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Show - t moguls hold .iiitiie MEETIIJi; Deal of Dig Players Falls Through at Ohio Session CLEVELAND, 0., Feb. 12. Miller Hujrgins proposed three cornered deal, which waa to bring "Baby Doll' Jaeobson from St, Louis to the Yankees, Ib off. It was announced at the conclu- -exl sion of the meet ln of American league , club owni'ra late yesterday. tk- u-..-i.iH i-K ..t 1hi pariy 1o the deal. HtiKKms .roH'd to trade "Home Run linker to vVa.siungtou fur play cm who he in turn wag to trade to St. I.ouih for Ja-cul.eon. Ja-cul.eon. The deal wan declared off be-cauite be-cauite Huggins wan unable to get the necessary players from the Senator. MEETING PEACEFUL. The meeting was peaceful and the mag nnw accomplished the following: "I te moved the limit from the number of players that can be placed out is minor leagues wiTh option for recall. Decided to permit clubs to release first-yar first-yar men without waivers, except plaers obtained by draft. Voted down proposition to turn J." per cent of receipt! of city series Into league treasury. EMBLEM COST. z Fixed 1100 limit on cost of button. or other world's series emblems given to plaera and oilier a. Voted that players who have completed ten years of service with major league must be given unconditional release instead in-stead of being: relegated to minors if clubs let them go. When the meeting opened, represents fives of the owners of the Boston and New York club, opponents of President B. B. Johnson in many controversies, were l ot present. It was explained that they Tttrt- rtnf attend of the routine - character of the meeUng. I Vec.dent Johnson said the meeting would take up the formality of adopting i a schedule and that the new major league and major-mi nor rule as suggested sug-gested by the baseball advisory council would be the only matters discussed. Landia Favors Banned Spitters NEW YORK. Feb. 12 Commissions Landis probably will take the spit ball case away from the National league Jury soon and free the defendants. As the case now stands, four magnates want the rule to remain In force, which put the moist ball deliveries out of business busi-ness last fall. The other four owners want the rule i rescinded to al!ow the o'd spitters the e use of their favorite weapon. It has been pointed out that the rule against the spit ball In the minor leagues has shut off the production of saliva artists ar-tists and there are so few moist salary arms In the major leagues now, that iti a season or two. a "spit ball" pitcher will be eligible for the national museums. Iast fail ihe National league moguls decided de-cided by a voto of A to 2 to spare the veterans who owed their succeua to Hie spit ball. Hi nee then, however, they have changed i their minds to the extent of a deadlock. Han Johnson era (ked the whip in the American league and his magnates all sat up and barked "yes"' when the Imperml- istlr president decreed fhfit the spnters" -- should live until they died naturally. Being as one league permits the spit hull, it Is likely that Judi(e Landis will prolong the life of the veterans with an I official reprieve. |