Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-02-03
Prices for Ti|ts
Of Select Mines
Are Raised
Baseball Would Pay
10 Per Cent of All
Salaries in Bonds
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press SPORTS Writer.


NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-Baseball's
bit in this second World War is
going to be something more sub
stantial than just helping maintain
the morale OF the country.
The major leagues decided yes
games instead of one for the bat
and ball fund" and in addition
would try to get every one on their
pay rolls from Commissioner Kene-
saw M. Lands down to the batboys
to accept 10 per cent Of their SAL
aries in Defense bonds.
The National and American
Leagues were in almost continuous
session for seven hours yesterday
and they considered other means Of
cooperating in the war effort
such as exhibition games with serv-
ice teams and admitting uniformed
men free-but their big accomplish
ments were the double all-star
spectacle and the pay roll plan.
Second Game In West.
They agreed to play the first all
star game in National League
park in the East probably the New
York Giants Polo Grounds on
Monday, July 6, and to follow this
the next day with another skirmish
between the same stars in an Ameri-
can League park in the West. The
owners admitted an inclination to
play this second game at night in
the mammoth Municipal Stadium
at Cleveland, where they might at
tract 10000 fans.
1t was agreed that the admission
prices for the first game would be
double the regular scale, while the
second game would be played at Or
binary prices, plus 81. Each pur-
chaser also would receive 81 in
Defense stamps with his ticket.
BY this means the magnates hoped
to initiate to a quarter of a million
dollars the fund they have organ
lied TO buy baseball equipment for
service camps.
Clash on Night Schedule.
The two leagues were unable to
reach complete agreement on night
baseball and tossed this old argu-
ment back into Lands lap at their
special joint meeting today. This
National League voted to double
the number of its night games to
| permit a maximum of IA nocturnal
pOntacfc or horoo for aaoh club ,nJ
this figure was agreeable to all
members of the American League
except the Washington. club.
President Clark Griffith of the
Nationals argued that he had a
different situation from other clubs
and should have % night games.
He pointed out that the vast ma
jority of workers in the Capital are
employed in the daytime and that
they should have as many night
games as are offered in Philadelphia,
for example, which has two clubs.
The American League voted to sup
port him in his stand
Twilight ball was discussed and
the Cleveland Indians indicated
they might experiment with one or
more games starting at $50 pm.
Late Starts Likely.
Because of the Nationwide switch
to daylight saving time there was
general belief that night games in
Cleveland and some other cities
could not start before $50 pm. and
/ the American League asked the
joint meeting today to adjust the
rule that prohibits an inning from
starting after 11::50 pm.
The American League also dis
cussed the precarious financial posi-
ton OF the st. Louis Browns and
although no announcement was
made of any action, Owner Don
Barnes said he had received en-
couragement for the clubs future.