The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-13
SERIES OF NINE GAMES DOOMED FOR NEXT YEAR

] New York, Oct. 13.---Basebau people ! throughout the country, including the | broader minded magnates writers and other students of the game, are con Nlnced that there must never be an- other Worlds Series of nine games i For the good of the national sport { they are also convinced that the prices are entirely too high: that the share of receipts for the players. the cIus and the National Commission are out Of all proportion, and that in the future the playing of basebaIl's classic event will be endangered if the policy 1 of greed Is not checked.
 ! Out of perhaps one hundred persons, whose opinions were. sought on this subject, there were not more than two or three dissenting voices. They were of those who had just profited by the annual event
 In the first place the receipts amounted to a little more than $722,- 600. It is asking a little tCo much of the public to contribute three-qIar- ters of q million dollars to one set of games just at the moment when all the great minds of the nation are urg- Ing the people to exercise economy. And this amount does not indicate the outlay of those who attended the series. More than twice that much was spent in expenses. hotel bills. railroad fares, taHIcabs, Sc
 The winning players received s, 200 each, which is fully two years salary to some of them. In other words | when a player can make in the week of the series as much as he does in two years of regular salary he is bound to become dissatisfied in case his club does not win the pennant i MaSnates declare that the false prices will give the younger player, espe- ciaIy, the impression that baseball is a gold mine and he will demand more salary than can be paid There were several ball clubs that made no money at all this year, but it is difft- cult to believe that when one is faced with the receipts of the World s Series.
 Minor league managers are in such a predicament that they are begging g that the big event be discontinued, or their little leagues, which furnish the big league material, will face ffnan- ciaI ruin when it comes to making contracts for next year.
 Baseball people are also curious to know just what will be done with the SIP 900 paid to the National Commis- sion as it's share of the receipts Is it to be used as a sinking fund or what? It surely is much more than enough to pay the salaries necessary to conduct the business of the com mission.
 The $195,OOO paid each of the two club owners will be put to a good 1 purpose. Under a new rule this money is distributed among the several clubs in the two leagues and will help out those who had an unfortunate sea- son.
 The Government reaped a rich ! harvest in collecting it's war tax and with that everybody is pleased.
 Now, as to the nine games-it is quite evident that the public tired of the long drawn out affair; the in terest could not be sustained. The attendance at the last game in Gin cinnati proved that conclusively.
 What started out with q great flare of enthusiasm wound up in a painful but tolerant wait. The circus or hippodrCme effect disappeared after the first two or three days. The small boy in a country town who gets all steamed up over the presence of a three-ring circus would lose much of his enthusiasm if he had 10 attend the same affair ten days in succession. And baseball. our national sport, can | not afford to let this one big affair
 of the year pail on the public. The
 public is a lively partner in baseball and must be considered.
 There were not enough well to-do people in a city the size of Cincinnati to pay SC a day for a week to soe ! 1 ball games.