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Show j Minor League Salary Limit j j is Reduced Twenty Per Cent j Classes C and D Declare They Cannot Exist 1 ' j Under Cut and Are Given Further Time; Player List Also Slashed. :' . ' OMAHA. Neh.. Nov. 11. A hori- j znial reduction of :o pr cnt in j the salary limit paid by minor league club? was the reeommenda-i' reeommenda-i' tion of the committee on consti- j ; !; , i utional revision of the National Associa- j ' , , J.ion of Profes.-'i'-'iKil Baseball lfi?ues. It j ;( '' ('us adopted so far it concerned class j i iA and ciass B leagues. Leagues in class i '' ' iA .were permitted to revise their salary . ' ' . j I Ists as fitted their convenience, and ?agues in the C and D classes were given i , i 1 .nother day in which to acres on a limit j 1 . ; hat would he satista-.tory to them and ; i ; ' 1 nuke report tomorrow. ' , ' : The recommendation of the committee ' f oi lowed an address by Chairman (Jarry ' f. i trrniann of the national commission, in i 'hicii he declared tiuit orcanizd t.ase- j , . leaciies should have s.-ilary limits ; l ; ihich would be in keeping with the sate ' ; cceipts. 1 ' i Chan ma n Herrmann reviewed last r 1 ''ear's disastrous' linanciai operation ot ' i - he bascl'-ail business and declared that 1 1 t mined late and drastic action was nec-s- ' i ' - ary for tiit- preservation of organized ' 'i i ; ' 'all. , 1 "There nust be a crater economy in , '. ; ; he operation of tn? business department . f t.-.e i.nMonal snort. " said Mr. Herr- ' nana. "Ther rr.'.t he esta idi.-hed a sil-I sil-I '-.ry lin-.'t which will bv hi a'-crd with th" i . rte receirjts. The t!me is past when '. 1 aneeU" -.an be cjtled upon to supr ort . , , ! nusih'-ss. Tlie i-mailest minur is enti- :; i ' .-( to i;.e same r,rte'-tion tiiat is ac-. ac-. . ; o: df d the pr-a test major lea ue. The , :; alarv li:n;t st.ould be es'.aVlls:-'. not to ' , it the trate receipts of tin- bicL'est ch:b ' 1 u the le;;';. but ra:h-r gauged by the . ; J nt on; e of the smallest." ; , Talked With' Feds. ', Chatnran Herrmann toid of h:, confer-'. confer-'. -n-.'-s with Kede:.;l 1-airue 'jfb'-ials. and . j -haied all hi.T taika had been In an indi- ; ' tdi-al capai". ity ami not as a repr-s--nbt- : :vf- eith-r of Tl.e, national commission or v 1 if t'at; (;incmnati liaseball el'ib. , ; ; 1 Ti!" sc':i-hil- of salary limits was then ' ,! js-; '-! t.y Ju..ii.e Kavana uu'il of Lit Me '.of'.:. r:.::.rn::r. of tie committee on ion-.tit ion-.tit dtioririi i e ,,;s:"ij. U i ecom ir.endd the ' o!i'j'.in' limits: '""Uss A A X'T mnt n : Has A. ' 'Ojti'ern assjtanori. '0; Western -&e..p. '-Ws Ih .: clnss C, I IL'''.-; .liss r :(". T,..'-s" ! : ;r.i ta t ions I Krrfi put tm '.he nunh-r of piavt.-rs: Cla-s A. tor fii.s'. iw-ntv da"s and Ik dur-t dur-t r tis; s a so: i ; .Iriys A, 2; a nd 1 " ; ciass K. 4 and II: ciass C, 2J and 1 '.' ; ciass D. i and 11' tf-caus ti.e P'ed'-ia; Wx-mr- had 'luba ! two Amr:' a :i ass'.ciat ion cirh-s. repr--! . :i.itarp.v.s of ;i,;it i--;i-''ie ohi.-' t'-d to thir j alarv lii:iir i.eit.t; tr.-jde iui,!ic. and club .wm-'is p r n t i 1 1 - i to atcree on what . , -A..v j ; r, : ; t c;;ci-ld b-. A t. in:a ted di.-'"'i-'ioii over the limits of C and 'lass T r---;i't--d in thdr ase pr-tr z over u:i':i toi;Vi row. Several ; : -(-pr'-sn: a ;es of thes small minors c!e- i ' ''ar-'ii th-vv AO-;id he una1-!': to exist with the proposed limitation on ihern, especially especial-ly as it had to do with salaries. Classes A and B made no protest and the limitations limita-tions were accepted. An important amendment was a provision pro-vision adopted for at least on.' executive session at eah annual nifftinc of the association. This provision as adopted, it was stateiJ. to provide an opportunity for league officials an.1, .dub owners to thrash out their grievan.-es without the details being made public. There was considerable ueneral talk outside the convention of what may be expected to result from f urt her conferences confer-ences between members of tne national commission and officials of ihe Federal league. It seemed to be the general impression im-pression that some changes would be mad in the examination of both, the American association and Western league. ! although no definite action was taken by the association itself. President Tearney announced the removal re-moval of the Sprtn'-'fteid franchise of the Three-I league to Rock Island. The Indebtedness In-debtedness of the tpriniruM team will he absorbed by the bushn-ss men of Rock Island, it was stated, and ti.e tam put "n a substantial linanciai f.iot-in-. In the Central league, whi.