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Show THINK DRAFT PLAN SIIDJEIIIED Many Baseball Men Favor Method Giving Tail-end Teams First Choice. By Tribune Special Sport Service. NEW YOBK, Fob. 21. An entiro revision re-vision of tho draft rule ono that will help the weaker clubs in proportion to their woalcnoss is ono of trio crying needs of major league baseball, according accord-ing to a numbor of big basoball men. If tho rule could bo so changed that tho weaker clubs would reap tho largest portion of tho draft harvest, it would mean more evenly matched teams, closer pennant battles, larger patronage at tho ball fields after mid-season and tho incidental fatteniug of tho magnates' mag-nates' bank rolls. Last season tho Browns finished more than 250 points behind tho Athletics, the Cardinals wore more than 320 points behind the Giants. Long before tho season was over it was apparent to everyone that tho Cardinals, Yankeos, Browns, Bed Sox, Tigers, Braves, Beds and White Sox woro out of tho race. As the rule now stands each club that wants a minor league star is permitted per-mitted to put in a draft for him. Then tho names of all the teams wanting a certain player aro placed on slips of paper, the slips placed in a hat and a drawing is made, tho player going to tho club whoso slip is first drawn. Of course, it's a fair deal all around, as far as tho drawing is concomod, but in this way tho weaker club has no advantage ad-vantage and it should have an advantage. advan-tage. Many suggestions havo been offorcd for nmondmg tho drafting rule, This HoeniB about tho best: Lot tho tail-end team have first choice of all tho men drafted, tho seventh sev-enth place team have second choice, the sixth placo team third choice and so up tho ladder, giving the first place club last choico in selecting a drafted player. Aftor tho first club has mado its" choico start ovor again, but on this occasion allow only soven clubs to pick a playor. tho first placo team bo-mg bo-mg eliminated in this second choico. On tho third choice allow only six clubs to chooso players, on the fourth choico allow only five clubs and so on until only tho tail-ond club bo allowed to make a choico on tho oighth selection. selec-tion. This system would result in tho last placo club getting eight players, tho first plnco club only ono playor, tho second placo club two, and so on. Such a plan would work out well because the topnotch clubs mako moro money than do tho second division teams, and, of courbe, havo tho money to buy players play-ers before tho drafting season "starts. |