Arizona republican., 1915-01-04
LONGER WORLD
 SERIES OPPOSED
Club Owners Do Not Read fly Fall for Idea of Ex- tending Fall Windups of Big League Seasons-N4 Action Taken
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCH1

ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
 NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Although there has been considerable informal dis mates regarding the advisability of in creasing the number of games to be played in future worlds series, the club owners realize that the proposi- ton 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 live were necessary to win the title and 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.
 1 These suggestions received but scant attention at the annual meeting of the National league held in New York re- gently. The senior organization mag mates discussed the plan in a casual way without taking any action on it. One of the most prominent club-own- CTS of the National league in review ing the idea said that it was the gen eral opinion that the 1915 season would be an hopportune period in which to attempt baseball innovations. Further more the plan involved d number of puzzling obstacles which would have to be removed before the nine or ele- ven game series could be considered feasible.
 He pointed out that if two clubs widely separated, such as New York , and Chicago, for instance, were to play for the championship the allotment of games would be matter for the most careful consideration On the nine game basis it appeared probable that the series would open in the city win ming the toss with three straight games after which the play would shift to the rival club grounds Presumng that the teams were tied at the end of six games with the added possi- bility of bad weather and the extra days needed for travel it appeared questionable as to whether popular in- . terest could be sustained to the point where the longer series would prove much more profitable than the seven game plan.
 That there is a basis for this line of reasoning is borne out by the rec ords of past worlds series. Even af- ter making allowance for an increased interest in the championship series of recent years the gate receipt figures 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 capacity. Where
 ever the series ran into seven or eight games there was a sharp slump in at tendance and resultant receipts. In the , 1912 series there was a difference of approximately sl60OO between the re- ,ceipts of the seventh and eighth games. In the 1911 games between the Giants and Athletics the receipts de- creased with each game. The Detroit
 Pittsburg series of 1909, in which the rival clubs won alternating games up
 to the seventh, failed to sustain in
 terest if the box office returns furnish accurate records.
 Careful observation has led the magnates to the conclusion for the , present at least, that the baseball pub | lie desires sharp, snappy worlds series a climax to the season. Long , drawn out play, covering ten days to two weeks according to weather con ditiohs, "npears to be a hazardous undertaking under present circumstan- ces and it is extremely doubtful if there will be any effort to alter. dur ing 1915, the regulations now govern ling the worlds series.