The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-01
Thinking Of New Schedule For Biz
 Leagues In 1912
Garry Hermann Wants Every National and American League Club to Meet at Close of Short Season

The little unpleasant features of the late worlds series may result in per- manent good to baseball. So many scandals and near scandals have mar red the worlds championship compe- titions of the past that magnates generally have souredj on the classic as it is now conducted. According to very high authorities in New York, the present system of determining the champion of all baseball is likely to be thrown into the discard before the Winter rolls around.
 A scheme which August Hermann, chairman of the National Commission. has had in mind for the past several years seems the most natural solution Of the problem. In the first place, Herrmanns proposition is absolutely fair; in the second place it would eli- minate all possibility of the weaker club winning through a fluke, and most important still it would nail for ever and aye all chance of ticket speculation. The scheme is to have every team in the Major League have a chance at the title and a share Of the spells, for every American League club would meet every National Lea que club both on it's own ground and that of it's rival. Cities like Pitts burg, Cincinnati, Detroit and Wash ington, which are represented in only one league, would have a chance to witness in action every aggregation of the two select circuits.
 The owner of the Cincinnati Reds the major league schedules proper from 154 to 112 games. That would give two-trip schedule during the regular season of four games each. Immediately afterward the world's 8 championships would begin. It would practically be the beginning of new season, for leaders and tailenders would start on even terms for the big prize. In the worlds series the Giants would meet in home and home games not only every National Lea que club, but every American League club as we'll. The Yankees would play in Brooklyn and Brooklyn would quard might match their prowess against Walter Johnson and "Wild BilP' Donovan.
 By playing two games at home and two abroad with each big league rival, the worlds championships would be confined to sixty games, a total of TIP altogether, counting the regular sched- ules of the major leagues. Of the sixty championship games, a certain percentage of the receipts would be set aside as a pool for the players. The teams would share in these ac- cording to the final standings of the greater post-season series. The win ming team, beyond question of doubt the champion of champions, would get the lions share of the spells. The tailenders would also receive mone- tary consolation
 The proposition of a schedule of 172 games appears somewhat preposterous at first glimpse. Still it is not as bad as the drawn-out schedule the Ma tional league observed in 1911. For it embraces the worlds series. But cut ting out number of the open dates now observed by both leagues. a schedule of 172 games could be play ed out before the middle of October. No worlds series has yet been con- cluded earlier than that date Be- sides, it would assure Charles Hercules Ebbets of his beloved Columbus Day attraction.