The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
BASEBALL MEN MOVE TO STOP
 TELLER DEALS
Legislation Would Allow Signing of SandlOt and
 Sen1i-PrOs
BY TED MALOY
Limited Press Staff CorresDonde

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 New Orleans, Dec. 9.-(UP)-l Baseball will never have another Teller incident. In the records of the National Association of Pro- fessional baseball leagues today was constitutional amendment permit ting major league clubs to hire di- rectly all the sand-lot and semi professional players their budgets will permit.
 Minor league executives, in annual meeting here, believed the amend ment would eradicate the "subter- fuge" in the so-called Baltimore agreement" between major and minor leagues adopted in Montreal two years ago. The action still must be approved by the major leagues but they are almost certain to adopt it at their annual meet ings in New York next week.
 The amendment, adopted yes- terday, did not destroy the "Balti- more agreement" but it did alter it to wipe out what Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis termed "subterfuge".
 Under the old system, as provided in the Baltimore agreement, major league clubs could recommend play CTS to minor league clubs with the understanding that when the sand lotter signed contract with the minor club, he would work for the major league outfit that spotted him. The most noted case of this type was the signing of Pitcher Bob Teller by New Orleans while he still was student at Van Meter, Ia., high school. He was recommended" to New Orleans by the Cleveland In- dians and reported directly to the Indians.
 On the Level
 The new amendment provides majors may deal directly with sand lotters and Semi-pro players. It was a substitute for one that would have entirely eliminated the major minor agreement.
 The association convention now has adopted g amendments, most of them looking toward more unity in minor league baseball, has de- feated three, substituted one and will act on five today, one of which deals with signing of college play CTS.
 One of the adopted amendments | defines a rookie" as a player with | one year of previous experience and | a "non-claSs" player as one with limited professional experience, the extent of which may be established by the employing club. All other players will be in the "class" divi- sion.
 Outside the convention rooms, there still was plenty of activity in the "ivory market, although chief trader Bill Terry, New York Giant manager, had left. Terry, Giant President Horace Stoneham and Louis Comiskey, Chicago White Sox president, flew to New York and some baseball men believed that a Sox-Giant trade was imminent.
 Frankie Frisch, former St. Louis Cardinal manager, continued to hold out for a big league job. He conferred with President Seymour Weiss of the New Orleans Pelicans and presumably was offered the position of manager here.
 Hopeful
 q think I'm going to get a big league job," Frisch said. He has also talked with Manager Bill Mo Kechnie of the Cincinnati Reds, Pie Traynor of the Pittsburgh Pirates and President Bob Quinn of the Boston Bees.
 One major league deal sent out fielder Ousty) Cooke and some cash from the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Outfielder Stan ley (Frenchy) Bordagaray. !
 The Boston Red SoX traded Pitcher Dick Midkiff to the Syracuse Chiefs in the International league.
 The Chicago Cubs bought Pitcher Ray Harrell from the St. Louis Car dinals. George w. Mule) Haas, former Philadelphia and Chicago star in the American league, was signed as manager of Oklahoma City in the Texas league.
 Minor league developments were:
 The New York Giants took over the franchise of the Salisbury club in the North Carolina State league; the Jersey City Giants signed Josh Billings. former St. Louis Brown catcher. to succeed Coach Alex Cas- ton: Chattanooga of the Southern Association bought first baseman Alex Hooks and Pitcher Harry Smythe from Montreal and sold Outfielder Johnny Gill to Nashville and Pitcher Pat Malone. to Oak land, Cal, Brooklyn gave Willie Duke, outfielder, to New Orleans in part payment for Catcher "Greek" George: and Portsmouth, Va, sold infielder Edward Stankey to Syra- cuSe.