Salt Lake Herald | 1908-01-19 | Page 20 | Baseball Law as it Stands

BASEBAll lAW LAVi lAWAS AS IT ST ArmS National Commission Gives Its Reasons for Balking on Third Chicago Club I O 0 Jan an 18 the decision of the national baseball ba com coni commission mission on the various resolutions pre presented presented by the American association was announced at the tim time of or the an annual annual annual nual meeting lat last week tile full ex explanations e of the reason reasons for fur their a ar ac actions was not given until t tda when te Ute finding linding wa was formally Regarding the request for tor in the attempt to place an A Americ merit a i 1 association as club clu In Chicago after st stIng stan i ing lag that the subject was waR not ii it within 1 I J jurisdiction of ot the communion iun th r port says a I I IJAC The Time commission how f Is fl p in pared at this time to go 01 om 1 II being opposed without qualification i ia a territorial Infringement ot ut this HI I and will strongly recommend that i petition be denied The ll upon which organized ba ball re today is the re ot ol t 1 JAC rights the tIe enforcement fir alt all i ies w tracts the reservation of r ray rs t i ithe the opportunity provided for players t advance in their profession prolee lon and rece reed Enrol adequate compensation tor for t their em i r ivice vices vice The encroachment enc upon up n ellhof of these the e provisions would b like pu P Ping ing the cornerstone from its found tion If one league would have th tb right to encroach upon the territory l another then all leagues leagus rust hiv ha hI hIthe the same right If such a j JIl iii n existed nothing but chaos and a ud i would follow The reason given for fOI posing opposing o th change in the th classification of f the Ia 1 cHic Coast league leape and oth rs is 18 IM th when the Pacific Coast league was ui milled to organized baseball ba eb I it uj WJ distinctly dl agreed that it should DP Of class cla s A league So far tar as the oti oth leagues mentioned the Southern a l i e Western Vestern are concerned the Nation Association of Minor s sa sato Sal Salto ti tito to have full authority