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Show BAN JOHNSON S SHORT SEASON PUBSfPOSEO Charley Comiskey Thinks Schedule Should Not Be Cut; Would Kill Thrill-, ing Drives. By International News Service. NEW YORK, Oct. 30 Although President Presi-dent Ban Johnson of the American leagu and Charley E'cbets of the Brooklyn Dodgers are in favor of a shorter playing season, there Is much opposition springing spring-ing up among magna.les to the curtailment curtail-ment of the national game. The latest to voice his opposition to the shortening of the schedule is President Presi-dent Comlskev of the world's champion White Sox. Two other American league owners are siding with Comiskey. They, believe that the schedule should call for 154 games, as formerly. The magnates who favor the shorter schedule point out that the clubs will save money In spring training and players' play-ers' salaries; that the weather conditions In an early opening have during the past few seasons been deplorable; that In the late fall a second-division club plays onlv to a handful of spectators, while the e penses axe Just as heavy at that tim of the year as I hey are In mldseason when fans flock by the thousands to the ball parks. Late-Season Drives. f On the other hand, the magnates wh'a favor the regular schedule point out that a team In a driving finish will make a "cleanup" on the season. They point to the drives made by the Braves and Giants. Three years ago the Braves came from the cellar to a world's championship. champion-ship. The drive gave alded Interest to baseball. Fans thronged to the Braves' games and interest was at fever heat. I.ast year the Giants made their remarkable re-markable record of straight wins. Again Interest was keen among the fans. Both of these drives were made late in the year, and the longer schedule advocates say that had the season been shortened, as is now contemplated, there would have been no interest in these games, because the playing season would have been over before the two teams had started -their "steam rolling." |