Show I Major Lee league LeeDe I De J Tr TrI urn I to Be Duds By Joe NEW NEV YORK Dec 10 L tf The The windup of the week long minor and major league baseball conventions conventions conventions con con- Monday produced nothing nothing nothing noth noth- ing but a lot of legislative action which was greeted by yawns from the man in the street What happened to all those dynamite deals cooked up last t week eek in Columbus they asked 1 The plain truth is they turned out to be a lot of duds An innocent innocent in in- bystander would have II wagered a weeks week's salary that at I least one trade would be pulled I off the way the club officials especially especially es es- es- es Buzzy Bavasi of oC Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn and Gabe Paul of Cincinnati hustled around talking shop with lith anyone who was willing to listen But now its it's all nIl over No big league trades No sales No purchases pur pur- chases No nothing I Illig Big Deals Flop I II I Nearly all the club owners and managers have left or are en route home and Ted V Williams is still with the Boston Red Sox Eddie is still the property 1 of of the New York Giants Fred I I still is seeking a manager for his St. St Louis Cardinals and the Dodgers and Reds are no nearer to a deal than they ever have been Each league had an excuse for not completing a transaction American League men blamed it iton iton iton on the veil of secrecy that shrouds the status of Joe Di- Di I Maggio All clubs are anxious to trade with the world champion New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Yankees who are the only ones with expendable young players with promise The Yankees Yankees Yankees Yan Yan- kees however have said they will not entertain a deal until they 1 learn e ear a r n f fro from r o m DiMaggio whether he intends to play The Yankee Clipper has promised he will make known his decision to to- morrow National Leaguers say they have been st stymied in deals because because because be be- cause of failure to select his managerI manager I have broached a deal to Mr 1 said an official only to have tell me he wouldn't do anything before naming a manager I know of at least two other clubs that got the same same answer from him Pour Cold Water Vater On the legislative end the majors poured cold water on the minor league hopes when they voted down the player 23 limit and a proposed ban on the 24 hour recall They went along with the new high school rule agreed to open classification I for the Pacific Coast League and awarded the 1952 star all-star game to Philadelphia July 8 Commissioner Ford Frick presiding presiding presiding pre pre- siding at his first joint meeting I Ii i broke an 8 88 deadlock with the decisive vote against reducing from 25 to 23 players in the ma ma- jors Reduction of minor league limits was approved The vote to kill the minors' minors ban on the hour 24 recall means that the majors can still recall optional players at their whim I Had the majors upheld the I minors an optioned played would I have been forced to remain inthe inthe in inthe the minors for the duration of the season Under the new high school rule effective Jan 1 school players may be talked to the first year but not signed The boys can be signed the second year but they will not be permitted permit- permit I ted to play professionally until I their class graduates |