| Show j SALT AL LA LAKE E HAS IJAS JO 50 CH NCE TO LAND AN CONCLAVE A I II I t. t TEN CITIES ASK FOR NEXT MINOR LEAGUE LEAGUE MEETING SIX S INELIGIBLE MINOR LEAGUE I I OFFICIALS OPEN ANNUAL CONF CONFAB All AllI I i 1 1 Request for Representation I o on National Baseball Commission Com Corn mission Will Till Be l Made ade I oo DELEGATES MEET I c teen Si Sixteen Minors 1 Represented Represent- Represent Absent Absent Ab- Ab Absent ed President Sexton sent l Presides r r r o ONLY ONTY y FOUK I IONLY 4 mITE eu J In the the ring for or TIlE JL j the next nen of or the Nn- Nn of nrc ore ew w York ChIeno At Atlantic L Howton Buffalo 1 St. St Salt SnIt Lake Inlo and Ut Mn fn i. i to 10 Information which canto nunc to light in Snit Lake night JV New w York Chicago Atlantic Atlantic Atlan Alum tic lie City Do Boston ton bunh and I St. St Louii LouiA o nr are Ineligible for meetings meet There loss ings of t the the- ha Mil b be been n nn an unwritten Inn larr that no DO conclave he held In nn any major I uc city Ily U This eliminate nate dx of or the tho t ten n and IC Tc Buffalo Nashville ille and Salt Lake to fI fight ht It ft out for the 1917 meelIn meet meet- t- t lo In Ins t from Irom roin thiN Information It appear ap ap- t f pear J that Salt lt Lake eis to land hInd the next con convention contention nHon ore fire t about T 30 0 O 0 and frith mth Frank S. S Murphy nil Bill Allen n T. T fount Cal and nod Del I If lIonI lIon How oT ned aril nil all for Snit Salt Lake I I there l. l ill hi a Rood good chance that next t November will MCC the mInorI minor J league n ue official c In thin i I direction I 1 J sT ry EW ORLEANS A S Nov No 14 Follow u. I Follow Following N Nry NEW 1 N Jn ing discussion of ot the annual re report re A port or of Secretary John H II H. Farrell a an ap- ap I of committees and a a. preliminary pre pre- conference between representatives eJ o of class B l leagues sues tho delegates dole dele g gates tes to tho the annual meeting of ot the NaI National Na Na- I Association of at Baseball Leagnes I 1 late today cleared tho the way for consideration consid consid- oration tomorrow of at some some of oC the he more I important questions schedule l for tor settlement set daring the s sessions here i The conference hero ot of Un class of B 13 lea leagues es resulted re in inthe the the 0 announcement that a n formal reQue t would bo be made made- for or representation on f the n national commission of If the minor f le leagues leagues' gues' gues organizations The minor minorI 1 J leagues it t was contended have c more I J need of representation on the national i COm than the hase baseball all I fraternity A resolution to this ef efI effect effect ef- ef will be drawn drawn- up by a a. committee I 14 f on resolutions it was announced announce and will be submitted to tho delegates tomorrow tomorrow or Thu Thursday I Ii J The national 1 board of arbitration j will hand down decisions tomorrow on q f J t dr disputed cases caBes which hav have been been r I 1 submitted for settlement j I 1 Representatives es of sixteen n minor leagues CS comprising about bou COO OO delegates dele dele- I gates gatez were verc present at the opening ses- ses It- It i t sion today and were welcomed to New Now J 4 J I Orleans b by Mayor Bohrman Behrman Vice r. r i o pt t T H. H Murnane presided r at 4 11 J tho the sessions I In the ahsen absence ahsene of ot Pr slIt sl- sl It- It j 9 dent M M. H. H Sexton None one of tho the mom mcm- t L t bers of ot the national commission lon was In lii n attendance 1 J I t The Tho annual report port submitted by y Seer See- See J r tary John H. H 3 Farrell showed that six twenty lea league e organizations embracing em em- emp p bracing dUes cities and towns In the United States and Canada and employ- employ J inS hug 18 players layers J during tho the playing II season of ot 1916 had qualified for morn mem- f b I 1 Only one ono qualified member of ot the national association disbanded during I t the tho last playing playing- season season season-a a class D 1 league Out of or tho the twenty-six twenty leagues twenty five started and twenty three three finished one ODe league was disqualified I Tho Canadian league did not operate on account of ot war conditions The atlen attendance ance this year as a a. whole exceeded ex ex- by far that of or tho the Ins 1315 record I nine Fifty optional agreements were wera exercised by national association clubs I 1 and by major leagues Players re reported re- re ported for tor release numbered 2051 for tor I. I j I RU for reinstatement HS 18 I I. I Twenty drafts were vere disallowed and canceled The total number e- e of ef disputed dis dis- dis ca cases es handled handle during th the current currentI I year was and 2 1663 was collected t J ln players players' claims and territorial liens L i land and paid to them without cost of ot any t tS kind On Only Ony y six claims were filed by bythe the the Players Players' fraternity The National league drafted 25 5 pl play play- Y I I t the tho American league 1 19 and thc the 11 h National association 55 5 Including money refunded for tor money National 1 J tion drafts that were disallowed the i. i National league paid Amerl- Amerl i l' l can league 1 23 JOO National association II 2250 a total of ot The sum of or j was iwas paid on optional agreements agreement between National association clubs and on options exorcised exercised by minor league clubs from minors for 59 players play- play ers era Tho The amount paid for tor release b by purchase between National as association clubs was The sum Bum received for drafted players optional agreement ag players and by purchase play- play erH erK was as and for tor options exercised exercised exer exer- by majors from minors In addition tho the association clubs purchased purchased pur pur- chased from major league lc clubs b by op optional optional optional op- op agreement and outright sale OC pla players ers paying to the major leagues The grand total e t ef f money handled wa wan Applications for holding next years year's annual meeting were received from New York Chicago o Atlan Atlantic City Boa Boa- ton tau Buffalo Pittsburgh St St. Louis Nashville Salt L Lake and Springfield Mass Masa I |
