Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-23
MAGNATEs SLOW
To ACT FAvOR|NG
LONGER SERIES
Baseball Club Owners Realize
There Are Several Sides to
Plan to Lengthen World
Championship Contests.
fA..oeIalea Prs. Correspondence,

fAssoeisied Press Correspondence
New York, Dec. ~. Although
there has been considerable informal
discussion among organized baseball
maenates regarding the advisnbillty Of
increasing The number of games 10 be
played IN future worlds series, the
club owners realize that the PROPOSE
ton is one 81 many angles and are
slow "a take official action on the
proposal Two plans were suggested
one called for nine games. Of which
live were necessary to win the title
ana with the players sharing in the
receipts Of the first five played. The
other proposition was for an eleven
game series with six victories to
clinch the championship, the players
TO share in the proceeds OF the first
/ five or six games
Scant Attention Paid.
These suggestions received but
scant attention at the annual meet
ing OF the National league held in New
York recently. The senior organiza-
ton magnates discussed the plan In
casual way without taking any ac-
ton on IL. one Of the foremost club
owners Of the National league IN re.
viewing the idea said that II was the
general opinion that the 1916 season
would be inopportune IN which 10 at
tempt baseball Innovations. Further
more the plan involved number Of
puzzling cbstacIcs which would have
10 be removed before the nine or elevr
en-game series could be considered
feasible.
Interest Might Wanc.
lie pointed ont That II two clubs
widely separated, such as New York
and Chicago. for instance. were TO
play for the championship the allot-
ment Of games would be matter for
the most careful consideration. on
the ninc-game basis 1t appeared prob
able 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.
presuming that the teams were tied
at the end OF six games with the adj
dcd possibility OF bad weather and tho
extra days needed for travel II APP
peared questionable as to whether
popular interest could be sustained TO
the point where the longer series
would prove much more profitable
than the seven game plan.
Final Games Draw Fewer.
That there Is a basis for this line
OF reasoning Is borne out by the rec
ords Of past worlds series. Even AZ
ter making allowance for increased
interest in the championship series
I OF recent years the gate receipt fig
ures show that the final games Of the
long drawn out series fail to approach
the receipts of the earlier contests
In past world series where the title
was won in four or five games the
receipts each day were close TO one
hundred per cent of the park eapa-
city Wherever the series ran into
seven or eight games there was
sharp slump in attendance and result
ant receipts. In the 1912 series there
WIS a difference of approximately
$4,000 between the receipts Of the
seventh and eighth games. In the
1911 games between the Giants and
Athletics the receipts decreased with
each game. The Detroit Pittsburgh
series OF 1909, In which the rival clubs
won alternating games up to the sew.
enth. failed TO sustain interest If the
box office returns furnish accurate
records.
Public Wants Snap.
Careful observation has led the
maenates TO the conclusion for the
present 1T least. that the baseball
public desires a sharp snappy worlds
series us climax TO the season. Long
drawn out play. covering ten days or
two weeks according TO weather con-
ditlons, appears TO be hazardous
undertaking under present circum-
stances and It is extremely doubtful
If there will be any effort to after.
during 1915, the regulations now gov
erning the worlds series
AWARDS TO REVOLVER SHOTS