Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1919 — SHORT SCHEDULE IS FAVORED [ARTICLE]

SHORT SCHEDULE IS FAVORED

80 Learns Bill Phelon as a Result of His Interviews—Clubs to Drop Southern Trips. A late start and an early closing for next year’s major league schedules. Five months 'of the game, beginning May 1, ending October 1, and leaving ample time for the world's series and for the special series which will surely be demanded by the fans, with the championship military team meeting the winner of the regular classic. A schedule consisting of 140 games, each club playing 20 games with every teatn instead of the former set of 22—such are the ideas now prevailing among the magnates, according to Bill Phelon, who has done some interviewing. Long ago the clubs played games, then raised the limit to 140, but soon hoisted this to 154. During the time between April 10 and May 1, the players can be conditioned under ‘the climatic zones in which they have to do their regular playing, and considerable jnoney can be made by exhibition games. The southern trips are not so much in favor as in former days, and at least half the clubs are likely to drop thefn entirety.