The Washington times., 1918-01-12
TAX CONFERENCE IS
POSTPONED A WEEK.
BY THE MAGNATES
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

Washington will not entertain the
lords of baseball until a week after
next Garry Hermann. chairman of
the National Commission. finds 1t i'm
possible to come here next week for
the conference with the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue, and so
the meeting has been postponed until
January 81.
The baseball leaders came to no
final agreement at the Cincinnati
meeting as to ways and means of COL
iecting war taxes on admissions next
season. A committee, consisting of
John Heydler, secretary of the Ma
tional League; Walter Hapgood, sec
rotary Of the. Boston Braves; John
3. Foster, secretary of the Giants;
Garry Hermann, chairman of the
National Commission, and Ben S.
o Minor, president of the Washington
club, will confer with the Govern
ment authorities concerning the tax.
AS soon as the maEnates learn whaI
the Government wants, the schedule
committee will gather at Dover Hall.
Ga, to make up the playing dates
This session in the past has never
been considered very important, Ban
johnson and Barney Dreyfuss at
tending the details by themselves
over a bottle of-lithia water That
was when trains ran as smoothly as
oil in a gauge. Nowadays, trains
don't even run, they crawl, and they
will probably do a lot of crawling
next summer, thus bringing much
trouble to the major leagues.
Expect Many Delays,
Many delays are expected by tho
teams next season. It Will be the goal
of the schedule-makers to render
them OF as little bother as possible.
All efforts will be taken to keep down
the number of postponed games be-
cause OF the non-appearance OF trains
with visiting teams.
The two big leagues will hold their
schedule meetings in New York on
February Il, when the schedules will
be announced for publication. They
have already been discounted, but will
nevertheless be expected by the fans.
Training trip plans are going on
apace. The Washington club is now
the only major league club without
its plans completed. Griffith is swing
ing between Tampa, Fla. and
Augusta, Ca, where his team trained
last spring. The Pittsburgh Pirates
have decided to train at ] Jacksonville,
Fla, with the Mackmen, playing eX-
hibition games there with ;he aggre-
cation Connie will have together.
Dreamers Are Dreaming.
The baseball dreamers are dreaming
again. Now it is reported that in
Chicago "a discussion was held con-,
corning the likelihood OF taking the
worlds series teams to france next
year, If the war is over by that time"
II the two teams put up the same lame
exhibition they gave for the soldiers the
day after the final game in New York
last fall, General Pershing's troops
would boot them back 10 their ship.
II is unlikely that the French people.
staggering around the ruins OF their
homes and firesides. would care much
for worlds series baseball, even If back
ed by the recommendation OF Ban John
son. /
StenEeI May Retire.
Casey Stengel. the Brooklyn outfelder |
traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates. is saN
to be dissatisfied with the deal He I
even threatens TO enlist in the army I
rather than report to Huge Bezdek's |
club. Stengel talks just as most players 1
do in January.
Grif says that il Johnny Lavan is
unable to play here next year. Hank |
Shanks will start at shortstop-
Larry Doyle, at this writing A MEM
Der OF fthe Giants, is Hintering at Jack
sonville. Fla