Show Salt Lake D Delegates legates Begin Their Fight for 1917 I nit J TN TEN i WANT NEXT Salt alt Lake Will Therefore Therefore Therefore There- There fore Have a Battle Baseball Men Get T Together Together To To- 0 gether ether at New Orleans III by Ti Telegrams Telegram's 61 N Nee Neww wi S Santos EW ORLEANS La Nov 14 The National Association Association Association As As- of Baseball Baseball Baseball Base Base- ball leagues met metin metin metin in annual session here today with I r the owners and officials of minor and major league baseball clubs and delegates from throughout the country in attendance The meeting will continue through Thursday Among the important questions expected to come up for decision decision decision deci deci- sion are the new demands of the Baseball Players' Players fraternity including including including in in- one relating to contracts covering the clubs' clubs control over injured players Other matters to be discussed included the relations relations relations rela rela- between players and minor league clubs contracts schedules schedules schedules sched sched- ules classifications and releases President H. H M. M Sexton of the association tion was unable to attend because of III III- 11 h ness nesa In his family and In his stead Vice President resl nt Tim Murnane presided Annual Annual Report The The annual report submitted by Secretary Secre Secre- tary John H. H Farrell showed that twenty twenty- league organizations embracing ottlee GlUes and towns in the United Canada and employing players during durt dur dur- t ing int the the playing season of or 1916 had ne for membership ily one qualified member of the Na- Na ial Kl al association disbanded during the thet tl t the Playing laying B twenty six n season Beason-a Beason n l leagues a ac class D D twenty five league g Out 1 and twenty-three twenty finished one was trait disqualified The Canadian did not operate on account of war ions The attendance this year as 83 eta Whole laoJ a exceeded b by far that of the 1915 nine r nano optional agreements were exby exby ex- ex fi- fi finine S by National association clubs and X 1 by major leagues Players reported i till release numbered 2051 for t 15 for tor reinstatement Twenty Ogle were and canceled The t fat number of or disputed cases handled the current year was and II was waa collected In players' players claims territorial liens and paid to them 1 t Continued on pa page e 6 r TEN CITIES Continued from page 2 without cost of any kind Only six alx claims were filed ted by the players' players fraternity Big League Drafts Drafs The National league leage drafted twenty five players the American league leage nineteen and the National association fity fifty Including money refunded for National association drafts that were disallowed the National drafs league paid American AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican leage league National association a total of The sum of was paid on optional agreements between National association clubs and on options exercised by minor league leage leagea clubs s from minors for nine fifty f n e players The amount a g paid for release e by ep purchase p between National association clubs cubs was The sum received for tor drafted players optional agreement players and released a by purchase players was s n and for r r options exercised by majors r from minors In I addition additon the as association as- as clubs cubs purchased from major league clubs by optional agreement and leage outright sale players paying to the major leagues The grand gand total of money handled was A large budget of ot disputed cases caes will willbe willbe wi be decided by the national board of ot arbitration arbitration arbi arbi- during the te meeting here |