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Show mm raise OffiFT PRICES AA League Offered $7500 for Each Player Thus Chosen CHICAGO, Jan. 7. Major league baseball leaders, meeting today with Judge Landls, baseball commissioner, decided to amend the major-minor draft agreement so that $7,600 Instead of $0,000 will bo the price for drafting draft-ing a player from the class AA leagues. This agreement, according to Ban Johnson, American league head, and John Heydlef, who repreTi: sd the National league, will be the last con- e Blon of tho majors to induce minors to accept tho draft. SUBJUCX TO APPROVAL The major league chiefs consented to the increase In price only afler an all-day meeting, the most oC Vhlch was taken UP In John Convcay Toole, president presi-dent of the International league and Tom Efrckey president of the American Ameri-can association, in explaining why their circuits have objected to the "major leagruee selecting one player annually from each club 1 1 the KUgMatioa of Judge Lr.ndis he amendment w ftO be so worded that either major league can withdraw prior to January i. This was the onlj condition on 7llich President .Johnson end President Heydler wouhl agree to tho change. Both Uichey and Tool., expressed a belief that tho raise might satisfy thoir respective club ow-neri. ow-neri. but tho matter will have to be put before thete men 1 also before be-fore the- major ieuc owners before it can bo put into effect . i OAsj LE i D.AItK At che recent meeting of tho A-meri-can association, the draft question was turned down, principally because one ownci the ight 16,000 w.m not snOugh for a player. I or this reason It was predicted tonight that h' amendment will be satisfactory to the aeeoclation. The international may b willing to follow tho lead of the association, baseball base-ball Observers said. bu. little is known of the attitude of the Pacific coast league. No statement wa-s aiadt regarding ,the proposal recentl) submitted to f iifif - Uvio'-i. ' A i Teat-nay. president of lh "v"i . arp and Tlire-Eye leuwue. tho onl. other circuits not within the draft. Tearney presented proposal, which ho said WQjjJd 8top the "farm-ling "farm-ling out' of i.TraTled players bv the mu-lor6 mu-lor6 Minor league leaders asserted that hlKher price would make thn ma-.ors ma-.ors less anxious to draft players ln-, ln-, diserimlnatcly. Tn returning a drafted jmaii only half tUo uraft price will be pajd back, as in the original agreement. |