The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-02
BIC LEAGUE BALL
 RETIRED UNTIL
 THE WAR IS WON
Meeting to Be Held Decem- Der 30 Will Wind Up
 Affairs.

New York, Oct. .2.-Major league baseball. in so far as it concerns the National League, will be officially ter minated at the annual meeting of the association to be held in this city on December 10. At the gathering the senior organization will formally wind ua the business affairs of the season just closed and enter upon a hiatus which will remain undisturbed until such time as international affairs ap- pear to warrant a revival of the pro- fessional end of the national game.
 This, at least, is the intention of the magnates at the present time and nothing short of a most sensational change in the war status within the next two months will cause shift in the plans of the league. It requires a long period of preparation and much detail work, prior to the open ing of each pennant race, and it is recognized that in the present unset tied state of baseball affairs it would be impossible to renew the operation of the circuit without ample time in which to formulate arrangements A declaration of peace coming late next Spring would prove of little value to the big league clubs, according to the opinion of prominent magnates.
 It has been pointed out that the players of the various teams would be scattered to the four points of the compass that some of the baseball parks will have been adapted to other forms of business; that problems would arise during the re-adjustment period which have never confronted baseball managements and that the best policy will be to make haste slow ly. General opinion appears to sup port the idea that a new and better form of baseball will come forth at the proper time but that much of this advantage would be lost if the big leagues rushed blindly back to the game at the first hint of an opening.
 It is understood, however, that the nagnates will not tie their hands by any definite statements or arrange n1ents but will leave the affairs Of the organization in such fluid state that business can be resumed at the proper moment with as slight a jar as pos sfble. The office of the league will be continued and Secretary Heydler will. in all probability, be reelected to his present position with full author itv to act for the league in all matters which have heretofore been in the hands of the president as well as the other elective officers of the league.
 Baseball as played indoors during the winter months in the United States Is proving remarkably popu- lar among the allied soldiers III France. It Is played, of course, out of doors but the large indoor ball is used and the rules of indoor baseball adhered to- It seems to be an easier game for the British soldiers to learn than the more scientific and technl- ca1 outdoor baseball. It Is quickly learned and it's calihre is not too high to admit an amateur. The English soldiers find that any good cricket nlaver possesses sufficient qualifica- tions to feel at home in few innings.
 On athletic fields and aerodromes all over France, one may see scores of British, Canadian, Australian and American officers and men, playing indoor baseball with a vim and eager ness never displayed at cricket.
 'Indoor baseball knocks cricket in- to 'a cooked hat" declared the sta1 cricketer of one of the Guarda Regi- ments the other day. Probably the quicker action, the wider inclusive ness of the game, and the laughs il arouses among the players and spec tators-to say nothing of the rootlhg anneal more to the soldier in France than the more serious and sedate ganoe of cricket, and the equipment is e;roD1ar and cheaper,