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Show WILL GET NEW BOARD, IS REPDRTDF MG Draft Elimination Lost; Majors to Discontinue Part Salary Custom. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27. With reports re-ports of partial success, at least, so far as the mission of the minor leaguers to the National and American bodies wan concerned. J. Cal Ewing has returned from New York and Chicago. Ewing, although he was not a member of t.he committee empowered to petition for the elimination of the draft as far as the class AA leagues are concerned, reports there is absolutely no chance of such a request being granted. But he does say the majors will unquestionably .grant the smaller bodies a compromise in providing for non-delivery of piayers purchased during the pennant race. The head of the Oakland club denies there is any intent on the part of the Coast league to desert organized baseball, base-ball, because of real or fancied troubles, and expresses it as his opinion that President Baum never gave out any interview in-terview in which he even so much as intimated that the Coasters might go ft alone. J. Cal. chairpnan of the committee that asked for the establishment of a new board of arbitration to settle al! cases in which there are direct disputes between major and minor league clubs, is satisfied satis-fied the measure will be passed. He admits ad-mits that it may take some little time, but expresses the opin'.on that both big league presidents are for the measure. Such a board will not supplant either the national commission or the National association. If it should be organized, it will have t do simply with major-minor. major-minor. dual disputes. The commission will continue to look after the major leaguers, and the National association will discuss minor league cases. The two presidents. Ban Johnson and Tener. have been empowered to consider both these requests, and they will, come up for discussion when the national commission com-mission meets January 2 at Cincinnati. Saving Salary Limit. Ewlng reports one bit of legislation that ought to be a good proposition. The big bugs of baseball are willing to have passed a resolution prohibiting any major league owner from paying auy part of the salary of a ball player who may be fanned out to a minor league, team. This is aimed at the evasions of the salary limit regulations of- so many leagues, including the Coasters. The Coast league, for instance, passed a salary sal-ary limit. Then managers got players from the Americans or the Nationals and were obliged to pay only a portion of the salary, the big club carrying the balance. bal-ance. Minor leagues, so declares Ewing, will be benefited if the majors do as has been requested concerning novice players. The smaller leagues want the other chaps to adopt a resolution that will force managers man-agers who sign youngsters to take them to the training camps and give them a thorough trial. Then. If they are not suf-' suf-' flciently developed, they must be re-i re-i leased, instead of being sent out on op-1 op-1 tion. Suh a plan would be a big boon ; to the Coast league, which has found it ; hard in the past to secure eastern young- sters, even on option. Stick With 0. b'. "We are not going to desert organized baseball," said Ewing. speaking of the alleged Baum Interview, "and I don't be-i be-i lieve President Baum made any such statement. How could he, when the proposition of the draft was not voted upon, simply discussed? "I do know that Baum was' asked the direct question, whether the Coasters would abandon organized baseball in case the petition for the removal of the draft was refused. He replied that he was not authorizes to answer such a question. "As I have stated before, T was, personally, per-sonally, against the elimination of the draft. And I found the same sentiment among major league owners. Thev pointed out that it would virtually make of us major leagues. Then they asked us if we could support such organizations organiza-tions and if, assuming that we should develop such ball nlavers as Cobb and Speaker, we could afford to pay these men the salaries they deserve. There isn't a chance for such a measure and in all fairness to the ball plavers we can't demand de-mand it. However. the non-delivery clause during the playing season is certain cer-tain to pass. "I think we will set our new governing govern-ing body, consisting of two represent- ! atives each from the maiors and the ! minors, together with a chairman selected ly the four. ; Ewlng admitted h had been ap-nroaehed ap-nroaehed bv Jack Cook W'th reference 1 to the latter breaking awav from tre Oaks. Cal savs on this score that h ""in be glad if Cook ca n bet ter himself. He a'o admitted that he wo'Md undertake under-take the active manae-err-ent of the business busi-ness end of tbn Oak'and Huh. A lso hr made it clear that H. S. McFarlln wil! remain as his chief assistant. |