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Show MAY CHANGE RULES FOR VORLD'S SERIES i NEW YORK. Dec. 11. Baseball magnates mag-nates representing the National and In-I In-I ternatlonal leagues and the American as-' as-' sociation met here today for a scries of ! conferences, which are expected to con-i con-i tinue several days. The International ; league ' began its annual meeting shortly short-ly after noon with a conference with committees com-mittees appointed to represent the American Amer-ican association relative to a series of Interleague games at the end of the regular reg-ular pennant season. The National league is not to convene in annual meeting until tomorrow afternoon, after-noon, but a majority of the club owners own-ers were on hand early this evening prepared pre-pared for what rs expected to be a conference con-ference of more than usual importance, i Many subjects of considerable interest were discussed in an informal way by the big league magnates, and it appeared to be t lie general impression that before the annual meeting adjourned there would be legislation passed of far-reaching effect ef-fect upon tiie piofessional end of the national na-tional spo't. Cue of the chief subjects of discussion and consultation was proposed pro-posed changes in the rules governing the world's series. Several of the magnates expressed the opinion that there would be radical changes adopted by the National league and submitted to the American league for ratification. Garry Herrmann, chairman of the National commission and president of the Cincinnati club, said he advocated a series based upon winning five out of nine games; lower prices of admission and the distribution of a portion of the players' share of the receipts among the members of the second, third and fourth teams in the order of their finish at the closing of 'the pennant races. He said he believed tliaL with the series lengthened there would be greater opportunity for the fans from all parts of the country to witness wit-ness the play and admission charges could be lowered without lessening the aggregate aggre-gate receipts. If the winning and losing players pool was taxed ri per cent or some similar proportion and this sum divided among tiie players of the second, third and fouth clubs in each league, the players would be doing what the two leagues had compelled the winning club owners to do for several years. Other magnates said that they favored the idea in a general wav. although thev were not ready to say that the pronosed changes would be adopted in just the manner outlined by Herrmann. President Charles Weeghman of the Chicago Nationals was among the early arrivais. and there were many rumors regarding tiie results of his alleged efforts to obtain a new manager for the coming season. He was reported to have had several conferences with Boston club officials, of-ficials, and tiie names of Kred Mitchell and George Stallings were included in the gossip, either as a sale or a trade. |