Show American Loop fails to Develop Fever Over rOver Farm Rift CHICAGO GO Jan 26 26 INS INS INS- dent William Harridge of the Frt league refused today to toI tome I me e excited over the minor farm system question viewed predictions that hit the problem would flare Iare into fight at the meeting of the postwar planning panning committee commit commit- New In-New i ew York February 5 as a ain tee tre in iii a teapot Jn t the c first place he said there i-herc really reaU arc are only two major 1 e cl b that have extensive systems the systems the Yankees and Cardinals s. s Chances Chance are that both t them will take care of thema them- them a without outside Harridge pointed but that the heirs arc nrc trying to sell sellie tile ie Yankees and that the Cardinal farm system probably will be streamlined for financial reasons The e American league president gave two other reasons which in jn his opinion eliminated the possibIlity possibility of a farm system battle at atthe atthe atthe the February 5 meeting as follows fol fol- lows 1 1 The postwar committee primarily primarily pH- pH marily manly will consider the problem of revising rosters and player limit regulations so that players returning from the thc war can be absorbed without trouble and the farm system question Is not part of the discussions 2 2 The postwar committee does not have the power to do anything anything any any- thing about farm systems It was wa's was appointed to consider matters re relating relating re- re lating to postwar baseball but has no legislative power |