Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-22
CHAMP GAMES NOT CHANGED
Magnates Do Not Look with Favor
Upon Lengthcning World Series.
ALL WANT A sNAPPY SERIES
No Net Consider This an OpportuHe
Tine TO Make ANY Radical
Changes In HandIiaE the
CruciaI Games.

NEW YORK. Dec. M.--Although there
has been considerable informal discus
sion among Organized base ball magnates
regarding the advisabiiity OF Increasing
the number Of games TO be played In
future worlds series. the club owners
realize that the proposition is one OF
many angles and are slow to take official
action on the proposal Two plans were
suggested. One called for nine games,
of which five were necessary TO " n the
title and with the players sharing in the
receipts Of the first fivs played. The other
proposition WIS for an eleven-ganne series
with six victories TO ciinch the champion.
ship. the players 20 share In the proceeds
OF the first five or six games-
These suggestions received but scant
ettentlon ~ the annual meeting OF tho
National league held in New York re-
Gently. The senior organization magnates
discussed the plan In a casual way with
cut taking any action ON II. One OF the
most prominent club owners Of the Ma
tion league in reviewing the idea said
that II was the general opinion that the
1915 season would DO an inopportune period
IN which to attempt base ball innovations.
F-urthermore. the plan involved a number
Of puxzllng obstacles which would have
to be removed before the nine or eleven-
game series could be considered feasible
viewed frona All Angles.
He polnted out that " two clubs widely
separated. such as New York and Chit
cage. for instance. were TO play Tor the
champloushlp the allotment OF games
would be a matter for the most careful
consideration. On tho nine-game basis Il
appeared probable that the series would
open In the city winning the toss with
three straight games. after which the
play would shift to the rival club
grounds. Prssuming that the teams were
tied at the end Of Six games, with the
added possibility Of bad weather and
the extra day needed for travel, It APP
peared questionable as 10 whether popu-
lar interest could DO sustained TO the
point where the longer series would prove
much more profitable than the seven
game plan.
That there h a basis for this line Of
reasoning "a borne out b. the records Of
past worlds series Even after making
allowance for an Increased interest in tho
championship series ofsreeont years the
gate recsipt figures show that the final
Kames Of the lons-drawn out series fell
20 approach the receipts OF the earlier
contests. In past world series, where
title was won In four or five games, the
receipts each day were close to 100 per
cent OF the park capacity. Wherever the
series ran into seven OF eight games
there was sharp slump IN attendance
and resultant receipts. In the 1919 series
there was q difference OF approximately,
4Ie.O0o betwcan the receiofn ~ fha s.v.,.h
and eighth games. In the 1911 games be
tween the Giants and Athletics the NJ.
eeipss decreased with each game Tn,
petroit-Pittsburgh series OF 1900. in which
tne rival clubs won alternating gauna,
up 70 the seventh. failed to sustain Ia
serest. n the box office returns f,rnI~,
accurate records.
Careful observation has led the mas
rates to the conclusion. for the present =
least that the base ball public dealre.
nnarp, snappy worlds series a. & eIirns
20 Ihe season Lons-draen-out MAY. COW
c''nt Ten days or two weeks, accordin,
70 weather conditions. appears 10 be
AA1Atdons Undertaking under present CIR
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