Evening star., 1953-12-10
Major Leaguers Get
$1,000 PAY,
Other Concessions
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-The
baseball players have won some
concessions from the major
leagues, although committee
was named to consider junking
their pension plan in 1855.
The minimum season pay for a
major league player was in
creased $1,000 to $4,000 as the
result of a compromise. The
players wanted a $1,000 mini
mum.
A player demand for a per-
centage Of purchase price on
transfer to another club was
denied, as was a request to
eliminate the 30-day release
clause. However, it was agreed
to cut the requirement for vet
erans status from 10 years to
eight years service. After that,
a big leagueer can't be sent to
the minors without his consent.
Moving expenses for players
were pegged at $500 for a player
transferred from one Eastern
club to another Eastern team,
or a Western to a Western club.
If the shift is from an Eastern
to a Western or vice versa, al
loWable expenses are 5000. In
the past there was a $500 limit
in all cases.
Injury Proposal Rejected.
The players had asked for a
full season payment and at least
minimum salary the following
year if a man was injured in
the line of duty on the ball field.
The proposal was rejected.
Most of the player proposals
on twi-night double e-headerS and
night games on getaway days
were referred to their separate
leagues, which already had taken
action. A request for standard
So meal money was held to be
league affair.
The controversial radio tele-
vision resolution, forwarded to
the majors from the minor league
convention, was sent to the
radio-TV committee for further
study. Senator Edwin johnson
of Colorado. head of the Western
League, had proposed a ban on
commercial big league radio-TV
in minor league territory with
out permission.
No action was taken on a Ma
tional League proposal, passed
by the minors, to set up the ma
chinery for a draft of minor
league territory. Commissioner
Ford Frick said the proposal was
not adequate and a new rule
would be submitted.
Draft Revision Study.
Frank Lanes suggestion for
an unrestricted draft of all first
year players, turned down by
the minors, will be restudied by
the majors. A committee will
work with the minors on a re-
vision of the entire selection
rule.
Amendments to the major
minor agreement, passed by the
minors, on high school players
and American Legion Junior
players, we're passed. In general,
a Legion player is given the
same protection as a high school
boy under the law. The Legion
program, incidentally, was
granted an increase from $50,-
900 to 100000 for its 1854 pro-
gram.
Chandler Avoided Dispute.
Meanwhile, Chandler, at his
Kentucky home, told reporter
he tried to stay out of the pen
sion dispute and that it was not
his fault that he was brought
into it.
He said he "gave the informa-
ton gratis" when the player
representatives asked his advice
before they walked out of a
meeting with Frick at Atlanta
last week.
Chandler told the players that
all radio and TV receipts from
World Series and All-Star games
belongs in the pension fund. He
said that when the radio and TV
contracts were signed it was "the
understanding that the
money was to secure the pension
fund"