The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-13
Chandler Wins Victory
At Major Loop Meeting
Meals Breach With Club
Owners; Two Deals Made
By Big League Clubs
By SID FEEDER

CHICAGO, Dec. lZ-lH)@odse'
balls big leaguers and commission
er A. B. Nappy) Chandler ap'
parently agreed today to bury the
Ratchet. and not in each other. /.
snd wound up their winter meet
ings by approving UNLIMITED
night baseball for 1916.
While the moguls were smoking
The peace pipe with Chandler be-
hind locked doors, the dullest ivory
trading market in years perked up
around the headquarters hotel
lobby just about enough to keep
The franchise. The Cleveland In
dams traded temperamentsl jim
Bagby to the Boston Red Sox for
slim lefty Vic Johnson and $4,000
in cash and it was generally re-
ported that come next season, the
1943 St. Louis Cardinal field cap
tain and infielder, Jimmy Brown,
will be wearing {, Pittsburg uni
form.
The talk was the Brownie Pitts
burg sale would be announced later.
This would give the two-week major
and minor get-togethers, which
were supposed to have come up
with a great postwar bargain
basement rush OF ivory business,
a total of exc city four deals. In
the only two previous transa ctions,
the Phillies bought pitcher Johnny
HUMPHREYS from the Chicago White
Sox and First-Sacker Frank (Buck}
Mccormick from Cincinnati.
Actually, the recently widening
breach between Chandler and some
baseball men closed 50 sharply,
that the ex-sens tor was voted at
least one victory during the final
three-hour session, In which his vote
decided the "sky is the limit
night baseball schedule for next
year.
The win" came IN the con-
Eoversal plans for baseballs far
flung $4,000 postwar promotion
program, aimed particularly 1T
stimulating interest In amateur
ball. The minors last week approx
Cd the recommendations of the
promotion committee, whereby the
promotion foundation would be di-
rscted apart from "any other
office" in organized baseball, a
proposal to which Chandler object.
ed strenuously.
Today, at the major league con.
elave, the committee agreed to
withdraw its plan and continue
working on the progrsm with the
commissioner and interested
amateur organizations" The group
will meet with the commissioner
at his office and will present new
plans to the February meetings.
Most of the controversy of "the
getaway session centered around
night baseball and what to do about
the signing of high school pls yers.
The magnates, changing the pro-
posal approved by the minors, de-
cided no high-school student,
whether he still is in school or not,
can be signed or negotiated with
until after his class graduates from
high school, unless he has been out
Of school a full year. In that case,
X the player has the consent of
his parents, he must apply to the
commissioner for a spot in orga-
Nized baseball, and the commission
n was given the power to investi-
gate him and decide on his merits,
Ind if he is "okayed," it will be
"open season" for all clubs to do
business with him.
The magnates also granted their
annual $4,000 to the American Lee
gion junior baseball program,
tabled the minors proposal for
elimination Of all player bonuses
end extended the major-minor a.
greement for one year, with the
addition of the amendment taking
from the commissioner the authori-
ty to declare baseball legislation
detrimental" to the game.
The club-owners pointed out very