Evening star., 1924-09-21

who put him on the base bs
The high commissioner meets
OF the two leagues i'll New York
series-but he will not meet the pres
Heydler. who lives III this city, anC
the American League, Ban Johnson
Last year II was thought tn;
dcntally have overlooked the preSiC
he failed to invite them to his little
there is no doubt that he deliberatel
There are some OF the National
League owners in particular, warm
friends of Heydler, who are saying
things i'm private that would curl
Commissioner Landis' hair. They do
not voice' their criticisms in public
because they signed A pledge never TO
talk about the commissioner, no mat
ter what might be preying upon their
minds
Heydler is so vexed. ii is said,
among his friends. that he has made
up his mind to throw upon the back
Of the commissioner all the little ar
rangements which the president of
the National League is presumed to
effect.
Heydlcr Worked Inst Year.
Heydler went through with these
arrangements last year in spite of
the fact that his friends thought he
had been officially snuhbed. But he
will likely not bother his official head
with them this year, and his friends
are glad In his time Heydler has
done his part to make base ball what
il iS-and a blamed sight bigger part
than ever the commissioner did. True,
that is not the fault of the commits
sioner because, prior TO being made
the grand llama of the game, he was
on the Federal bench.
The club presidents invited 10 meet
the high commissioner are those OF
the Giants. the YankS. the Brooklyns
the WaShingtons, the PittSburghs and
the Detroits-which assemblies a
happy family of mutual razor car
rlerS.
While the two New York clubs get
along fairly well, because of neces-
sity and the lack of desire on the
part of the Yanks to embitter life by
chewing the rag" the Giants and the
BroOkIyns and the Giants and the
PIttsburghs are about as fond of each
other as cats and dogs. Detroit and
Washington are not involved in base
ball politics, at least, not on the sur
face.
Club Owners the Bosses.
The meeting of the presidents will
he to arrange the date and other de-
tails for the world series when the
big league fights are finished. Sep
tember 50 The club owners have
most to say about this. The high
commissioner cannot make. them play
before they are ready. although he
may advise
If the two New York clubs win, the
chances are that the series will begin
within two days after the season
ends. SO far as that goes. the same
thing is likely to happen, no matter
what clubs win. Since the Browns
have been eliminated from the race
there is no jump that cannot be made
overnight.
If both New York clubs win, the
games will alternate, as usual, or
succeeding days. If any other clubs
win. except the Yankees and Brook
lyns, where the alternating process
would be probable. the games will be
played in series of two or three. with
a days lapse in between. This al
ready has been arranged by the own
ers. who have been in correspondence
Although Detroit has been invited
to the conference. there is scarcely a
thistle down chance for the Tigers.
The invitation is one of courtesy al
most. TO the Detroit folks it Will be
much like attending ones funeral,
and perhaps Detroit won't even mind
about coming East but will send d
proxy.
The leagues selected the umpires
for the series last year, and there is
some curiosity as to whether the
commissioner will take that matter
in hand this time and select them
himself. If he does he will have as
sumed the responsibility with a ven
geance, and more and more there
viii be resentment setting against
him below the surface, no matter
what floats on the top of the cur
rent.
Sunday Game Assured.
Whatever else is done, an effort
will be made to play Sunday game
in city that can play Sunday base
ball, no matter what the loss of the
coin may decide. A Saturday in
Pittsburgh, which does not play Sun
day base ball. is as good as d Sunday
in any other city, and if the series
found the teams in Pittsburgh on
Saturday, they could jump overnight
to a Sunday city and make that date
for the benefit of the players
The probable date for the begin
ming of the world series is October 2.
j thatlis not the date. then october
4 because October falls on Friday
and there still are enough supersti-
tIous folks in base bail to resent
starting a world series on Friday.