The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
CHANGES IN BIG
 LEAGUE BASEBALL
 CLUBS DISCUSSED
Prospective Owners of Major League Clubs Are a Bit Shy
 About Taking Plunge
By GEORGE CHADWICK Special Correspondent of The Age-Herald Copyright, 1891, by The Age-Heraldj

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 New York, October s.--While the world series has been going on there Is a great deal of gossip that there are changes ahead in the major leagues. It Is pretty hard to find out just what the changes are to be, or where they will take place, but change is talked.
 Two clubs might be sold, If the owners could get prices which they think are worth while. The ques ticn Is, what Is baseball club worth in the major leagues2 Is it worth as much as it was two years ago, or enc ago? Is baseball likely to be con tinuous good thing in the major league cities, or is the force of .ub- lie opinion tending toward changes which will make some of the owners think about reducing expenses?
 High Cost or ssasebalI.
 There has been much talk about the high cost of conducting a major league baseball club, yet in spite of that talk facts turn up which show that certain baseball hines have been paying very substantial dividends, and the patrons of them are begin ming to ask whether the time has not come when they should refuse to be milked longer of their spare cop pers.
 It is all right enough to pay yea sonable admission to see baseball, but Is reasonable admission that rate of admission which permits a man who has nothing else. to do to divide a profit of $200,o00 between himself and his friends and then excuse the admission price because the expense -R l. l. t<.r- IA Il. to suggest that the expense must be high If the profits are little less than quarter of million dollars but isn't the expense high to the pa- tron of the game rather than to the packer of the sport?
 A Bit Shy.
 That Is why some of the prospect i've owners of clubs are hesitating about taking the final plunge They will not overpay for franchise which may not be worth nearly so much If the admission to baseball games Is to be brought down from $1 to 75 cents.
 The conduct of the game has been on a scale which Is out tf propor- tion to the interests involved. Pay ing high prices for the transfer of ball players Is not good judgment, because the public wonders why it should contribute it's nickels to make that possible. If player costs s50.- 900 it Is not the owner who pays that amount out of his own pocket. It is the fan who pays the freight.
 COhnn Wants to Get in
 George Conan wants to get into baseball. but he has his ideas where he wants to go He wouldn't buy a baseball club in St. Louis, and 1t would be foolish-if he did. unless he wishes to make St Louis his home. There Is syndicate in New York, or there will be syndicate If necessary, which would like to break into baseball. They have been asked to look into the proposition in Philadelphia and that is as far as they have got Owners of neither ! or the Philadelphia clubs have shown that they wish to get out of the | game. but there are certain parties 1 through in the major leagues who believe there is chance in Phila- delphia if things are handled right. It is argued that Philadelphia needs l renovation.
 l There are clubs in major league circles which it would be hard 10 | buy at a reasonable figure for which l a change is solicited. if a change | csn be effected The owners of the clubs are becoming more and more unpopular with the public. and there Is sentiment against them in their own organization which will increas SC rather than decrease.
 l That any kind of deal can be arranged is not very probable, be- cause. if there were any desire to