The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-29
ny w. >. MACBETH.


NEW .o-.ss. A~e. ks.--August
Hem n.Ann ~ gosng ~ det0se -. .tis
anFiuence at hss command 10 weld the
two major leagues ante even closer
hArmony. lie purposes 10 haINe 'ne
National and American clrcgl.s pull
Together in deed as well az IA Sp.I Il.
Hss plan is nothing short OF preteD-
tious tnterieague series, IA wh.ca e.
cry Sstienxi .e2g~e ciao wall pay
home anu hotEe gafies with cNsiy
American league eiGo, Naturally mis-
snterieague schedule would eliminate
the present mode OF world series
procedure,
Fer II would IN itself be world
series OF the NEST profoundly pretcn-
ticus style. There would be 10 4ues-
ton then as 70 the ultimate w.Casf
being the very best collection Isl tasi
company According % the 4sENtS 81
the chairman % the national CONE.
mission all the present Dement'S 81 me
present world series wvuia DC main
tanned. Other benefits Of broad rea1
would accrue while most o. the exist
ing evils Of the present I,ost-season
classic would be eliminated.
Lei US Iirst console. !ierT1lann's
nchems II embraces two seasons, At
least two pennant races each 90 r.
He ouid shorten the playing season
In the respective mayor leagues 10 lIs
games each. The winner IN each d.
vision would be hailed champion
Of that league, But there the honor
would end unless the team could sub
stantiate II throughout the succeed
ing !nterieague contest.
The interlraEue competition. or new
worlds series, would begin imme-
dtately after the close # the short
ened major league campaigns As
each National league team would play
homo and home games with each
American league team this would adj
thirty extra series Allowing for TWO
games series It would require no more
than sixty games for each club after
the regular season ended or bringing
the entire schedule of the year p ay-
Ing the worlds series championship
included--up 10 i72 games
- Sounds Like Hard Task.
Now ia games sounds like a ter
ethie task for the poor down-trodden
athletes. but / am very much inclin-
"a to think that. under the advan-
tAges which Mr.. Hermann proposes
there will be no objection from that
score. The object for ratification by
the playing fraterity will be dealt
with sh ortly. As to the l72 games
has successfully proven feasible a
campaign of iss contests-just -four
shy Of the new scheme, The National
league 4 few years ago had 1853
.Ames draft fathered by G. r. Ebbets
that would have enabled the club
owners to begin no earlier than usual
Ana to close bel ore October 18th II
n unusual indeed that the worlds Sc
rfes ends before this latter date 10
which period major league players
draw salaries.
No one hegrudges a star ball player
getting a little extra salary after the
season closes. but IL is reasonable 10
suppose that the major league play
or would be delighted to work right
uu TO the end of his contract time
II he had a chance to earn much more
than the pin money he now draws
down. And in the new order of things
he would, for Mr. Herrmann's scheme
protects the interests of the second
division clubs as we'll as the first di-
vision clubs.
His idea IL to let all the major
league players in on the worlds series
spciis OF course there must be an
Incentive to victory and accordingly
the team to hnish first in the inter
league worlds series would draw
down far. far more per man than the
team that finished third or tenth or
last As Ia quite proper the Hons
share should go to the victor: but
there would be some consolation for
the aiso-ran.
Mr. Hermann would set asSue a
very handsome percentage of al. the
Rsfe receipts Of the siytv games Il
form Q players pool Without toe
severely taxing the Golfers OF the
Uagnates, he believes that the fund
could be trehied or cuadrupl2d vel
the spells Of the worlds series MS al