The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-31
OPP JSITION ARISES
TO SHORI-StAS0A
BASEBALL scheme
Long Schedule Advocates Pcint Or
Big Financial Returns From
Late Drives.
COefIskEY DECLARES
AGAINST INNOVATION
Pimiico Races TO He Bonanza ~
Horsemen--E.ast and West 20 CaagA
In Two Football Games.
,ny ARTHUR sTnuwE.,

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New FORK, october so.--Although
President Ban Johnson. of the Aneri-
can league, and Charley Ebbetts. OF
The Brooklyn Dodgers. are in favor sx
a shorter playing season. there ~
much opposition spIingins MD among
nagnates against the curtaIiment OF
the national game.
The latest to voice his oppostktcn
to the shortening of the schedule 10
President Comiskey. OF the Worries
champion White Sox. TWO othsr
american league owners are sldinG
with Comiskey. They believe that the
schedule should call for i54 games as
formerly.
Ine nagnates who favor the shorter
schedule point out that the clubs win
save money in spring training sad
players salaries; that the weather
conditions in an early opening have
during the past few seasons been de-
plora ole. that In the late fall second
division club plays only to handful
of spectators, while the expenses are
Just as high at that time of the year
as they are in midseason when fans
foek by the thousands to the bali
parks.
On the other hand the masnates whs
favor the regular schedule point out
that a team In driving hHlsh will
make a cleanup on the season. They
point out to the drives made hy tha
braves and Giants Three years ago
the Braves came from the cellar tG
worlds championship, The drive
g. We added interest to baseball. Fans
throngtd to the Braves games ana IN
terest was at fever heat. Last year
the Giants made their remarkAbis
record OF straight wilma Again inter-
est was keen among the fans Both Of
these drives were made late In the
year, and the longer schedule advo-
Gates say that had the season been
shortened as Is now eontemplated
there would have been no interest In
these games because the playing SEA-
son would have been over before the
| two teas1s had started their steam
| rolling
| Pimlico is going to be a benanxa fc1
! horsemen. The meeting Will open ~
/ Thursday and close November II
/ Ninety three thousand dollars will b.
divided among the owners of thorough
| breds The Bowie cup for three-yeaF
/ Odds and upwards wnl call for = purse
! of $4,000; the PiHiico autumn handt~
cap will bring $1,000 to the WINNER.
Hourless and Omar Khayyam may come
/ together In two more trials. as both
are eligible in these races hfss
purses will be offered for steepischAssa
| and otter fiat races.
The East VS.. the West will meat a.
ne grtdiron next Saturday Notfa
Danes husky football warriors Will
Journey from Indiana to clash With
army team at West Point 1t will BE-
! the hrst intersectioHai claeh OF the
year. The army Ia expected - WIN.
In oiiphant they have one OF tbs
greatest line smashers in the game.
! One week from next Thursday thess
will be another clash OF the East and
the West. Michigan will send tts
eleven to Philadelphia to combat the
University OF Pennsylvania. The lat
ter team surprised Its followers by
i the great showing 1t made against
(. Pittshurg last week. while Michigan
has been showing this year the elses
of football that in former years mAds
the eleven one OF thu powers In foot
! ball.