The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-18
MAJOR TEAMS
 MAY TRAIN AT HOME

A rearrangement of the training pans of several major league base ball teams is probable as. a result of the decision in favor of later start in 1919. At the American League meeting in Chicago a few days ago the club owners voted in favor of Q 14O game schedule and a season ex- tending from May to Sept. 30, pro- viding similar arrangement was made by the National League. In dications are that the plan will be. adopted.
 From Philadelphia comes the an nouhcement that Connie Mack will train his team at Shibe Park if the pennant race is not started before May l. Usually Mack has brought his club to Shibe Park about April or 6 to play Q few games before the opening of the championship race. Connie sees no reason why he should not have the players report during the first week in April and train for the month at his own field. The one big knock to this plan Is that there are so few real baseball days during the month of April in this section. At any rate Mack s willing to take @ chance on the weather. The scheme will save a few thousand dollars which the club has been handing each spring to the railroads.
 St. Louis and Washington. For some clubs the plan is not feas- 1ble and the teams will be sent south as usual. But there is no reason why the two St. Louis clubs and the Wash ington club cannot work out at home during the month of April. For sev- eral years Griffith took his players to Charlottesville, Va, for training, and he got no such weather there in March as he will get in Washington in April. The St. Louis clubs have been in the habit of arriving home late in March each year and playing an in terleague series before the opening of the regular campaign. April weather in St. Louis is warm enough to permit baseball training If the club owners desire to have the preliminary work done at home. Other club owners are planning to train their teams in cities not as far South as was originally planned.
 Neither New York club will attempt to train here. The Giants will go to Hot Springs or to Florida and the Yankees will go to Florida. Neither McGraw nor Huggins has made def1- mite announcement as to the city se- lected but each is positive that a jour ney into the Southland is absolutely necessary to fit the players for the championship race.
 MitchelPs Player Limit Plan
 Fred Mitchell, manager of the Cubs did not get into the National League meeting here last week, but one ot Freds ideas on retrenchment found it's way into the meeting room. Vice. President Veeck of the Cubs introduc' ed a. resolution in regard to the play CT limit which was discussed fol some time and then put over for con sIderation at a future meeting, prob ably at the joint session of the twt leagues.
 MltchelTs idea is that the player limit of twenty-two men apply onl! to games played on the home grounds of each club. When a club is travel ing Mitchell would have a limit O eighteen players in force. He argued  that this plan would save about S4,00' in car fare during the season and tha 1t would be possible to recall any play CTS left at home so that he could re join his team within tWenty-fours In these days of >retrenchment tn plan has some favor and it was prov ed last season that teams could ge along with fewer players than the previously had carried. On numerOu occasions the 1918 campaign secon, string players were left at home, sub ject to quick call.
 The proposition was put over fo future consideration, with prospect of not being accepted as a rule. Tn club owners and managers will leav players at home during the 1919 sea son but prefer to have conditions gov ern specific cases, rather than accep any set rule on the subject.