The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-03
AMERICAN LOOP SEEKS NO LIMIT,;
 N. |. WANTS IA
Landis May Settle Issue !; Two All=Star Games to
 Raise $l50,00O
By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

NCHitcu TEcSS StaU COTTcSpOnuentl
 New York, Feb. 3 -(UP)- The two major leagues were in accord today on everything except night baseball and Commissioner Kene- saw Mountain Landis was expected to settle their differences in a joint session.
 The American league apparently wants to allow its clubs to play an unlimited number of night games at home.
 The National league is believed to favor a limit of IA night games at home for each club, or double the present number.
 Landis will decide the number of night games which will be added to the regular schedule in line with President Roosevelt's expressed hope for more nocturnal contests.
 More Night Games
 Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators, and Don Barnes, president of the St. Louis Browns, are the leaders in the drive to increase night games. Griffith presented his case to the National league yesterday but apparently wasn't able to sway the senior cir cult from it's conservative stand.
 Larry MacPhail of Brooklyn, father of night baseball in the ma- jors, is the bitterest foe of the ex- tremists. MacPhail fears that once the limit on night baseball gets out of hand the game never will re- turn to its present status of seven night games at home for each club.
 While the majors are at logger heads over the night ball question, they are in accord on all other questions pertaining to the national emergency and their mutual prob lems.
 They have agreed to play two all-Star games next summer and to donate the proceeds-a sum which may reach $175OoO-to the bat and ball fund for the service training camps.
 The first all-star game will be played in a National league park in New York Monday, July 6, and the second at an American league park in the West-probab,y Cleve- land or Oetroit-Tuesday, July '. The all-star game originally was scheduled for Ebbets field, Brook lyn, July 2.
 There's a good chance Larry MacPhail may shift the game to the Polo Grounds, because of the approximately 10000 more seats there.
 Ticket prices will be doubled for the eastern game with a sum of more than $1O0,0OO possible. For the western game regular season prices will prevail but a charge of $1 will be added to each ticket, en- tltl.ng the purchaser to $1 worth of defense stamps. If the second game IS played at Cleveland it'll be staged at night and a gate of $7O,- 900 is possible. If played at Detroit It'll be held in the afternoon.
 Big Goal
 The majors are planning to raise $500,000 in the next two years for the bat and ball fund. Already %@o,Voo IldS Ucell COECTlDuCeQ but 1t was estimated that this sum would purchase orly one ball and half a bat for eveyr 750 men in camp. The sum raised by baseball will go toward purchase of equip- ment only for men in camp in this country. The government is pro- viding equipment for the expeti- tionary forces.
 The two leagues agreed to install voluntary payroll allotment of 10 per cent for defense stamps. This will apply to players, office workers and everybody from the two league presidents on down. Landis also is expected to adopt the same meas ure in regard to his own $65,O0O sal- ary.
 The question of admitting service men in uniform to the major league parks will be decided by the lEdivlduale clubs. The Yankees al- ready have announced that they'll admit all soldiers, sailors and mar ines free.