Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07
Little Circuits Rebuff
Chandler in Votinq
On Two Matters
BY HAROLD HARRISON,


COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. THE
National Association of Professional
Baseball Leagues (minors) today
adopted legislation forbidding the
payment of bonuses for the signing
of player contracts and approved
the Pacific Coast Leagues bid to
advance from AA to major league
classification.
A resolution, adopted 14-to-2, re-
quires that all payment to players
must be included in the salaries
given in their contracts. This does
not outlaw payments for participa-
ton in playoffs or other interleague
or intraleague series.
The resolution also must be
passed by the major leagues before
it becomes a part of baseball law.
The majors meet in Chicago next
week.
The only dissenting votes were
cast by the International League
and the Piedmont League.
The conventions approval of the
Pacific Coast Leagues bid for ma jor
league classification was unanimous.
Sanction by the minors was a mere
formality. Action by the major
leagues was expected next week.
The Pacific Coast League has not
yet resigned from the minors.
The minors convention, which has
featured day-long business sessions
and lobby sitting, produced a slap
yesterday at Baseball Commissioner
A. B. Happy) Chandler and a re-
shutting of league alignments.
Chandler came-to town Wednes-
day and dashed away yesterday
afternoon to fill speaking date at
Muncie, Ind, last night after he had
urged the minors not to pass any
legislation Offensive and obnoxious
to me personally"
Minors Uphold Bonus Rule.
The minors then promptly refused
to change their player bonus laws
which Chandler has declared "un-
fair and illegal"
Also adopted was a proviso that
no major-minor league rule should
be construed as being detrimental to
baseball, thus taking from Chandler
a power he had inherited from the
late Judge K. NJ. Lands.
This situation is expected to fur
nish some fireworks at next weeks
major league meeting in Chicago
when revision of the major minor
league agreement comes up.
Leagues Are Realigned.
The realignment of leagues occu-
pied major share of the days pro-
gram.
The minors approved an advance
OF the American Association. the
international and Pacific Coast
Leagues to a new class Of AAA.
The Southern Association already
had decided to go into Glass AA.
Then the Texas League decided 1t
wanted to do the same thing and
that was approved. Next came the
South Atlantic League which OBJ
tanned approval to go from Glass 3
to Glass A and today it was reported
that the Piedmont League wanted to
make the same jump.
The White Sox have sold their
veteran right-hand fast baller
Johnny HUMPHREYS, to the Phillies.
The Yankees also began clearing
their roster to make room for re-
turning war veterans by selling Out
fielder Herschell Martin to Oakland
The Pacific Coast League has
signed Umpire John Diggy) Scarce
veteran of IL years in the National
League.
Brooklyn signed veteran Catcher
Ray Hayworth to manage their Fort
Worth farm in the Texas League
Hayworth caught for Detroit for IL
years and went to Brooklyn in 1888
Tigers Dispose of Three.
Detroit has disposed of three
second-string players. Zeb Eaton
plnch-hitting pitcher, was sent to
Buffalo; Catcher Bob Gillespie and
Hank Dana, Hawaiian who was con-
verified from an outfielder into a
pitcher, went to Dallas.
Pittsburgh has sold Infielder al
Rubeling to Syracuse. He was on
the voluntary retired list in 1915.
Del Bissonette, who finished out
the past season as manager of the
Boston Braves, will pilot Hartford
in the Eastern League next year.