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Show The magnates of the Paclfio Coast I league have gone on record as opposed to the draft. The other two big minor leagues. the Internationa! and American as-so-riit!"n. have practically reached the same decision. That means that the three big minor leagues of the country have arrayed themselves together against the l-o malor leagues, aa well as the minor organlzjitlonw -.vho look on the draft with favor. s There are two eldes to oery question. ques-tion. It is very easy to Justify the position of tho three big minor leagues. Within the last throe months somo of the clubs have received as much for one player as they would get under the draft in a dozen gears for that many players. Tho San Franrdsco club received $75,000 for O'Connell. If the draft had been In force tho very best O'Connell O'Con-nell would have brought would have been $7,500 Just one-tenth of tho amount actually rceivcd. It Ls eajry to figure why the Parific Coast leuguo would decide to turn down the draft by merely appl ing the rules of common M-nse to that one particular case. hy bind yourself to a contract that makes tho limit of your possibilities $7,ti0 wlion you can get 10 times that much by being a free lance? Then there is tho other side, the I burrli r i i, i kucIi a schemo sets up i j.hetween ihe player and the roal of I his ambition, working ids way uj to I tho bltf league, likewise, it eliminates elimin-ates the chunce of trradual progrt-e-Ision that Is open to the players from the smallest minor organization up to the big leagues. I Tho player 1s really tho hardest hit by the failure to ugree on a draft rulo. With the present method t';e majors I take a chance only on the jilaye'rs who I they feH have a fine chance to ds-llvi ds-llvi r. Tho proml ing Dhiycr w o seems to have a.nity but lacks experience ex-perience and poiih la overlooked . . The player also surfers from the 'standpoint of salary While the mln- ' ors pay good money, they must koep .ii irios In proportion to tbo gate. 'ITie attendance nnd tho prices at tho minor min-or lcasrue games, even tho "Big Three'' who have opposed the dm ft, in.no way compares with the major leaguo standards. Onco a'ain the player suffers. suf-fers. It will be intn-ntins to note the attitude at-titude that the majors take at the February Feb-ruary meeting. Tho minor leaguen v.ho have opposed the dntft have come out in the open. Will the majors accept, ac-cept, the dictation without fighting back? I seriously doubt It, It Is a well-known fact that the American association, the International Internation-al league and the Paclflr coa-st would like a major league rating. There is a chance that some Very interesting tble":i may develop in baseball before the opening of the 1922 campaign |