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Show Observers Say National League May Yet Turn to 'Rabbit Ball CHICAGO, Dec. t (INS) Still at loggerheads over the type of baseball to be put In play next season, the National and American major league magnates brought their annual winter confab to an drafting of umpires was turned down. The American league's plan to reveal re-veal details of a new arrangement on the broadcasting of the games struck a snag. At Tuesday's meeting meet-ing the league had voted to award to one sponsor the exclusive rights in the six citiea in the circuit which allow broadcasts of games. Yesterday Yester-day it was learned that two clubs hesitated about signing up under the exclusive contract. end today. If both leagues stick hard by their decisions, the 1938 season will find tbe National league team batting a "dead ball" around the ball park, while the American league will be clouting the "jackrabbit ball." All f which should go smoothly enough until attempts are made to bring two pennant winner together for crucial world series. It was th general opinion In the baseball camps, however, that the NaUonal league, having voted for the slower ball without regard for tbe understanding between th two circuits that they would act together, to-gether, may decide to return to the )ackrabbit" sphere before the sea-Boa sea-Boa opens. No Trade l et Meanwhile, team managers brought their trading sessions to aa end in a blase of Inactivity. Not deal waa completed In th leagues during the past week of chatter, exespt for transactions with th minora. Meeting In Joint session yesterdsy. the twe league voted to appropriate 8100.000 for a celebration of base-be base-be li s centennial In 193. They also voted to continue appropriation appro-priation for another year of 120 000 for the promotion of the American league junior baseball tournament. proposal from the minors that the new major-minor agreement Include In-clude a clause providing tor the |