Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-31
PROPOSE IS GAMES
FOR RW0RLD SERIES
Schedule Would include Con.
tests in Every Major
League City
transforming IS TABOO

The World Series has been a feature
Of modern baseball since 1908. It Is
the biggest feature Of the year in spite
Of the many rawbacks that arc at.
tached 20 Il. Professional rcformers
OF the gam, have tried. time and again.
| 70 have Il abolished, but howl that
rose to high heaven at every attempt
vas proof sufficient that tho public did
rot want It discontinued.
| YM there IS an Incredibly small
number Of fans in the country at large
who are able to see the games. They
20 so unappeased. for there are few
who have sufficient Jack to enable them
10 gnllivant around TO distant cities
| when bascball's classic holds sway.
Philadelphia has not seer series
! staged here since 1915: Ss. Louis never
had one: Detroit saw its last in 1909,
and SO did Pittsburgh; Cleveland and
Cincinnati have only staged one In
their long experience. Dabs like that
arc not enough for the real fanatic.
lie wants his baseball IN allopath!c
doses,
Yet how can II be given TO him?
sam Crane. half century ngo big.
league ball player and row the dean Of
baseball writer's has advanced plan
that would enable a far bigger propor-
ton of ell hu6iasts 10 see tho games.
Mr.. Craze proposes that instead OF
seven games being played. schedule
, II eighteen be arranged. Tho first four
would be played on tie grounds Of the
winning Cubs. two on each: and that
the balance Of the schedule be played
one game IN each Of the other cities Of
. the ma ios- league circuits.
There are plenty Of objections 20
such plGw. The series would be
dragged out to !nto!erable length if one
club should happen to be badly out.
classed. Travelling expenses would Be
! high and Il would be something Of a
| hardship 60 tho players 70 be carried
over SO much ground.
Advanta ses Of the Plan
! There are. however, sufficient advau-
tages 10 ovcrbaleace those objections.
I Close to 600. 900 people would bc al.
| lowed tho privilege of seeing the cham
pions in action, and the amount Of
! money taken in would more than COM
! pensate owners and players for travel
! ing expenses and Inconvenience.
! So far as baseball itself Is concerned,
! the value Of a series Of this sort, aside
from The money involved, IL. incal.
culable.
During the las, two years the New
York clubs have bought" the!. pen.
nen.s By taking all the good players
! they could get from other clubs. and, as
a result, ouly the people In the metro.
| politan district have been able to watch
| the games.
! The fans Of neutral cities are se:tias
| tired cf that. but their wrath would be
iaseuaged---or socthed. anyway--if they
could watch those "bcught" athletes 10
, action.
transforming Taboo G.
Though Judge lands gave permission
for major league ball players to 20 on
transforming tours this fall. ic Is al.
ready reported that he has repented o.
his decision. II lands had known the
history OF baseball on the coa,-o!! cir
cult ss veil as hareball writers 10 he
would have forbidden II.
Our Athletics behaved them.e,ve.
wcu enough on the trips they took after
The regular season was over. but tha,
Isn't true of number Of other players.
q: Connie Mack--the showing his old
worlds champions made in Cuba. They
looked on the Grewater when IL waa
red. and tie sun when Il was rising
and in consequence took an awiTi
.rouncing from the CubaNs.
After hent!ns Brooklyn in 1916 n.
Red So4 went on violent party
and next cay played New Haven. Tho.a
minor leagucrs did nothing but take
them into camp BY the score Of Il 10 I
Things Ike that hurt the prestige o!
major leagie baseball. Judge I>andi,
Is incoming sadly over allowing his chii.
dren !" bnrnstornl. for soms Of then
this yea. followed the example o. th,
old Athletics and Rcd Soy.
II will not be surprising Il these trip.
arc tabnocd next fall.