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Show No More Big Plums lor the ij Recruits from Minor League! Baseball Moguls Stipulate That 25 Per CenM Greatest Increase Probationers Can Receive. I CINCINNATI, Jan. 4. With the recognition recog-nition of a class In minor baseball leagues to be known as class A A. and a revision of practically every section of the National Na-tional agreement, the National baseball commlssoln ended its eighth annual meeting meet-ing here today. The visit of the minor league magnates to the meeting was not In vain, Inasmuch Inas-much as thev were granted everything they requested. Class AA will be ra.nked between the major leagues and the class A leagues, and will be composed of the American af-soclal Ion. International league and the Pacific Coast league. Like the; major leagues, the class AA league clubs cannot sell players except for Immediate delivery. This rule docs not bind the leagues of a lower classification. The drafting season, which heretofore has opened September 1, will open September Sep-tember 15. The season for purchase of plavers will close August 20 as formerly. The first five .lays or tho drafting season, sea-son, from September 15 to September; siY. will be given over lo the major leagues exclusively. Two days then will be allowed to elapse and the. class AA clubs will have a ten days' drafting season. Then the leagues of lower classification will have, their season in the order of their classification. classi-fication. One of Ihe principal changes in ihe i agreement was the price to be paid by major league clubs for minor league players play-ers who are drafted. It follows: Class AA. 52500 instead of $1000; class A, $1500 instead of 51O00; class B. S1200 instead of ?750: class C. 550 instead of ?500: and class D. ?500 Instead of ?300. Class A A league clubs are pot-milted to draft from any league of a lower classification. classi-fication. Including the class A, provided provid-ed that the latter class club has not lost a player bj draft to the major leagues. The list of the number of players that can be carried on the reserve list was also revised and follows: Major league clubs, .",5: class AA, "0; class A. 2": class 15. 2G; class C, 24. No regulation was made for the class D leagues. From May 1 to August 20. major league clubs are restricted to twenty-five players. play-ers. The restriction in the minor leagues are. Class A A. 20, class A. IS: class B, G; class C. II. No provision was made for class D. Heretofore the Xalional Association of Minor league clubs paid an annual a?aes ment lo the National commission of Jliw This was done away with upon recotn mendatlon of President Johnson of th American league, and In the future th commission will stand the entire ex penso of running as beforo. This is th result of the satisfactory receipts "fror the recent world's championship aerie as well as the intercity series, whlc were under the auspices of the com mission. Another rule, which has a. bearing o all minor league payers, was passed e the request of the minors thetnslv It holds that no major league club allowed to pay r player who Is tinder' probationary contract, more than a 2 per cent Increase over the salary he re eeivod from the minor leacue club froi which he was claimed. i It. was explained that players frequent! were given a huge salary for the forts fl days of probationary plav with ffi major leagues, only to be thrust bac Into tho minor and become dissatisfle over Hip much smaller salaries there. Hereafter all major league ball playei and clubs will be prohibited from playln exhibition games in minor league tow'f without the consent of the home clul while the same rule applies to mlnr league players and minor league club playing In major league territory. August Ilerrmann, president of the Clli clnnatl baseball club, was re-electe chairman of the commission: John Bruce of the St. Louis club of the Ameii can league was named secretary, sni Joseph Flanner was chosen secretary ,t the" chairman of the commission.. J J. TL Farrell, secretary of the Nntlonn association. In speaking of the change! said: "The commission awarded every ts quest made by us. and I believe wc luv bettered conditions among tho mlno; leagues over 100 per cent. There wil not be a minor league man in the coun try that will not be elated over the re suit of the meeting." p Chairman Herrmann of the coinmijslo said- 'j "The requests made by the minors wer fair lu every case. Of course there liai to be some exception made where agree menls were in vosue previous to Uil meeting. However, we found these to t decidedly few. and I think we have bet tercd the condition of the national gam as well as that of the minors." j |