The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-31
GARRY HERMANN
OFFERS NEWPLAN
REGULAR Schedules of liz Games
to Be Followed by
One OF Oh.
NATIONALS VS.. AMERICANS
Sixteen Teams to Battle tor
World Title and $4,000
in Prizes.

Following the suggestion OF avg US,
Hermann, chairman OF the S"o"~:
S.ommiss:on. 20 cut down tie players
sbsr. OF the worlds series money
comes another, also from MIR. Her
mann, which probably VIII fece.se
nrcb attention during the major
,aapue meetings this winter. Mr. heri
r,snn .avors interleasue caanp'oisn
caves. with each major c!.cuit Ai".i.
ing the usual playing scneauie 10
games. after which a siNt!-iou.
schedule will be played IN "MSh III
Giants. for instance. VIII take Pai. so
lion, games with each OF the Amer ieai,
Taaepe teams Mr.. Hermann onei.u
rs Ma, fer the deliberation OF the
,,aSnstes last year, but there WASH
,nuch time TO seriously conslaef u.
sine then the magnates, eNcepuns
,he ones recently participating III M
un,Ids series, have been !ookihs iii'o
the plan with increasing ih>I
president Dceyfuss, of the
club openly advocates the ~.
while other club owners /" 80
leagues privately !n1orse II. 49,
Iyncb. OF the National League ADMITS
~ ~. Hermann plan is under DIS
,.,ssion informally. but he declines "
'-,.rr.ss an opinion as TO the outcome.
pras;da-,, Farrell. Of the HiGhiahuei .
49, he has heard OF the IDEA sihco
- oiosc of the bal! season ana -
wiring to hear arguments pro
on President EbbetS. OF the pi"' ~
c,nb is in a receptive MOOD.
rna Hermann interieaSue piah IL IL
,,a.d IA do away with the "oi III
snr;as in which but two CLUBS are -
r,.nc,a,lv benefited. while -FOUR.
r. major League plants remain lute'
.nougb the owners OF them must
~, nayins players' salaries until "
-. * The enormous sum Oh i1ohvs
.aL.n in during the recent "o1iu .
series. nearly 100000 for eishs s,Io
h.s caused friction OF an unoeS
nature ,rs for more
the demands of the players 10. nv
.,in. the sausIbble over the oeo
. ner cent OF each club owner
10 he divided among the noncoi,' e.
.ns the possibility Of seaman III
,uro contests are reasons why
mann and others in symPaths
him are preparing to make D.
npit for the new arrangement
u is argued that under tne P'.,
evsten the title of worlds chahp.oiS
Is meaningless, for the reason 'ha'
Boston Red SoX have not plaseu
lPirates, Cubs. Reds. Primes. "a. -,
Dodgers and Boston Nationa'S
vSar. The point raised-is that
worlds championship team shouio
able to boast Of supremacy over al .''e
other major league teams throush W.
tories scored on the ball HELD III o'o'r
I, bring about this result the 'ate
I.,yua schedule has been suggested
with a scheme for preVlolhs ih'i4e'
nrizas for all OF the sixteen teams COM
pr,sing the National aad amer
Leagues.
Herrmann's plan is to arranss oo"-
bIe schedule. in which each major
iaapue team would play 176 games
cp.ning the championship season about
Anril 10 and closing about October 20
The Naticna! Leagues regular cham
ni,nshin schedule would be limited to
iIc games. the same as the American
Leagues season. which would wind UP
about the middle of August. After that
there would be a new deal which would
schedule each National League team 10
p,ay foul gares at home with each
american League team and four games
abroad in each Of Ban Johns ons cities
Under this arrangement the Giants
would then entertain the Red SoS
Wash;ngtons. Athletics, White Sox. De-
troits. CIe.elands. ST Louis Browns ans
Highlanders at the Polo Grounds, while
the HighIanders would in turn meet al
the National League teams at American
League Park, the Brooklyns also trying
conclusions with the same teams q
Eb5ets Field. The worlds champion
ship and the placing Of the variou:
major league teams down 20 tn
sixteenth position would depent
upon the percentage of victories re
corded in the sixty-four-game schedul.
or upon the total percentage Ger TIT
entire campaign OF ITs games.
With such plan :n effect IL IS show.
that instead of general lack of publ.
Interest in the major league races afte
the two pennanf winners had been de
. fermiEed. there would be renewed pa
tronaCe and gate receipts that wDul.
prevail right Up to the middle - oc,o