The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-18
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
NATIONAL LEAGUE ~ NOW OP-
POSED To LONG aHEDI
CIub Owners Murphy and Hbbets. NhS
Caused Last winters Deadlock. Adj
mIt Thelr Error COmn,lsslon 10 Ar
range Al seasons Dates On Future.

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Caused Last winters Deadlock. Al
mIt Their Error C0mn.lssIsn 10 Ar
/ range Al SEASONS Dates In Future.
II j. safe 20 say that the National lea que
4 Nill never again vote To extend the plAyinR
| season to October ~ and alsn n IN steer
/ clear Of the Iss game schedule bnRaboo
which caused deadlock at the nesttnR
f here last February. ~ Nill ~ recalled that
Mr~-r- Ebbets Of Brooklyn. Murphy Of
| Chicago. IoEsl Of Philadelphia and Robi-
son Of ST Louis held out for las games for
nearly a week and that whom a compro-
mise was suggested by the opposition they
would not agree to accept i5t games unless
the season was extended to October rs, one
week after the close Of the American Lea cue
championship season.
several weeks after the schedule had
been adopted the PittsbuTR and Cincinnati
clubs agreed To bring forward several
dates ~ that in case Pitt-burE won the
National League remnant the Pirates would
he ready 10 begin the worlds series AZ the
usual time. But Murphy OF Chicago. vho
probably didn't believe then that the Cubs
would win the championship, stood pat.
aud his allies followed suii.
In midsea-on. however. when the Cubs
began to look like sure pennAnt winners.
Murphy saw a great light. IL the schedule
wasn't shortened the cubs would go into
the worlds series a week later than usual.
thereby running the risk OF unfaNorable
weather and shrunken gate receipts 40
Murphy proposed To Robson Of ~. Louis
to bring forward the ~ Louis team games
scheduled for October 1; and Is in Chicago
80 that they could be doubled M with the
games on October . and 10 respectively.
Robson. with a second division team and
nothing TO lose. shocked the Cubs owner.
however. with a arm refusal. and the dead
lock still exists. though there NAV he
settlement hut Murphy meanwhile de-
Clares that he will never again favor a late
ending OF the regular season.
Messrs LDbets and Fogel by mutual
agreement PLAYED the Brook IN -Phils-
delphia game scheduled for October Is
at Washington Park. ten days ago. having
reached the conclusion that Y the schedule
VAS carried OUT a. originally drawn the
In that way these club oN neIS admitted hat
the present Arrangemenls OF dateSts launto
the American League men pleaded with the
National Leagu-rs to stick to the old plan.
srssdal@ cSiSnIstsd 10 pntSrfeTs nth the
worlds series would prove unpopular, bat
his advice MSs ignored IN view OF he
men say that there IL no further argument
AGAINST the plan to have the National Com
m ssion draft the two schedules neat year.
President Johnson bad drawn NJ the
always without fault finding. The rival
major leagues should wind M their pen
and In order 90 facilitate the playing Of the
world series the season should clo-e not
later than October some 81 the ~;
affairs will make a strong hRht for these
reforms during the winteF powwoWs
Eddie Collins cond hassman Of the
Athletics. will probably carry
on he ha-erunning honors in his league
story 81 Collins's discovery lie had just
finished campaign with the t3mmbla
former Deputy Police Commission fps ami
At present a rammany district leader. iooE
him IN tow. Mr. McAvoy. q veteran base
sac in Collins q coming star. go he took
Z he young collegtan to American League
2n' ,S Ssy m aHG 81 S @
Who Was Asksh TO try Collins in a regular
game. Grini,h, however. didn't epthuss
morning and I'll look him over Collius.
sho ~sn,cd 20 es his nd pd: d, ,i
hnn sG sr, mn Conn. w Nal an" .isn ' WoS
now. sai the Whistle manager. and
Try YOU out later And Collins b"camc 2
still remembers the Incident too.
The fifteen round bout be, ween kaufman |
and kubiak which Was postponed viii be |
at his hes, should beat the
Kubiak was punched into slbmission by /
ianEford in couple. of round. last spring |
n nnS 20 sno ,n'' snocLon, INSIDE 81
SIX rounds. but hs'wili have to he mnch |
quicker IN delivering hts blows than when
he showed against Lang the Australian
Another glove hattie ,o-morrow night i
he ten rGJnd 1sSh ss,~sc 5 he Rb pi1s nd Nd
The SH Dixie Kid !. mss;ins all c % and
He'll have his hands full II - predicted.
when he tackles Jim Howard, the western
: hall"nRer. after hrs scrap with sailor
Burke
Joe Cos,sr and Phil McGovern. cracking
Fairmoni \ { on tuesday night They
met twice In Brooklyn more han year
ago and pat up slashinE battles. coster
defeating McGovern he saws he will be in
line for Frankie Burns and Johnny Coulon
here Sst sprins h owen and has f Jumped
~ chance 20 h,st Coatsr. They vii come
together weighing IIs pounds AZ Q o''lock.
When you look over the present day
iSht weights and remember thp.s Of ten
hssss year. az E E, Moch neg Pc
,nown referee, the other day Here We
lay. MoiEas,. the Champion Mcfarland.
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attn end othsr- who are far below the old
,tAndnrd Jus, look back and ask your
IN what those fellows would have done
Ni'h such great ngh'~rS a. Nd l.aylgns.
gorge McEadi~n. pal Hawkins, Prank
me. Md Mcfarland and Spike sullivan
Nelson or McFarlsnd IN les than ten rounds
HAWKINS harder hitter than laVigne.
would have done tho trick in shorter time
Ioe Cans. Who Was IN his prime when
~ StOpped Hawkins. Erne, Sullivan. Me I
'srtland and Others, was an old man whom
SelSon beat him for the title Nelson never
new how to boN lie was tuat game I
ellow Who could take heating until he
ad The other fellow tired out He was
Offering from weak kidnsys when he Vas
trimmed by Wolgazt and the latter Vas q
'ood. safe bet WolRast can't hit, hut he
an box and is slayer. lie not repre- ,
entattvs champion. though. because he :
os nn't want to hxhi and ~ the same tune /
AXE n chance with his title
The ak round bout between Pal Moore
nd owen Moran for September - Ia Phila-
elphia has been formally cln"hed They q
I'll weight l2s pounds ar close 10 n. and :
the scrap Isn't hummer night fans will .
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