed
by meeting of the rules committee on
Friday. J.
There were indications that the Chi
cago Cubs so1n would dispose Of their
franchise at Reading. Pa, in the In
ternational League. The Cubs an
nounced Mt Montreal that the Reading
franchise was on the market and yes
terday, at an International League
meeting, it was announced that q pro
spective buyer was unoer considers
ton and that the matter probably would
be settled definitely tomorrow. There
was no initimation as 70 who the pro-
spective buyer was.