Show 5 Big Five Committee Selected to Direct D Minors for 1932 Stormy Session Of Ball Moguls Comes to Close Minors Minors' Board to Control Loops Baseball Scene Shifts to Chicago B By George Kirksey United Press Iress ess Correspondent WEST BADEN Ind md Dec 5 The 5 The baseball scenes shifted today to Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago cao where the major leagues will hold their annual meetings Tuesday Wednesday a anc n c I W Thursday The annul convention of thi National Association tion of Profession Professional al Baseball Club which ended ye e promise to go down as ont one I of the most revolutionary revo I In minol I league e a g u e history I IThe h The formation 01 ol the big five committee com cem- 4 to direct the minors for one Jones year oear Is considered one of the thc outstanding constructive measures ever attempted by the minor minor mi ml- nor leagues The live members of the tIie committee commit commit- tee Warren Giles GUes Rochester Joe Carr Columbus Alvin in Gardner Dallas Dallas Dallas Dal Dal- las from the class AA and A leagues and Judge W. W G. G Bramham and Ross C. C Harriott Terre Haute Ind lad will serve without pay Judge Bramham was named chairman and Giles Olles sec uc- sec sec- i MORE l ATTRACTIVE At the end of or its one year one year term the committee will suggest ways and means for making baSeball baseball more at att attractive attractive at- at t to the p public bUc and perhaps l I nominate an outstanding individual indi to assume permanent control of the minor league organization The rebirth of the Central league L lone one of the oldest leagues Increased the minors to 17 In the p past t 20 years the minors had dwindled from 52 to to 16 I The clubs In th the Central league are South Bend Fort Wayne Dayton Akron Canton and Erie JErie with two p others ethers expected to be taken in before p the season opens April 27 Youngstown Youngstown Youngstown Youngs- Youngs town Ohio already has applied for fora p a transfer of its franchise from the Middle Atlantic league to the Central p league I Though the West Eden Baden convention conven conven- tion was strictly a minor league af affair affair at- at fair the majors stole stoie part of the show I TIle The Chicago White Sox Sax last in the American league were were first In the trading mart They acquired Pitchers Pitch Pitch- p ers ens Irving Hadley Sad Sam Jones JonesI I and Infielder Minter Hayes from Washington In exchange for Outfielder Outfielder Out out- fielder Carl Reynolds and Second Baseman Johnny Johnn Kerr They obtained ohI obtained ob oh- I tamed Pitcher Milton Gaston from the thc Boston Red Sox ox in ina a trade for Pitcher het Bob Welland Wetland They bought Outfielder Harold Anderson from the I St. St Paul American association The general slashing of ball players players' players players' players players' play play- ers' ers salaries does docs not appear to be confined to the minors as major league magnates who were here indicated hid indi p that they would lower wages for tor next season |