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Show SMI FRANCISCO : GLAD TO MEET MINOHMOBULS j Secretary Farrell's Report Shows Unfavorable Con-1 Con-1 ditions in 1915; Claims Adjusted by Board. i By International News Service. 1 SAX FRANCISCO, Nov. 9. The haseball magnates of the National Association As-sociation of Minor Leagues performed i true to reputation today, the first busi- i ness day of their annual convention here, by devoting a good deal less than ! bankers ' hours to official routine. The first meeting, scheduled for 1 o'clock, was late in being called together, to-gether, and it was about an hour later when the motion of President Allan T. ; Bauni of the Pacific Coast league to ad-I ad-I iourn for the day out of respect to the i late Judge Cavanaugh of the Southern ; association was earned without, protest. ; President . II. Sexton presided and, after rapping for order, violded the floor to Edward Rainev, secretarv to :. Mayor Rolph, who delivered his message mes-sage of welcome, the mavor having : been detained at the exposition. Sec-. Sec-. retary .1. II. Farrell read his annual report, re-port, which was quickly approved bv i the delegates.- ' Earlier Contract Date. Without the slightest indication of the clashes that had been predicted as certain to come, a few minor matters of routine were hastilv disposed of and the niagnates dispersed to eniov the ex-, ex-, position recreations or ''mix medicine" during the interim, as their fancy dictated. dic-tated. The only important, matter raised was a motion bv Secretarv Farrell, which I provided that all contracts of players sha.ll be in the hands of managers of their respective clubs bv February I in-I in-I stead of .March 12. The motion went over, but there seems little doubt of its adoption, as a majority of the magnates . i seem favorably disposed toward it. Three Fights. Three widely separated fights were the most to be talked about the St. Francis lobbies before, during and after . the meeting of the magnates'. The efforts of "Tip'' O'Neill to he recognized as the president of the Western West-ern league bobbed up more often than ny other subject. The fight for the ; possession of territory Tn the New England Eng-land league was a lively subject. The i fc.nstcrn association got permission a vear ago to suspend for a vear without losing its territorial rights. Now Louis Peeper of J.vnu. Mass.. is here to oppose op-pose a movement on the part of the I International league to gather some of the Eastern association's territorv. And the New England league wants some of it, too. The Rock Island franchise fight has dev eloped some importance as '"a subject sub-ject of gossip. The Three ! league is easting a longing glance in the direction direc-tion of this franchise, an, I the Central . i association is flirting just as longintrlv for it. ' h h MINOR LEAGUES HAD ROUGH ROAD DURING THE SEASON SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9. Mam- interesting inter-esting details in connection with professional pro-fessional paschal season ot" 1st", which, for' j . many reasons, was non-productive of financial fi-nancial benefit to those most closely identified iden-tified with the national eame, were in- j chid eel in the annual report of Secretary John IT. Faj-rell which he presented at the annual meertin.sr of the National Association Associa-tion of Professional Baseball leagues here today. A resume of the business transacted bv the National associa tion during the vea'r i showed tlt forty minor loagui organiza-: organiza-: tions embracing cities and towns in ; the United States ami Canada qualified for membership in as compared wir.li forty-four !eases representing; JOU towns and cities in 19M, Ten of thesp lemrucs did not hegin the season of 1 in and five of the thirty which started failed to complete com-plete their season's schedules. Onf of those was disqualified and the cfv'ner four dropped out. their failure to continuf be-I be-I ins attributed mainly to the hiiiipuhIIv ad-. ad-. verse weather conditions which prevailed. In one league 105 panics were postponed on account of rain in a four months" plav-Ing plav-Ing season. Players' Statistics. Five thousand four hundred and seventy-two players' court rarts were received recorded and promulsa ted bv the association asso-ciation during- the year. One thousand and tnree players were released by purchase pur-chase out nf 2S40 reported to the office lot the association for release. Ninety-one opt ional agreements were a np roved be-I be-I tween Na'ina! aspnciari-in chibs and thir-jty-nine optional aKrcement? were exercised j bv NatioiiHl association clubs. Six bun-dred bun-dred and seventy players were reported i for suspension and were reported for reinstatement. Seven