The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-10
BASEBALL CLOUDS
 Ok TIE HORIZON ,orando Pietro Anxious for Another S20,0O0 GOSSIP BY NARRATION Revision of Football Rules Does Not Mean Spelling of Game, Thanks
 to Dr. Williams of
 Minnesota.
GOSSIP BY NARRATION
BY MANHATTAN.


 New York, January s.--Despite the op- timistic predictions of the National league magnates I can see a wee cloud gathering upon the 1910 baseball horizon. It doesn't take blind man to see that the best of feeling is not prevailing among the big men. Of course. since the league meeting in this city outward indications have shown nothing but friendliness, but underneath the surface the smouidering continues The rumpus came over the purchase of the Philadelphia club with cries of syndicate baseball" Next came the grand row over the election of Ma tional league president when Tom Lynch was substituted to cover the breach Then came the 16S-gane schedule. The players remained passive save for grumblings here and there for more money, but when Charley Ebbett, chairman of the Ma tional league schedules committee, glee- fully announced that he had compiled nice document getting in every one of the 16S games the players let loose some of their feelings.
 Boiled down to the final analysis the l want to get more money out of the public. They heightened their schedule as a means of doing it. I admit that more money is being spent by the clubs in the way of big salaries and better playing fields, but there is a limit.
 There was a meeting of the National league schedule committee composed or President Lynch Chairman Ebbetts and Barney Dreyfuss of Pittsburg, this week. to look over the rough draft compiled by Ebbetts. Speaking of the draft, be- fore it went to the other members of the committee, Ebbetts said to me:
 Tn this schedule the first natural double header would fall on May and the last on August 21. Double-headers have been reduced by taking advantage of short jumps. Thus Philadelphia would go to Pittsburg over night and some other eastern team would go to Cincin- natl and Pittsburg over night Brooklyn would get it's double-headers on Satur- day, the favorite day here. Boston, St. Louis and Chicago will have the most double-headers. The worlds champion ship series would be played on october IT instead of the 10th.
 ,Brrr-r-r! but it's cold''
 After the elimination of Brown from the National league presidency l am siad to note that Louisville has representation in the officialdonl of the American asso- citation in the person of Thomas Cniv- ington, who was elected president over Joseph D. O'Brien of Milwaukee. MT Chivington will remove the headquarters of the American association from Miwau- kee to Chicago on February 1 and understand the new president has some advanced ideas which he will put in prac- flee this year. Following in the footsteps of it's big brother, the American associa- ton will play 165-game schedule thls year. At the time l could not under stand why George Tebeau of Kansas Clty should be chosen director in place or George Grayson of Louisville. The dlrec- tors are elected by clubs. and while Ie- beau used to own the Louisville team he sold it a year ago to Grayson, Who is properly entitled to be a director
 Competition in baseball next summer IS going to be mighty keen in the east. pr. G. H. A. Lawson the promoter, has an- nounced the finality of his plans for new league to include the cities of Bos- ton. Providence, Brooklyn, Newark, Pat erson, Philadelphia and Baltimore. One of the features of Dr. Lawson's new , league will be the abandonment of the color line. Crackerjacks, either black or white. will play, he says
 q want to take back $20,00o for my wife," says Dorando Pietro, the little , Italian Marathon runner who came over last month to do some running in Cali fornia As chipper and debonair as ever, Dorando seemed delighted to get into the United States again.
 'I thought you had given up athletics after you Inarried.'' said to him. The runners face became mirthful as he replied:
 'T took s20,0O0 home when I was in l the United States before Now want to /, take another $200o0 back to my bride. Cal 1 ifornia is so like Italy in climate that l believe I can do $2O.oOO worth of racing there quite easily"
 l anticipate some large doing at the old 1 Southern club in Hot Springs, Ark. in a short time. l understand that the new buyers are planning some inducements which will bring big sporting and betting 1 men here even before the Pirates arrive ! for their spring training. The Southern