Show Claim Feds Would Have Made Peace Agreement but for an Alleged Double Cross Deal The action of the thc National lea league o in iu cuttin cutting down the tho number of players to one for each club after May Mav 1 will bo be of considerable benefit to the minor leagues It is expected the American league will follow th tho sam same samo plan as inaugurated by the National Last season some of the major maior league eague clubs carried as many as thirty thirty- t ave ivo O players at ono one time and few of f thorn them bad had less than twenty Take our four players from each elch major lea league ue club and it would mean sixty four players for the bi big minor le leagues which hl h would certainly be a big bill help to 0 some of tho the weak sisters in tho the American association International and Western lea leagues le This has all been brou brought ht about by ho the efforts efforts of the tho majors majore to tr try and help th the minors at tho the eq expense of the tbs federal league Tho The majors held on to their players last season so ISO the tho Feds Feels could ouM not Tint pct tret them but hut it mon a costly experiment as the Feds took them anyway I It was really the anxiety of the majors major to keep the minors minor in line that prevented the agreement between be be- ecu tween the Feds and bi big leagues When Whee there was a possibility of peace tho the majors major t eo 0 it is alle alleged od used this information information in in- in form formation hon as u a bait blit to keep the tho minors in line and md from front hopping over to tho the Feds Fed's standard It was then that the thc Fed ma magnates became sore Bore at what double cross s sand the the- they claimed was as a cro and they refused to even con consider any further peace plans planE Thus Thua tho the move 06 is s proving a costly one for the majors as it means the thc loss los of sC several ral star players and the loss of prestige to a extent and for forgetting ettin tho the exT extra extra ex ex- tra T money to be paid pai out to dissatisfied fi fied tl The majors could better have 6 afforde to have bave paid out a bi big sum SUit to bring about peace and over everyone every overy- one would have hen beon hotter pati sati |