Show MAJORS MAJORS- WILL ABOLISH BONUS Steps Proposed By Club Owners At Mid Mid- Winter MidWinter Mid Winter Conference NEW EW YORK TORE Fob Feb 13 18 Abolish Abolishment Abolish Abolishment ment of the th system ot of o granting bonuses to pIa placers rs for batting pitching or fielding excellence and of a plan to elect annually the league leagues s 0 mot most valuable Star atar were decided upon TU Tuesday oday by club own owners ere of ot the th National league lague Those Thos Tho nero ere ner the th principal taken at t th the annual winter mid mid r sessIon lon which also alo formally sp- sp approved ap approved proved the 1924 schedule of ot IH games opening April If 16 and clos cloA cbs cbs- closing ing September 29 2 but declined to act on a proposal to limit the number of ot coaches coache any club might base ho e J EFFECTIVE 11 IV IN 1925 1 25 I Action against the th pla er bonus advocated at the th annual meet mut- meeting m t-Ing t ing In Chicago recently and urged again Tuesday Tue day by Christy Matthew Matthew- Matthewson son son on president of th the Boston Doston Braves wu was taken because of o belief belier that special inducements for tor m meritorious nu flue ous none work ork Is an ln unhealthy influence on the th game Kame President John A H d declared eels red Ho He H referred par par-I par par- par to 10 the undesirable arC affects ets I resulting from the bonus bonu for tor or pitch pitch- pitch pitch-en ens r for a certain number of vie vie- vic victories tories I Abolishment AI of f th the bonus how how- how er er was not made retroactive Mr Heydler pointed out so that with witha I a majority of ot 1924 contracts al 11 already 1 ready rady signed It will not go Into effect b before fore the th 1925 1 I season In voting to folio follow the th American league lue b bs having If its outstanding I star selected each ear by ballot of baseball writers writer In the th cIrcuits circuit cities the National league turn turned d don an alternative alternate proposal made y by Sani S m Breadon of St Louis to toha e base ha Ih the most moot placer o nf each club chosen choen at the th end ot of the 0 CK DOWN The plan adopted under which Babe Bhe Ruth was no toted the th most mot Am American league player last t season eoon Is 1 the tho th same ame ame as that org rejected by the he h older tion two ears er ago when It nan as simultaneously proposed to both majors by the Baseball Writers association of ot America |