The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-11-28
DIAMOND MEETING
OPENS NEXT WEEK
Night Baseball To Be Biz
Topic OF Discussion
In New York

cept possibly for some smuggling
about night baseball, it looks like
a peaceful party for the Major
Leagues at the winter meetings
here next week - but minors are
rolling up their sleeves and get
ting ready to throw some Sunday
punches.
This is the first time in "a years
the Majors and the Minors have
sat down together in New York.
In addition to postwar problems
and difficulties that figure to pop
up for the 1914 cabpaign, the
Minors are bringing quite collect
ion of firecrackers- with them IN
bundle of is amendments to
make it a hot time in the old
town.
Chief of these changes is pro-
posal by the American Association
(Double-A) for granted scale of
voting power among the Minors,
stretching from ten votes for each
Double-A League in the National
Association of Professional Base
ball Leaguers down to l for class
ID" loop and one altogether for
all "E'' circuits. Naturally, the
leagues below "AA" are ready to
fight about this, and William C..
Bramham, the National Association
president-trea surer, who comes
up for reelection at the meeting,
is on their side.
And as if that little "rassle"
didn't pack enough argument,
there's another row cooked up by
the Is leagues which didn't operate
in '43 but paid their National As
ISOLATION dues. They're hollering
for the voting privileges which
were taken away from them by
ruling of Bramham, after a mail
vote of the nine active leauges
last season. The Texas League,
which hopes to start in again in
"A, leads this parade.
Although the Phillies may come
up with something if their hope
of landing Herb Pennock as general
manager materializes, the chances
of any big ivory ideals in the Ma:
jor League conclaves are about as
slim as sliced steak in your fav-
orite beanery these days. Most out
fits are holding on to what they
have, because they don't know
what the Army and Navy will have
left them by next spring.
However, the Majors will do lot
of Ginning" over the player limit
- some clubs, including the Yank-
ees, want this boosted from Is to
80 players per club and night
baseball, to which Brooklyn prob
ably will return next year. The
Washington Senators and the St.
Louis Browns are a cinch to ask
for a boost in the legal limit OF
lit-up baseball.
The Minors take over the scene
the first three days Of the week
long sessions, with the nine leagues
which operated in 1943 meeting
separately on Monday and Tues
day and the lot Of them getting
together for their big time Wed.
nesday. These nine are the Amer
lean Association, Pacific Coast
League, International League,
Southern Association. Eastern
League, Interstate League, Pied
ment League, Appalachian League
and Pony League.
The Majors hold separate ses-
sion Wednesday and Thursday, and
then everybody comes in to meet
''the head - K. M. Lands - on
Friday. And "the head" probably
will have a pretty piece to speak
all by himself, now that he's
brought into the open such things
as gambling on ball games by Will
liam Il used to play for Yale) Cox.
late president of the Phillies, and
the off-the-record winter ball-play-
ing activities by some major
leaguers. In connection with the
latter, Lands is asked that all
clubs close their parks to players
who violate a major or minor
league rule, and that a club should
be penalized if it slips up on this.
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