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Show CLUB MAGNATES MEETING TODAY Recent Trade Between Reel Sox and Yankees to Be Big Issue CHICAGO, July 27. (By the A3SO- elated Press! Plans tor the selection of the most valuable Individual player In the American league and the nature of the trophy to be awarded him will be one of the Important matters decided de-cided at the meeting of American league owners here today. The draft problem and the recent ' deal involving several Now York and boston players will also come in for i nnsldi ration, although the action to be taken on the latter question is highly high-ly problematical. A OOmmlttee Of baseball writers has been chosen by President Ban John-sun John-sun lo seeCt the, most valuable player in the league, the s le tlon i.Hnjr based among the oth'T things on his II son record, batting, fielding, sport n in-ship in-ship and penernl tonduet mi the i Two forms of reward for the. choice of the committee are heintr consider I One is a replica in bronze of the. play-ei play-ei chosen Whlch would be ulaced In the Smithsonian institution at Washington Wash-ington The nth. r is the , 'e Hon by the league of tablet In Potomac park. Washington, honoring 'he player selected. se-lected. The amount of money to be devoted to the trophy and the form It will take are to be decided at toil, to-il, i s meeting-. Refusal of the Western. Three- Eye. International and l u Iflc ( oast leagues and the American association to consent con-sent to the drafting- of players by 111:1-Jor 111:1-Jor leagues is also to be given consideration con-sideration President Johnson lasi night criticised the attitude of th-minors th-minors hold ins: players for a high prlci as "un-American." ' I consider it un-American." he said, ' for a club or league to hold out ! for a high price for a player and thus prohibit hlin from advancing In his chosen profession by entering the ma- lor !enoiir-s ir)ere Via .-..jr. n .. n .-I . hlgh-T siilary nn.l secure greit.-r op-pori op-pori unities " T'resident Johnson Mid the Issue would be thoroughly discussed and some procedure would probably be mapped out, but asserted that no definite def-inite plan of action had been formulated. formu-lated. The recent deal by which Bos-Iton Bos-Iton exchanged Joe Dugan and Elmer Smith for Shortstop Mitchell, Elmer I Miller, Chick Fewster and a pitch, i i J'et to be named has arous'- i unfavorable unfa-vorable sentiment toward inld-.season deals of this character, Mr. Johnson said, and Indicated that action in this matter will be taken tomorrow While : he pointed out that the clubs wer.- n-ifhln Ihl. U . .. I 1.1 I , .. because August 1 Is at present the tinal date for concluding such nr(ro-I nr(ro-I nations, President Johnson said he fa-!ored fa-!ored some sort of legislation which In ! the future would prohibit deals of thin character. He said the fixing of July 1 as the final date for closing mid-season mid-season deals had been suggested and j Will be discussed. |