Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-10
New Rule to Do Away With
Double Headers.
J0HNS0N'S SUGGESTION
Also Wants Clubs Limited as to New
Players.
AMERICANS MEET TOMORROW
New Orleans Races-Attell to Fight
Moran-Swimmer Daniels Beaten
by Handicap-Bowling.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, December 10.-American
League teams will have to keep abreast
with their schedules in seasons to come.
There will be no more putting OF post
poned games until rainy day has q
chance to make 1t impossible ever to
play them. President Johnson will rec
ommend new rule in the league meet
ing which opens tomorrow at the Annex
to do away with that complaint.
Postponements are, Of course, occa-
stoned from time to time by bad weather.
but henceforth the clubs will be asked
to play OF these games at the earliest
possible moment. 1t has been shown in
the past that in a frenzied pennant race
q club is willing to take chances on
losing it's receipts for couple OF games
rather than risk defeat and use up its
best pitchers just before crucial series.
That manner Of doing things was best
illustrated during the last visit OF the
ST. Louis Browns to Philadelphia. The
Athletics were in distress for pitchers
and scheduled a double-header with the
visitors for the last day Of the series,
with the hope that rain or something
else would prevent the games and would
series with the White Sox. Rain did
prevent the games, which was a timely
help to the struggling Athletics Just
then. Philadelphia wasn't the only club
all of the eight were guilty at one time
or another. While the practice showed
a healthy condition in the willingness to
sacrifice money for glory, President john
son contends that an injustice Is often
done, and will urge vigorously that the
clubs play off postponed games as expe-
ditiously as possible and keep up with
their schedules.
Another proposition that President
johnson will advocate in the meeting Is
that Of limiting the number OF new play
ers to be tried out in the fag end Of
championship race. Teams low in the
standing who are trying to get line on
talent for the coming season ought to
put up their hardest games against all
leading teams who are hustling for a
pennant in order that 1t might not be
said that one team had an easier time
against tail-end aggregation than one
of it's opponents. That measure Is in the
nature of a safeguard and the club own
ers will be given a chance to say what
they think in regard to 1t.
The meeting will probably be peace
riot and Of plots to dethrone Ban John
smoke-the smoke Of good cigars.
Trades and deals are likely to be made
have weak spots they would like to
strengthen. The American League race
Is so close every season that one power
full player added to the roster OF any
team might give that team more than q
look to the flag, and every magnate will
try to get that much-neded star for his
own aggregation.
The Sox want some batting strength,
at least one infielder and an outhelder,
while a strong catcher and buriy
pitcher are real necessities. Comiskey
will try earnestly to secure these valu-
able assets, but 1t is still an open ques-
tion whether he will be successful.