Show RULING MADE ON Henderson Given to Cleveland In Meantime Pitcher Plays With Stockton Cincinnati Cincinnat March SO The Te National association today made this an announcement announcement Attention is called to the published claim that hat tat the Cleveland club has secured the services serice of Player J B Henderson of the tho th outlaw Stockton club and that In return they the transferred two players to the Portland club coast league leage for his release The Boston club claims alms that title tite i of this player Is vested In It ItAn I itAn An agreement has been filed fed with the the i commission by the Cleveland club where whereby whereby by b they release Players Graney and Breen to the Portland club the consideration tion being that the Cleveland club dub shall have the pick of any player of the Port Portland Portland i land lad club during the season of 1909 10 and furthermore that In the event that Pitch Pitcher er Henderson is reinstated that they shall have an option opton on this players release The evidence shows that the Boston National league leage negotiated for the ser services services services vices of this player with wih the Portland club cub In 1907 10 and Ind that that he was carried cred on the Boston clubs reservation list for two years ears It I appears appear however that the ne negotiations negotiations negotiations for the release of the thu player were never closed dosed It H further appears that the Boston club was to secure the services of this player for a tryout trout and that they were to give In return some consideration and the choice of some players pla er in fn the year ear following the release of the player to the Boston club Had an agreement of this kind been ben pres d to the commission it would have been rejected because all minor league leage players pl are subject to draft unless they are sold sod previous to August Augustof DO ti of each ech year far The finding of or the chairman of the commission is that the Boston oston National league leage club never secured title tite to this player and their claim alm for his services are therefore rejected It I is i evident that the Portland club cub takes the same same view of this case or they the would not have hae en enIre Ire into the agreement with wih the Cleve Cleveland Cee Cleveland land club cub This latter tatter nt being In proper form will wi be approved by the commission and the player er awarded to the Cleveland American club when the tho ineligibility against the player has been ben removed by b the National association atonal |