Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-03
YEAR-ROUND BASEBALL
INTEREST NO LONGER HELD
TO A FEW SUMMER MONTHS
Coming Winter VIII bc FcN erish One
for MnEnntcs nnd Plnycrs Alike.
Many Changes Possible.

The baseball season is no longer
confined To those balmy months dur
ing which 1t is a pleasure to get out
on the diamond and play .!:e gam.
either for fun or for financial rewards.
~ can now be INDUCED in for twelve
months in every year If one considers
the player and the mugnatc as Integral
parts OF the national sport
The player begins his activities in
February with his preparations for
spring training aud completes his al
lo;tcd tasks with tho close OF the
worlds series, about the middle of Oc-
tobcr. Just as soon as tn. player has
housed his bat for the winter the
rlaHnato uupacks his tool XIX and pro.
cc"ds to take the machine apart. and
before ii IS assembled Satisfactorily
again the call OF the Southern train.
ing ca'np is heard throughout tho
land.
AS "a result of this fcvcrish activity,
the coming winter promises ~ be "a
banner one for tn. magnutcs. Even
before the worlds series was finished
The nervous club owner AND executive
thought he detected Il Knocking in
the baseball engine and to-day he has
his tools all laid out in shiny rows
ready TO disscmblc the machinery OF
tn" major leagues.
Notwithstanding tho fac, that this
two pcnnant races were closely con.
tasted almost up 10 the Gnal days OF
the season ana the worlds series es-
tablisihcd new records in attendance
gate receipts and players profits there
ar" numerous suggestions put forth
with the Idea of Improving the statu.
Of the sport. These cover a vide range
OF proposed changes and II half OF
ham ,.,t, 20 tN. Il IL
gam" is facing series OF renovations
which viii he revolutionary.
President John *. Tener. OF the Ma.
tionnl League, states that the player
limit in the senior association must b.
raised from twcnty-onc TO twenty-five
chance In the worlds series Presi.
dent - &. Johnson. of the American
League, demands lowering Of worlds
series ticket prices. Other prominent
'nagnates think tina, the players re.
ccive too much money from the series
while players who do not get into III.
nnal believe that they should have a
share OF the receipts az we'll AZ the
club owners
one prominent player suggests that
the pennant races could be made moro
exciting by dividing portion of III.
players share among The members OF
the clubs 10 finish second and third I'm
the two leagues. Some OF tho mag
mates take an opposite view and pro.
pos" that each player on the winning
worlds series club be paid $1,000 and
the losers $500 tho remainder 10 h.
divided aiming the clubs and tho Ma.
tional Commission. sui another would
divide the receipts On ii basis OF 60
and 20 per cent for both players and
owners.
Nav schemes for both the learn.
pcnnant races and the series are also
advanced. One Gale for ,.ro seasons
the first ending on July and the sec
ond September Is, with IN" winning
clubs meeting in nual nine game,
TO decide the club TO represent IN,
league IN tho worlds series Auothe,
would cut the schedule TO ninety-eight
games, TO be followed by a round.
robin worlds series in which every clut
In each league would play one or more
games with the teams OF the rival AZ.
ISOLATION.