The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-04
Mileage of Every Club in
National League Reduced.
CHAMPIONS TO STAY At HOME
Worlds Champion Team
Will Play no Exhibition
Games.
Drafting Rules Revised-Chairman
Herman Gets Assistant-GcT-ry
Herman Elected President of Com
mission.

Cincinnati, o., Jan. 4.-IIereafter a
worlds champion baseball team is a
thing to be admired but not to gam
Dol with. After the great series is
playeC between the two winners of
each league race the ultimate winner
will be put into q hot house and not
make its appearance until the blue
birds pipe again i'm the spring. For
The National commission has spoken.
No matter how many exhibition
games or transforming trips other
teams make, the worlds champions
must stay on their pedestal.
They can not play exhibition games
after the close of the big series.
So says the commission and what
the commission says goes. That august
body was moved TO this end by the
sorry exhibition of the Philadelphia
Athletics down in Havana. The
champions did not win Il game from
the Cuban team.
To prevent further abuse Of the
1rafting system, the commission pass
cd a rule that all claims to players
IN the future must be accompanied
by a signed statement to the secre-
tary OF the commission that the CLUB
securing the services of the player
'or its own team ana not claiming him
TO resell or trade him to a minor lea
que.
ihe commission voted that Chair
nan Hermann bee allowed an assist
mt who will attend all minor league
md association meetings.
Tho report OF chairman Hermann.
Of the commission, showed that the
volume of business transacted by the
commission during the past year was
he greatest ever since its organiza-
ton.
Garry Hermann, Tuesday was re.
elected president of the commission
ind John f.. Bruce, secretary.
Laughery club, Aurora, Ind, Jan.
4.-Thousands of dollars viii be saved
20 the National league by the adop-
ion of the schedule for 1911, framed
by President Barney Dreyfuss of the
pittsburg club, and President Lynch,
md Secretary Heydlcr Of the Nation
al league. When the schedule Is sub
.nitted to the moguls Of the National
eague for approval they will be sur
DflScu TO leiilIl llpN 'li'NN''''' 80
lew schedule committee performed its
ask of reducing the seasons mileage
II every club in the organization.
Members of the schedule commit
tee refused to make public the total
Mileage saved but from hints drop
led by Barney Dreyiuss, it IL appar'
ent that the new committee has sue
ceeded in doing something which the
bid committee, under the guidance oi
harley Ebbetts, failed to bring about
In the case of the Pittsburg CLUB
the amount of mileage saved is amaz
ing. Last year the pirates Travelled
$4,000 miles. Next season the team
viii travel only 1900. saving Of g.
600 miles for one club. Figuring on
a basis of two cents a mile, the Pitts
burg club, which travels with about
twenty players, saves $4,000, or the
salary of one pretty good ball player
for the season.
The Cincinnati club which Travelled
10000 miles last season, Will travel
only 1000 next season, a saving oi
900 miles, or Approximately $SOO'
40 figures could be procured ON the
saving in mileage for other clubs bui
L is said that the travelling expenses
# every club i'm the league will be
cut materially
The schedule will be submitted u
The National league magnates at the
spring meeting in February.