The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-07-07
LANDIS, FRICK
and HARRIDCE
TO DECIDE ISSUE
Griffith Voted Down ON
More Night Baseball;
ZeIIer Was Silent
By PAUL SCHEFFELS
UNITED Press STAFF Correspond


UNITED Press STAFF Correspondent
New York, July 7-(UP)-The
major leagues were concentrating
ON tonight's all-star game with the
service squad at Cleveland but be-
hind the scenes today a three-man
advisory baseball council was max
ing plans that may revolutionize
conduct of the classic world series
in September.
Normally, the world series 10
played on a best-of-seven basis in
the cities of the teams which have
won the respective big league pen
nants. But when Commissioner
Kenesaw M. Lands, President Ford
Prick of the National league and
President Will Harridge OF the
American league come to decision,
the annual diamond extravaganza
may chit the road" on an extended
transforming tour.
The big leagues met in separate
sessions yesterday and then pooled
their members for three hours in
joint conclave that produced some
Of the stor1niest inter-league de-
bates since night baseball addicts
first tried to make the arclight af-
fairs general in the majors.
However, the only matter def
nitely settled - except nomination
Of the "big three" to handle the
series question - was a denial Of
Owner Clark Griffith,s plea to allow
his Washington Senators to play
the remainder Of their schedule
excepting Saturdays, Sundays and
holidays - as night games.
Judge Votes "No"
The American league approved
Grifiths suggestion at their ear
lier meeting, but at the joint ses-
sion he met a solid front Of pro-
test from the National league. Ian
dis cast the dissenting vote to break
the deadlock.
The senior circuits action may
have been motivated by the rival
loops objection to the proposed
changes In the series setup. The
National league favored the change
which would take the series on tour
through minor league cities on a
best 8-of-15 schedule.
The first four or six of the games
would be played in the pennant-
winning cities Then the teams
would travel through cities such as
Los Angeles, Calf. or Dallas, Tex,
for a double-barrelled reason - to
increase the eventual take for mill
tary relief and arouse increased in
terest in the game.
American league conservatives
did not favor taking the series on
tour offering, instead, a plan which
called for donation of all receipts
other than expenses and the play
ers' pool from the regular best-of-
seven series. An obvious flaw in
that idea would be that a four-game
sweep for one team would make the
charity amount negligible since the
players pool takes the biggest part
of those early receipts.
Advisory Council
Opposition to both plans was so
strenuous that agreement would
only be reached on a resolution to
contribute to service relief gen.
erous chunk Of the world series re-
ceipts, with an advisory council de-
Gliding the manner In which 1t was
to be handed over.
No date has been set and no
specific instructions have been
handed to the trumvirate but, what
ever their decision, both leagues
have agreed to be bound by 1t.
Harr'dge said that while the reg
ular 154-game schedule would be
played by the American league in
1913, it would be shortened by more
extensive use of doubleheaders.
There were no proposals to curtail
the number Of games or abolish
spring training, two moves which
had been expected from Jack Eel
Ter, general manager of the Detroit
Tigers. He recently approved those
ideas in press statement.