Show MAJORS MAY AY USE UNIFORM BALd COMPROMISE MAY SETTLE CONTROVERSY Minute Last-Minute Trades Appear in Air as Baseball Sessions Sessions Ses Ses- Near End By GEORGE GEORGC KIRKSEY United Press Sports Writer CHICAGO Dec Dee 14 14 Adoption Adoption of ot a uniform baseball was one of ot the mos most important matters under consideration considers considers- tion Ion today as major league magnates closed their winter meetings with a joint session at the Palmer hou house e. e A compromise e was expected between be be- tween the American league ball bal usually referred to as the lively ball baU and the National league ball bal commonly called the dead ball Trading activities were expected t to be resumed with ith the National league making some last minute trad trades after two da days s 's of oC negotiating Thus far th the American league has supplied all the trading news of the meeting In yesterdays yesterday's yes yes- ys y's transactions the second division divi sion Lion of or the American league clubs club were strengthened further making the junior circuit more evenly balanced balanced bal bal bal- than in many years rears Players Exchanged Pla Players ers exchanged in the second days day's transactions follow tallow Boston Red Sox Sox Outfielder Carl Car Reynolds for Pitcher Ivy Andrews and 2nd Outfielder Smead Jolley St. St Louis Browns Brown's Retained Browns Retained Pitcher Andrews and sent Outfielder Jolley y Shortstop Jim Lev Levey y and end Pitcher Wol lace Hebert to the Hollywood Pacific Coast league club for Shortstop Allen AUen Strange Also boucht bought Ouli Outfielder lder George from the Roches Roche ter International league club Detroit Tigers Traded Tigers Traded Outfielder Jonathan Stone for tor Outfielder Goose Goslin The only on- on National league develop develop- ment was the signing of ot Charles Chuck Klein National league bat bati ting champion recently obtained by the Chicago Cubs from the Phillies Klein Klen is said Slid to have signed a one one- year ear contract at a salary of ot The all star ba baseball game first held last season at Comis ke key park as one of the features of the worlds world's fair year ear was wao adopted asa as asa a permanent attraction The game will be held next year car in New York in m early July and in 1935 in Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land It is the plan to shift the g game me from tram one major league city to another an an- other until each city has had one game Keep Busy BusyA A former American league batting champion Dale Alexander was shunted back ack to the minor along cuong with three other players in in- in inthe the new working agreement between the Boston Red Sox and Kansas City American association club The Red Sox Sex send Pitcher Curtis CurBs Fullerton and Outfielders Marry Harry Stumpf and Mel AlamedA Alame t along with Alexander 1932 batting king to the K Kansas m. m as City club which has signed Roger former Cleveland manager as its new leader A hitch has has developed in the ownership own own- of the Cincinnati Reds and it was said that an entirely new lineup might be made before the opening of the he 1934 season Deals which the Reds had hoped to 10 make moke have been blocked i b by the status of ot the club Burt Shotton's failure to attend the meeting caused reports to be circulated that Catcher Jimmy Wil Wilson on recently recently re re- re- re obtained from the Cardinals might manage the Phillies next year ear |