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Show I MAGNATES WORK I ON ANIENT Form of Baseball Peace Treaty Left to Toole And Judge Landis i;Y YORK, Dec. 11. Major and minor league committees drawing up a new national baseball agreement to-night to-night delegated to Judge Landis. high commissioner of baseball. George Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia, and John Conway Toole of New York. the task of deciding the form of the dOCU-menl. dOCU-menl. Tho trio mot tonight and dis-cussed dis-cussed provisions of tho two tentative agreements presented today and will submit their report to the joint com-i com-i n 1 1 tees tomorrow Later Judge Landis announrM def-inltely def-inltely that the American league meet-ing meet-ing would be hebl in '.'hlc.go ni t Friday and that the joint intlt Ic.ition meeting would probably be held there Saturday or If delayed, either in Chi-cago Chi-cago or New York after New Year. JOHNSON IS ABS1 N l Tho general conference of the com-mlttees com-mlttees which lasted all day was at-tended at-tended by representatives of all major league clubs except St. Louis and Chl-cago Chl-cago of the American league. Absence of President Ban Johnson of the v American league occasioned some sur-prise, sur-prise, until Juiif: Landis said the rii up regarding tho proposed joint mect-ing mect-ing of the two major leagues and the ' absence of Presidenl Johnson were due to him. He explained that in his opinion it would be Impossible to get through with the preliminary dis-cusslon dis-cusslon anil work on lh new agree: inent before next week ami for that reason he notified President Johnson and Heydlcr that the Joint S would be held in Chicago Saturday U.-fori' leaving. Chic '.go. fudge l-unlis said Mi Johnson declaucl anything the Judge decided on would suit him When -fudge Landis arrived he learned there was much dissatisfat tion over the change of the meeting from New York to Chicago. After the) judge was informed that the bus! of drafting the new agreement could be disposed of by Monday, he was prc-vailed prc-vailed upon to call the Joint session in New York and it was agreed to hold the meetings here Thursday if pos- j TWO DH m I S PRES1 SI l l When the Joint committees met to; take up the new agreement, tenl drafts were submitted by President ; Ileydler of the National league and John Conway Toole, attorney of the National league The principal dif- i ference was that the H.eyalei draft in-' eluded .the .administrative .details while that presented iy Mr 1 omitted these details, which he sug-gested sug-gested might be Incorporated in a separate agreement. Mr Toole pointed out possible complication Involving minor leagties under the plan pre-sented pre-sented by Heyuler. There was virtual-ly virtual-ly unanimous agreement relatlv I 1110 Uliftll V 1 totmu . which provided roi eithei ol the final torms of agreement; one to be between be-tween the two largi r The first proposal contains pro sions for admitting the minors as an) and the-other, a three party agree-1 and the other, a three party agreel ment. the parties being the National leagec, American leagu . and the National Na-tional Association ot Profes lonal Baseball Leagues sITTT 1 )N. l DISP1 I Mr. Toole explained that in a dis-1 pute between two major League clubs,! their representative shall act, if a dis-! pute be between a club of either major league and a minor league club it J shall be acted upon by the minor j League rcpresentativ and the representative repre-sentative of the major league involved.! Decision reached; however, shall have I approval of Judge Landis, he to make the decision should the representee tlves, whose leagues, an. involved, tail to agree. Under thiu plan. President Heydler would have no say Ln a ease in which the National leaui or any of Its clubs Is not concerned and likewise like-wise President Johnson would not be called Upon to sil in a case unless the American league or one oi its clubs, were Involved. DRAFT. AND PRH 1 S It was announced that tl!' committees commit-tees were of one mind regarding the principle of drafting players from leagues, of Lower classll cation bj those of higher i lassiln alMj,;. Tli'- en. . unit -tee representing the minor leagues,! however, declared It would not be able, to bind all minor league clubs to a draft proposition unless a fair and satisfactory sat-isfactory price were agreed upon. It IS understood class AA leagues will hold out lor a price ol T..00 for players drafted from minors by tho majors, but club owners ot tho Ami ri-daO ri-daO and National leagues have tt 1 1 i their opposition to such a purchase price, because of the fuel players who' have proved stars In the class AA cir-cults cir-cults often fuiled to-make good in the big leagues. President Fultx, ol the International ifcague, discussing the draft Issue expressed ex-pressed the opinion that such an' agreement would not be binding on the clubs of his league, even though it! wore approved by the minor league committee Other baseball men, how ever, did not agree with his view and expressed the opinion that it a new national agreement is signed b the National and American leagues and, the National association all the organizations organ-izations of the laut named would be hound by Its provisions and those who failed to recognize the agreement would become outlaw league. MINORS AiJ VOICE. .Minor leagues had no voice In the selection of Judge Landis as paramount para-mount commissioner of baseball but their committee insisted that the proposed pro-posed new agreement contain a provision provi-sion giving them a voice in tho selection selec-tion of any successor to Judge Land.:. The minor leagues made it plain that, while taking this stand, ihcy were pleased with the selection of Judge Landis and would have voted for him had they been gin th opportunity op-portunity to do so. Judge Landis agreed with the minors' mi-nors' viewpoint. |