The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-16
EBBETS BEGINS FIGHT
FOR LATER OPENING
Wants Both start and End of
Season Showed Along Ten
Days or Two Weeks.
GAFFNEY AND TENER TALK
"Early Spring Weather Bad for
Both Players and Fans" They
Say-DOuble Headers Set.

Charles Hercules Ebbets will commence
Immediately new fight to resurrect his
defunct pet. Columbus Day. There is fly
in the ointment OF the Flatbush squires
great 10Y over the successful opening OF
the 1914 campaign. Centre Fielder Dalton
has gone to the hospital ward with the
great Nap Rucker and other famous pas
timers across the bridge appear on the
brink of indisposition. Ebbets believes
the season should start each year ten
dave or two weeks later and close
week or ten days later also. He now has
started a campaign to secure such play
ing draft for 1915.
II myself am ill.," said the president
of the Brooklyns II caught cold at
Tuesdays opening. Now. was wen
wrapped and well protected against the
weather What risk therefore must the
players take who go out on the field and
work up a perspiration to come back to
the chilling breezes of the bench few
minutes later?
81 was out to-day to visit Rucker."
continued the Brooklyn president. He Is
in very bad shape. 1t has not been de-
termined whether he is suffering from
tonsillitis or quinsy. At any rate, ne Will
not. be able to be about for ten days to
come After this setback Rucker simply
,,,,II h,va IN begin ALI over again in his
training.
For many years I have advocated a
later start Of the championship season.
our clubs 90 south altogether too soon
and ra.ur, ,ltouether too early We get
,nvcb had weather during the early
Southern stay and worse weather on the
return north. | think II the season started
even as late as May l we would ne
abie TO complete the schedule in plenty
NJ tire To keen the worlds championship
series from running too late into October
Certainly of late years the October
,.aathar has been much more reliable
,bar Thai of April and in the fall thu
clubs are much better fitted to Withstand
climatic vagaries."
1t is not at All likely that Ebbets will
s,and a,on. in rh,mnioning a later start.
lanes f. t;affney. president of the Boston
c,,,h 10 one associate who will strive for
III. same reform Mr. Gaffney had to
ieav. his ot,ic. Yesterday noon because of
;t,noss contracted at the opening game in
t.rook,vn The BOSTON magnate was seen
inst before M, left for his home in Long
Island He said he had enough of too
early spring baseball and that he would
..cond I.hhets in "a fight for a more sensi-
hia scheduie
COZ Toner exprcssed an opinion in
Rrooklyn Tuesday that such weather was
not ronducive to the welfare OF athletes.
when the present schedules of the ma or
ao,,ae wer.. fra med MIR Tener had not
ass,,mad his National League executive
rssnon.ih;iities SINCE taking command he
no. ruled the erstwhile qua rrelsOme fam
ilv 81 the parent circuit with n hand of
won His oninin counts for much in
fact &, is pretty nearly final
win Tener in favor of n later start
thera is no question that the National
League win favor the same thing. For
years Ban johnson and his American
League constituents have fought for such
a sensible solution to a problem that has
been so vexing every spring for the past
six or seven years. Heretofore the fault
has been with certain National League
magnates of grasping disposition VINO
wished to keep their plants busy every
day possible
sion will settle the question AT its nrs'
meeting. The National commission has
full power 10 ACT IN an mayor Ieasue al
fairs relating 10 the feoerai League oa,'''
paign. a later opening Wouiu come u''a ~.
that heau because ~ wouIu '.a,. IA NV
carry sprihs.'e - 1.ea. , mt'a ~ , ~. 80
spenuen, ~ s nri,
!. ~ mp -, 20 ,ha citia,
u.els OF W, S,io,,., ara ,n,a,i
Iepi 49,, - n,,a',a,s,,r Games ~,
-, T,,s., 's,,aii,, ,ra orr.ngad carl,
-, ,ou 49, s,coooding swing he
80 ~, ras,ao,i,,. str.nc,hs ~ tho rivaI
ar. .s,ahlisbed Unless the National Com
mssion nc,s mon the matter these pro
meters win have tn wait until after tn,
annual meetings in December in order I,
make sure of available dates
New York is directly Interested jus
now on account of the proposed ntercit.