Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-09

ming changes in the worlds series,
but it would be the best thing that
ever happened to the great national
game if these big games were elini-
mated entirely. Out of every series
comes something of a detrimental
nature and talk that the games were
not strictly on the level has been
INDUCED in more than once. Then,
too. when the league races are close,
accusations are made that favorites
are being played by the other teams
in the leagues. Even this year there
was an outbreak, George Stallings,
manager of the Boston Braves. and
Connie Mack, manager OF the Phila-
| delphia Athletics, becoming involved
in an argument over the use of the
Athletics grounds. Threats were
made back and forth and the men did
not shake hands, as is the custom,
after the series was over Many are
the nasty things that crop up during
the regular season and during the
worlds series that are not good for
baseball, and these things will happen
just as long as the big games are
held.
o
Baseball would be better off all
around if the worlds series were
abolished From the day the regu.
lar season opens the worlds series
is uppermost IN the players mind,
and just as soon as one team after
the other becomes out of the race
the players lose interest in their
work. Another thing, the series
themselves attract too much atten-
| ton, and there is too much talk of
the money in the game-too much
! commerCialism. But for worlds
series 1t is doubtful If the present
baseball war would be waged. Men
with money. reading of the tre-
mendous gate receipts of the worlds
| series, are made to believe there are
millions in it," and are easily in
duced to invest heavily, even in an
/ outlaw league. Besides, the players
are spoiled and are made too i'm.
portant. The money in the game
overshadows the game itself, and the
| public. every now and then, rebels.
Tho season just past was a hard one
! for the magnates, and the season to
come doesn't give much promise. If
| the worlds series were eliminated
there would be more interest in the
games throughout the regular sea-
son, for not only the players lose
interest as the season wanes, but the
| fans do also.
@
The plan under discussion is to in
crease the worlds series from the best
four out of seven games to the best
five out OF nine games and to de-
crease the prices of admission. This
is really step backward. With four
games the series is plenty long
enough, and for such big affair, the
prices that prevail at present are not
one bit too steep. Despite the war
and the poor times and other things
baseball was really lucky the past
season. The wonderful showing OF
the Braves in the National League
race and the fact that they won foul
straight games In the worlds series
was a big thing for the game. Still
mall. baseball would be better off /
these series We're dropped. We woulC
3 hear more about the game-the spor
of it-if this were so and less abou
how much there is in the game.
@
Much criticism is levelled at worlds
series players and justly so. Some Of
them became heroes in the series and
they are In much demand. To accept
; engagements on the stage or in any
big way is all right, but the worlds
series players who go around barn
storming on the lots haven't a very