The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-12
FEW CHANGES IN
LEAGUE SCHEDULES
1917 Worlds Series Will Be Played Be-
ginning Oct. ON Other Respects
There Are Few Novelties.

New York, March l2.-,Iudging from
the various major and minor league base
ball schedules made public to date ther'
is to he little change in the general play
ing scheme for the season of 1917. a
majority OF the leagues have selected
opening and closing dates which CORE
spond closely to those Of the past few
years.
The chief changes are to be found in
the schedules of the international league
and the American association. In round
| figures these two organizations have cut
six weeks off their regular seasons in or
der TO provide dates for the interleague
series of AS games to be played at the
close of the pennant races in the two as
| sociations.
The National and American leagues
will open on Wednesday, April IL, and
close on Thursday, Oct. 4, which will
permit the initial game of the worlds Sc
ries being played on saturday, Oct. 6, if
eastern or western teams are competi-
tors, or Monday, Oct. 3, in case the series
proves to be an intersectional contest.
In other respects there are few novelties,
the Pacific Coast league having the long
est season, while one or more of the class
D leagues will stage the shortest pennant
races. The list of opening and closing
days as announced to date from official
or semi official sources are as follows:
Name of league, opening date, closing
date, number of games, respectively
National, April IL, Oct 4, l54; Amer
lean, April H. Oct 4, 1854; international,
April IL, Aug. 5, III; South Atlantic,
April 10, Aug. IL. 100; Western, April Is,
Sept 3, l40; Southern association, April
IL. Sept. Is, l54; Texas, April 5, Sept. 3,
1874; Pacific Coast. April 3, Oct. 2S, POS;
American association, April IL, Aug. 3,
ll2; Blue Ridge, May |, Sept. 10, 9s;
Southern, April IL, , 1874; Eastern,
May IL, - -; Western association,
April IL, Sept 3, i Georgia Alabama,
May 4 Aug. 4, ---.
The action of the German imperial
Olympic committee in changing its title
to the German imperial committee for
bodily exercises" has aroused much spec
ulation among athletic authorities
throughout the world. Many close fol
lowers OF Olympic sports have expressed
the opinion that the move on the part
of the German committee is an lntima-
tion that Germany will not compete in
these international sports after the war.
Others hold that the change of name
merely marks the taking over of other
duties and plans considered more neces-
sary and pressing at this time in Ger
many than consideration of future Olym-
pic meets.
In this connection it can be said that
the international Olympic committee has
not abandoned the idea OF these games
and that with the restoration OF peace in
Europe there viii be a determined effort |
made to hold an international meet with |
in a year following the official close OF
the conflict. IL has been minated that |
the gathering may be more than series |
Of athletic competitions; taking the form |
Of an international celebration of the /
of peace, with imposing cere-
monies and pageants TO which the ma
lions Of the world will be invited to send 4
delegations.
The stakes which will be raced for dur
ng the 1917 season in Austria and Hun
yary viii aggregate s20O0,O00. The Aus
rian Jockey club. Austria's biggest or
yanizatiOn. has offered prizes tOtalling
ll7S.OOO kronen 1885 900, while the
hungarian Jockey club. the big Budapest
has put up 2,564. 200 iTonen
S5l2.s40l Other smaller organizations,
4 which there are a considerable number
n the dual monarchy. have guaranteed
he four million and several odd thous-
nd more necessary TO bring the total up
o 100000 kronen.