Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22
COAST LOOP, |NTS
TO END WAR SOON
With American Association
in Line, Other Leagues
Have No Backing.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

n YEW YORK, December o.
nj 1t is probable there will be
an almost immediate set
Element of the differences
between the major leagues and
the class AA leagues in base ball.
1t has come about earlier than
anticipated.
Last week the major league presi-
dents mailed a letter to each minor
league club in the United States that
is an individual part Of base ball, stat
ing in full the terms that had been
offered to the class IA leagues and all
others, for that matter, to renew the
agreement that had existed between
them in regard to the draft of players
from minor leagues to the majors and
the optioning out of major players to
the minors, as we'll as a statement of
conditions regarding the length OF time
that players must serve in the minor
leagues before they become eligible to
the draft.
It was suggested that a mail vote be
held. The majors thought that If they
got the returns shortly after the first
Of the year they would be fortunate.
Settles Matter Quickly.
The American Association took its
vote at once. A majority of the club
owners agreed that the terms of the
major leagues were satisfactory and
President Hickey of that league imme-
diately made the news of the vote pub
lie and stated that the American AS
ISOLATION was ready to do business with
the major leagues at once.
It is true the class AA leagues had
agreed among themselves to act in con-
cert to obtain what they could from
the major leagues, but there was no
real organization. The American As
ISOLATION was at liberty to act in an
independent manner, but the quickness
with which the American Association
has fallen into line with the majors
undoubtedly surprised the Pacific Coast
League and the international League,
as it surprised others who thought
there would be further debate over the
matter, although quite certain that be-
fore the season began class AA would
have a working agreement again with
the major organizations.
There we're five votes in the American
Association that favored the plan to
go on with the major leagues. Two
opposed it and one club has not been
heard from, but when President Hickey
received the fifth vote in favor of the
plan, he knew that it had carried.
The International League In the East,
prior to the sending out of the major
league letter, stood four votes in favor
of the new agreement with the larger
organizations and four against it, those
against it not liking the chain store
system of operation of the, club in
Rochester.
Coast League Ready.
In the Pacific Coast League there Is
q majority Of club owners who are in
favor of going on with the majors AMI
the plan almost surely will carry out
there With the American Association
and the Pacific Coast League in favor
of the new agreement, as proposed by
the major organizations, word now
comes that the International League
will vote for the proposal by an even
greater majority than the American
Association. This action is expected to
come this week.
One Of the principal changes offered
by the major leagues is the establish
ment of a draft price of 81 500 in class
AA and this Is graded down for each
league lower in classification. There
are concessions as to the time that
players shall be members of the smaller
leagues, but through all of the agree
ment there runs the principle of the
universal draft for players, which has
been the important point in argument
since a renewal Of the agreement be-
tween these leagues began to be dis
cussd.