Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1911 — Favor Shorter Season. [ARTICLE]

Favor Shorter Season.

Most players enthusiastically approve Ban Johnson’s stand that the season should start no earlier than May 1. They declare that the southern trips, as now arranged, are spoiled and rendered useless by the exposure of the players to the winds and rains of April, and that the athletes, i.i most cases, are in poorer condition by May 1 than they were when they started south ta; March.