Evening star., 1945-05-13
All Extra Events
Out, Grid Games
AtHone0n|y
One-City World Series
Okoy; Racing Put on
TroIIey-Cor' Bosis
BY BUS HAM,

Sports will "be lucky" to play out
Irregular schedules this summer and
fall unless Japan quickly folds up,
relieving the burden on transporta-
ton, says ODT Director j. Monroe
Johnson.
1t already has been demonstrated
in redeployment following Ger
manys defeat, johnson said today,
that the impact on sports like
everything else will be terrific"
Going over the sports situation in
an interview, johnson commented
that:
There is mo possibility" of the
all-star major league game being
played.
The Kentucky Derby, Preakness,
Belmont Stakes and other horse
racing headliners will be conducted
on trolley car" basis.
The World Series cannot be held
unless both pennants are won in one
city as st. Louis did last season.
No Bowl, All-Star Tits.
Bowl football games simply will
be out of the question:" along with
the college all-star game in Chicago
and similar contests.
All college football games must be
played on the home" field of one of
the competing teams. This includes
the Army-Navy game, played in
Baltimore last season as War Loan
feature.
And even if Japan quits by next
September, it will be about six
months before we recover enough
to help anybody" Johnson said
THE only hope is for the japanese
to see the light in the next six weeks
or So"
Johnson's remarks struck the
sports world like bucket of ice
water
With the lifting of the ban on
racing, rescission of the War De-
partment's regulations on 4-F pro-
fessional athletes and easing of other
Government restrictions, athletic
leaders had felt more optimistic
about the future than at almost any
other time during the war.
Everything not dedicated strictly
to the war will have to get out of
the way and we haven't got time to
argue" johnson emphasized.
Sees No Place for "Yapping."
mo one would be happier than If
we could cut out all wartime travel
restrictions" he said, "but the bru-
tai, inescapable fact is that due to
greater transportation demands
ahead we must be prepared for fur
ther curtailment"
AS a result of Germany's Surren-
der. some persons have seen a pos
sibility of restoring the major
league All-Star game, voluntarily
Cancelled by baseball.
They ought to quit yapping about
that sort of thing" johnson said.
Conditions are far worse now than
at any time since we began going
over transportation problems with
various sports groups"
The Pacific coast will be "a par
ticularly acute area" in this coun-
try's redeployment of armed forces
and some football games out there
besides the Rose Bowl may be
OUT johnson added.
Referring to savings already made
by sports, with organized baseball
taking the lead, johnson remarked
that is a mere bagatelle"
Calls 1914 Derby Plan Okay.
Later, the ODT announced that
plans effected by the Churchill
Downs management last year in
restricting Kentucky Derby attend
ance to residents of Louisville, KY,
will be followed again this season
with the agency's concurrence.
1t was explained that this ODT
policy will be applied to other major
sports events, confining attendance
to persons living near enough Ito
the site of an EVENT. to use local
transit facilities"
However, regular boxholders liv-
ing outside such areas will be al
lowed to retain their boxes for
future years. the ODT added, by
paying for the box for occupancy
t,xy earuirovoon