New-York tribune., 1918-03-19

One Of the most Interested ;,
plons of Sunday baseball is Civ a'i' M
istrate Francis X. McQuade. Fo, mssS mss-
than half dozen years he ba. fons.s s.s
manfully against that discrim;n..s;'a' sa'
against manful and healthful s4 .s.".
tolerated in other quarters. Judge ' M
Quade, respected by fapdom ~
length and breadth of the ,ona ~s
have the most impressive cobort /,
Capitol. '"e OIate
The arguments of those who h.,.-
1t wrong to keep up the bars aea;a s.seve
such clean and wholesome snas. osa'nst
baseball while the law winks 'pv.' ~. a Is
Unmatched back door of the o;n,s;H - saS
dives, the open operation of mas;al n.M,,,Ii
seaside resorts, athletic comnet;Hoss' t;tH.'ss'
cunning, fishing, tennis, golf and vas, no.
like will be strongly supported. 'As
A monster petition. embrac;n. A..
names OF hundreds Of thousand, s as
voters, will be one of the chisf q. VI
hibits. Also the champions for hasa
ball right and justice have bean sAss- ss
sured of the cooperation of oroar;.Ss
labor, not to mention the sentmsnt ~
the army and navy, which believe. ~ =,
healthful Sunday recreations of ali
sorts. -'
American League games this Yea,
undoubtedly will be called at 4 o,clork
one hour later than the time custcn'
ary for most parks heretofore, Tha
suggestion has been made by President
Ban johnson, who usually has his wav
in all policies mutually beneficial ta
all his colleagues. johnson believes i
good policy to take full advantage of
the daylight saving movement. Tha
later start, of course. will in no man.
ner cut in on the supply Of daylight
available for the contesting of games.
He believes attendances will be greatly
increased.
In Chicago yesterday, before leaving
for St. Louis, Mr.. johnson said he had
put the 4 o'clock opening squarely up
to the club owners of his league,
CAS- l see it," said Ban, "the added
hour of daylight under the new law
will be boon to baseball. We can
start our games an hour later by the
watch and still have plenty of daylight
left to finish. By beginning play at
o'clock this season we will be follow.
ing the old style as far as the sun is
concerned.
II will take up the matter with our
league Immediately. 1t seems to me
certainty, however, that instead Of
leaving it to the individual club owners
the league will vote to start all games
at o'clock"
A meeting of the Eastern League
scheduled for Springfield, Mass. yes.
terday, was postponed until late next
week. 1t was decided at the last min.
ute that it would be the best policy to
wait until after the 1nternational
League club owners had held their
meeting in this city on March rs. Thu
fate of the Eastern is directly cor
cerned in whatever action the former
associates of Ed Barrow may take n.
garding operations the coming yess
a franchise in Providence is very muA
desired by the Eastern promoters.
Meanwhile the few international
League club owners who would 90 on
this year have not completely despaired
of presenting some sort of front. The
fate of Sunday baseball may influence
them directly. With Sunday baseball
assured to New York State it would be
an easy matter to drop Montreal and
Baltimore for two good New York
cities. In that event Providence might
decide to string along in the circuit
Of higher classification.