The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-05-17
ARE SPEEDING UP
THE BALL PLAYERS
Efforts In the Major Leagues Already
Are Bringing Results Satisfactory
to Fans Who Dislike Long
Drawn Out Games.

The efforts being made In both the ma
jor leagues and the Federal league I
speed up the daily games is already be
ginning to show results. Complaints from
the cities represented in all three cir
cults first called the attention of tn
league executives to the fans objection
to long drawn out contests and Their
was immediate action on the part of tn,
baseball authorities.
President Ban johnson of the Ameri
can league notified the junior organza
ton club managers that less time mus
be consumed in playing games and thai
several time killing practices must b.
discontinued. President Gilmore of tho
Federals took a similar stand and init
mated that he might orer prizes in order
to shorten the average playing session
also given careful study and several plans
considered to improve the conditions.
A study of the playing time figures OF
the three leagues discloses some interest
| ing details. Using the April contests as
a basis it is shown that the average in
the American league for from 10 to IL
contests is two hours, five and one half
minutes. The Federal league clubs under
similar conditions required two hours,
| two and one fourth minutes to play nine
innings, while the National league made
the best showing with an average OF one
hour, 521s minutes.
OF the individual clubs of the American
league the Washington team led the or
ganlzation with an average of one hour,
81 minutes. Boston and New York fol-
lowed with averages five and seven min
utes slower respectively. st. Louis CON
sumed the most time, the Browns re-
quiring two hours 1914 minutes, with
Chicago but one minute faster. The
Philadelphia Nationals were the hustlers
of the Tener circuit, averaging one hour
A minutes for 10 games, with the New
York Giants but one-half minute slow
er. Chicago required two hours lIh
minutes and Pittsburg also crossed the
two hour mark. In the Federal league, .
the Pittsburg club showed the best time,
averaging but one hour, 50 minutes for
10 games. Buffalo showed the other ex-
IRENE, requiring an average of two hours
and q minutes foi II games.
Four of England's leading professional
golfers sail to-day for this country and
British golfng authorities predict that
one of the quartet will win chief honors
in the United States national open. Ray
Warden, Duncan and Mayo form for
mdable entry and the American players
will have to be at their best at Baltus-
rol a month hence in order to keep the
championship in this country.
An English expert writing of the inva
sion states:
"The British quartet this time have
the very best prospects, and it is at |
least likely that the humiiating defeat |
Of Brookline will be avenged. The Amer
lean climate is not likely to be at its
worst from the British point of view in
June. Then Vardon and Ray, who are
both playing well, though the eircum-
stances of the times prevent much at
ention being given to their forms and
ioings, acclimatize quickly in America,
md have had the inestimable advantage
II experience in the championships there.
They will tackle The ordeal OF Baltusrel
n different frame OF mind from that
n which they engaged upon their task
L Brookline, and will. moreover, not
I'm any risk of being overplayed before I
and, as they viii have Just three weeks
n the other side TO lick their game into
roper American shape. As to Duncan,
whose chances in this expedition / re-
ard as being as bright as they possibly
Guild be, there is this to be said-thatl
hough he has net taken part in the
american championship he was in the /