Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-17
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Ban Johnson Now Favors q
Long Schedule.
lPOST-SEASON RU LES
ST. LOUIS WANTS TO TRADE PAD
DEN FOR FIRST BAsEMAN sTAHL.
Interesting Bowling Battles-Racing at
New Orleans-Gof Officials
Neglect South.
POST RUL Els

Although the American League at It's
meeting in Chicago last month declared III
favor of a schedule of 40 games, President
Ban Johnson is now a convert to the io4
games schedule. Upon his return to chi
eago from the Cincinnati meeting Johnson
said: Il guess the long schedule OF games
agreed to by both leagues will be found to
be about as satisfactory as it was last sea-
SON Ii was about the only plan that could
be framed up.
THE one question of Importance that was
not reached was that of providing for post
season games between the pennant winners
of the two leagues. That was not touched
upon because there was not time to go into
It in detail on account of Mr.. Pulliam's Ill
ness. The two leagues are agreed on the
main features anyway: therefore it can
safely be postponed until later In the Win
ter Mr.. Pulliam and I came to an under
standing on the points necessary to pre-
pare drafts of our respective schedules.
king of the ca of Jack Taylor, john
son said: "Wha; surprises me most is ii
the double charges against Pitcher Taylor
have any truth in them that he Is still In
base ball. The American League has no
evidence against the player. 1t has not been
able to get any presented, but 1 can conf
IDENTIFY say that II the charges which have
been made by Mr. Hart and more recently
claimed. and If that evidence had been in
possession of the American League against
American League player, he would have
been banished from organized base ball long
before this IL he is dishonest. as he Is
said TO be. can the National League afford
in justice to itself to retain him.
a special from st. Louis says that Pitcher
Jack Taylor of the st. Louis National
League yesterday made public a letter of
reply received by him from President Herr
mann of the national base ball commission
Referring to the discussion of the Taylor
case at the meeting of the commission jan
uary 10 in Cincinnati the letter said:
My contention was at that time you
were not before the commission on any
charge. although ! knew, as did every one
else present, that YOU figured in the case.
i held that | was ready to try this case but
that it should be tried as all cases have
been, and l still stand on that proposition.
During my talk | stated that 1 did not be-
Heve you were an honest ball player. l
based this entirely on matters that had pre-
sented themselves from time to time. But
my belief in this matter does not in any
way convict you. Charges must be filed in
the regular way. You must be given every
opportunity to be heard. l realize what this
means to you as well it does to the ma
tional game.
DO not for a moment believe that you
will be tried by the commission on any
charge before given an opportunity to pre-
sent your side of the case. If no formal
charges are presented by those making in
situations who may have direct knowledge
of the facts, which l certainly have not got
: then ii Is the duty of the commission to
say to the base ball world that your hands
are clean. In other words, you must either
be tried and convicted on formal charges,
with every opportunity for defense or else
our duty is as outlined above"