drafted plavers were .claimed under the Quiver rule" and 73S i disputed cases were adjusted bv the association asso-ciation during ttlie year. Seventeen play-! play-! ers were drafted by the National league : a nd a similar number bv the American league. Out of s:2,snn received bv the association associa-tion for drafted players, the American league contributed ?2i.400 and the Xa- 1 (Continued on Following Page.) Wfmisco glad " j tosee minor moguls (Continnod from ProcedlnR Page.) linnnl leitRiin J'l.fir.fl In nil. jrjllf,,-,? P-H.'d tlnniipli thn nfllrn nT thn Nnlnn;t1 iiNHin'iiiftiuii during thfi rurrrMit 'iir fr iriUtPii iIh.v-i-h, npiloiwil HKrcfiiii'iii play-i-i's and (itlicr.H relr-nsr-fl by pnrohn :ir. List of Drafts. Thn fnll.iwlriK In n Mat of Win plavrra drattr.l l,v the major mid nilurtr Ichkuh; NA'I'tONAl, I.K.UirjC. Fty Brooklyn - Fiellb-y iroin New OtlfiniH, $ir('0; Itiirlh fnmi Sonllle. $l(til; I'riesln tnnn Kyr.tniMfl, $11:00; Cnlwell from Vnn-l Vnn-l c(Mi'or, $ i ::oo. I My HoMton Ulnrkbiirn from lndian-1 lndian-1 npoMs. ::.r.iiii. ! Hy rilr'-shim - Mndflon from ( Ivr-nt on. ?i:'nu; niiickweii I'loiii i,fiiiKioii, sr.Mu. By Si. l.nulH- Ullkr from J'uiham. N. 1 1, ?;.uo. j y 'IiIi'uko-- MulliRiin frain I la venport . Jliin; Walhii'ii I'mni Rl nni nu i ia in, Abi., $1fA0; Allison fr.nn M.-mphla, Tenn., ifl.Mjii; I Ior:r from Mobile. A In., JlfiOO; Wright fmin VI rpin in. Minn.. JT.'iO. lv New York - Kiim 11 from Tortlnnd, I Me., $1100; shiirman from 1 'ortsniout li, nhio. $r.00; Huker from l.itile ltoU, Ark.. ?l..uO; Kos.-lior 1'rorn Toronto, Out., ?-.00. AMKIUCAX LMACil.'K. By WaHhlngtm---ILnniloau from Minne-upnlis. Minne-upnlis. Minn.. ?L'(uO. By PhlladclphlH StAllbauer from Peoria, $1 1'OO; I H mi HU from PortMiiout h, "a., S.i"'"; Uuy from tirrensboro. N. I.'., $f00; KieliarUoi) from Ma rslm lit own, itt.. j.O0; SHboId In mi -dar liapiiia, la., $n00. By 1 r toll I la rpt-r from Port Worth, Tex., $ 1 100; Kufian from Oklahoma (Jitv, $.M(0. B- Xpw York Piercy from Wrnon. ("al., :J2;.oii; HlodRftt from binalia. $l,'n(t; Ho.hm .from ( "ha t tiumoa, Tenn., 1 Mm ; SliorUi1!-from SliorUi1!-from Ottawa, rnil., JTT.d; Cabb- from Bnol-ford. Bnol-ford. Pa.. $60o; I.ove iroin Iis AukIcs, ( al.. 52500; 15 row n from Topuka, Kan.. 5ir.no. By Ohicnco Lynn from Snlt Ijike City, JlioiiO; I'anfortli from LouIkvIHc, $1000. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CLUBS. By Milwaukee-" 'ril chlo w from Waco, Tex.. $7M; Madden from Oalvestrin. dis Hllowed; Harper from Fori Wortli, disallowed disal-lowed ; l-'aetli from Virginia. Minn., $r,()0. By 1.0s AnKfles riulloway trom Uer.vr, $1000; .latkson from Blnomink'ton, III., $7.'i0; Tlionipson from Lawrenue, K;in.. $:;.". By Palt Lak City, Utah .Mullen from f-an Antonio, $T:0. Br Indianapolis- AldridcA from prle, Pa., ?7.iU; Klibv from Sl-tilS City. ;i., ?li'.i0; Kl-rr from Port Worth, Tx., $7.".". I'v Provideiif-c MironMltl I'mm J Ioiir-fon. Ioiir-fon. Tex., ?7;'.n; u'N"ill frmir Ptica, $7..m; Thompson from La wrence. Kan., dial-lowrd. dial-lowrd. Hv Louisville Farmer from Naphville, $10i'0. Bv I'iijimond, Va Rittrr from Iwis- t'in. mp., j:r.u. P.y Llii'-oln, Neh. Lee from Muscatine, la.. y;("0. Fv portlniiil, ("jre. Quiim fiim Staaisc, ?,r.o; Hallike,- fiom Kmknli. In.. 100. By Indianapolis Humphries from Norfolk. Nor-folk. Va.. $..0'. P.y Lienvpr bh from Homell. x. v., 5'-: O'Xelll from ptb-a. disallowed; Harris Har-ris frooi Marshail'own, la., 3;oo. By Mobile Ledbetter f,oin v liarlotle. X. C.. jniiO; Lii'.iiia front Benuinont, Te:;., disallowed; Harper from port Worth, disallow dis-allow ed. Bv A t hi nta -Muneh from Charlotte. N. C, Mnn; Thrasher from Not folk. Va.. $400. By Penver Stevens from Ta'-mtia, $i00; Howard from (;ettabuie. Pa., $:ioo. By Chat t a lionet j'.flrd from Suffolk, Va . 5400; Martina fioni Beaumont. Tex.. $'",'10; Maltese from Troy. X. V.. disallowed; disal-lowed; Ken- from Fort Worth, Tex., disallowed. dis-allowed. F'.y Bit mingha m. Ala. --Miller from Burlington, Bur-lington, la.. :!00; Sinpletnn from BurllnEr-'on. BurllnEr-'on. Ia., JJ'.OO; Mneyl from Flniira, X. Y.. ,hnn: O'Bourke from Wilke$-Rnrre, Pa., ?00n: Wbb from Hornell. X. Y.. lial-ImvPfj; lial-ImvPfj; Hauler from Kvansvillo. ?iC0; Clair from Olenn, N. Y., $:tnO. By Waco. Tex. Bittle from Roeky Mount. X". C.. $400; Causey from Savanna Savan-na h. Oit., ? KtO ; Myers from Raleigh. N. C. disallowed. By Houston. Tex. Burke from Tulsa, disallowed; C'itrano from lta!eih, X'. C., ?"500. Bv Fort Worth. Tex. CleTnept.' from Tnla ; (.kla., $:;00; p.nrlie from Tnl pa. Okla.. $300; W'oodall from Ashcville. N C. $::oo. Bv Shrevenorl, T-a. Fei nson from Co-liimhia. Co-liimhia. S. C, $100. By Savannah.' Oa. R. O. Milliliter from Cedar Rapids, la.. J"00. |
