Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1911 — Johnson Asks Fewer Games. [ARTICLE]

Johnson Asks Fewer Games.

Ban B. Johnson caused a flurry In baseball circles all over the United States the other day when he declared he was advocating a shorter major league baseball schedule. The American league chief thinks the games should begin late in April or on May 1. Many baseball officials and critics agree with Johnson in this. They are wondering what action the magnates will take. Johnson argued that the training trips should be shorter and the championship schedule shortened also. He thinks the weather is too uncertain In April to permit of good baseball.