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Show BASEBALL BOSSES NOW INjESSlOU CINCINNATI. Ohio. Jan. 4 With tho recognition of a clas3 in minor baseball leagues to bo known as class "AA" and a revision of practically" ovcry section of the national agreement, agree-ment, tho national baseball commission commis-sion ended its eighth annual meeting here today. Tho visit of tho minor league magnates mag-nates to tho meeting waB not in vain, inasmuch as they were granted everything every-thing thoy requested. Class "AA" will bo ranked betweon tho major leagues and tho class "A" leagues and will be composed of the American association. associa-tion. International league and tho Pacific Pa-cific Coast league Like tho major leagues, the class "AA" lcaguo clubs cannot sell players excopt for immediate im-mediate dolixery. This rule does not bind tho leagues of a lower classification. classifi-cation. The drafting season, which heretofore hereto-fore has opened SepL 1, will open Sept 15. Tho season for purchase of playors will close Aug. 20 as formerly. former-ly. The first five days of tho drafting draft-ing season, from SopL 15 to SepL 20, will bo given oer to the major leagues lea-gues exclusively. Two days then will be allowed to elapso and tho class "AA" lcaguo clubB will havo a '10 dajs' drafting season. Thon tho leagues lea-gues of lower classification will hao I their season in tho order of their classification. Ono of tho principal changes in tho agreement wns the price to be paid by Major lcaguo clubs for minor lloaguo players who arc drafted It follows: Class A A. $2.(500 Instead of $1,0$0; class A. $1,500 Instead of ?1,000; cla-s B, $1,200 instead of 5750; class C. $T."0 instead of $500; and class D, $500 Instead In-stead of $;;oo. ! Class AA lcaguo clubs aro pencilled pencil-led to draft from any league of a lower low-er classification, Including tho class A, provided that the latter class cub has uot lost a player by draft to (lie major leagues. ' The list .of tho number of players that can be carried on tho reserve list was also revised and follows: Major league clubs, 25: class A A, 30; clnss A, 27. class B, 2G- class C. 21 No regulation was made for tho clnss D leagues From lay 1 to Aug. 20 major l?a- guo clubs are restricted to 25 players. Tho restriction in tho minor leagues are: Class AA. 20; cla.ss A. 18; class B. IC; class ('. 11. No provision wns made for class D. Hcretoforo tho National association of Minor League clubs paid an annuni nstjcssiuent to the National commission commis-sion of $1,000. This was dono away wlth upon recommendation of President Presi-dent Johnson of the American lcaguo and In tho future Uie commission will stand tho entire oxponso of running Its business. This Is tho result of tho satisfactory receipts from tho rccont world s chnmplonahip series an well as tho Intercity series, which were under tho nubplces of tho commission. Another rule, which has a bearing on all minor league playors, was passed pass-ed at the request of the minors themselves. them-selves. It holds that no major leaguo club bo allowpd to pay a player who Is under a probationary contract more than a 25 per cent increase over the salary he received from tho minor leaguo club from which ho was claimed. It was explained that playors frequently fre-quently wore Given a hugo salary for the 15 days of probationary play with the major lewaies, only to bo thrust back Into tho minor and becomo dls-satislled dls-satislled over tho much smaller salaries sal-aries there. Hereafter all major leaguo ball players play-ers and clubs wli bo prohibited from playing exhibition gnmes in minor leiguo towns without the consent of tho home club, whilo tho same rulo applies to minor leaguo players and minor leamie clubs placing in major league territory. August Herrmann, president of the Cincinnati baHcbnll club, was re-elected chaiman of tho commission; John B. Bruco of tho SL Louis club of tho American leaguo was named secretary, secre-tary, and Joseph Flannor was chosen secretary to tho chairman of the commission. com-mission. J II Farrell, secretary ot tho national na-tional association, in speaking of the changes Bald: "The commission awarded every request re-quest made bv us and I believe we havo botterod conditions among tho minor leagues over 100 per conL There will not bo a minor league man in the country that will not ho elated ovor tho result of tho meeting." Chairman Herrmann ot tho commission com-mission said: "The requests made by tho minors wero fair in every case. Of course, thero ha.l to bo somo' exception mado where agreements wore made previous to this mooting Howeicr. wo found those to bo decldcly few and I think wo hao bettored tho condition of tho national game as well as that of the minors." |