-h it is pro-ro:d pro-ro:d to ra:s.M from six to eu'ht clubs, it i was s'ated there were several applica- tions for francf.iss. Tb."v will not be gra nte 1 until a satisfactory distribution of territory can be arranged. Northwestern Hit. - The Northwestern league will probably not play baseball next year. The European Euro-pean war has made baseball conditions In that territory su-'h as to prevent the successful suc-cessful operation of the league In Permission was riven the league to retain its sia nding in the Na tional association without playing next season. The Canadian leazu, with a club In Krie, Pa., has also f-l t th war, but officials offi-cials of that league said thoy expe-'td to l'.j through the s-ason. al' hough permission permis-sion was granted th'-m to retain their srandins If t'ne clubs found It necessary to djsVand for a yar. Th- question of taking away the franchises fran-chises of the Winona, Minn., and Winnipeg Winni-peg in the Northern league wa s not taKn up bv the asso'dathm and probably wdl be settW-d bv the hoard of arbitration. arbitra-tion. That board also will give out tomorrow to-morrow a further list of awards of. claims of ciub'! and players. All th vii' imr ba sebnll mn were suesi r of the Western league at a ban-.juet ban-.juet tonight. Will Stand ToKelher. Th Federal h-rmife wn- organized on a ma ior h-amie bisis and will oon t inue ns simh, no ni:'t-r wiiat deal mav be made with organized ba-hall. a '' rd I nir to a ta tement m;id.; tor.iui'.t by lT'-ident James A. '.'.ilmore of the Federal l-ai;u, who d'-ciared that all the owners of the league still Mood together for a fair set- (Continued on Following Page.) CUT S,W LIMIT OF Ifl LEAGUES (Coutlnuod from Preceding Page.) Ihnient. Gllnmrt declared tbnf no mm. bt-r- f tin oi fa ni?-at ion bud anv Intention Inten-tion or M-.lltnu: out I.. Hi.- d.-irlnient of the J-V'teiala. 'Pill) iMIltellient r-.ild: The "ed,'i al leaRin- eta nds rin .ly lo do amiblnij that wiil proinot-i the iiil. reM.H of hiiseball In -n.-nd. Th.-y I'.-hII.i; that wailare, Sin.-li Its has ex-is ex-is Led during the last ear, 1m dtri -mental to lb-; mi. -rest of the Maine, u i at, for that ruiwin, inure tba u for any ruber. Ihey are willlim' to make H rettbuiieiit on uny b(noialiln bnrac. If su' b it s,-t thonent iH not consum-ttuild consum-ttuild befcre the 1 !' 1 sc-riMui It Is not the fault of the Federal league officials. of-ficials. We admit tb;.t in order to brinor mich a contlll Ion about tl would bo neeesHury to transfer certain franchises, fran-chises, nud a eominlft-o of Federal l'HL,-uo otllclulM is wtllinjc to meet a commit tec fioni oi Kanlz, ci baiieball utu endeavor )(, t-olv.i the, problmt. There In n thorough undi-rsttindln amon nil off ic.-rn of I bo Ft deral buKuo ami there it no feflr on the part of any official t hiit on,; or more of the otln rM aro point? to consummate a ie,ij thai will protect their Interests irre;q,cctl n f what happens to the others, thioh reporlH do an Intustlco lo .such rn.n aa Messrs. Ward. Weegh-inhn. Weegh-inhn. Walker. KUefol and Hall. Clues like Baltimore, Buffalo and Indlnnapolla nre entitled to major b-Uh'ue ball, and nny one who made a tnorouf-h Muily of thy conditions lstinK in those citlts before our In-ar'i..n In-ar'i..n will rapidly undorMH nd why our leaf-im was loyally (uppoJ-ted In those towns. Competition In the life of trade, and th ultr disregard that the minor leacue club owners have had for the r, neral public in the three cities mentioned during the la-t ftn or i'.evn y-;ira wan the real cause or the almont totnl bik of j'attonace at their parka during the I wish to state at thin time fn a most emphalle manner that the Federal Fed-eral league whs organized on a major 1-auuo basis, Hnd will Cun'muo as i huci. There wilj bo no deal mado wlili orpaniz, ba.-.eball winch ejiils for the elimination of the Federal le.iKu.-. Our organization mfpbt ron-'-nt to tne trausterrir.f? of one or two Ir.m.Mis.s, hut th? Feo.ral Ieak'Uq lu lumo and etundmp must continue |