Show NEW PLAN FOR FOG MAJOR LEAGUES GETS ATTENTION ATTENTION Player Limit May a Be Bc Reduced Chalwick Chadwick Gives Views By GEORGE GEORGI CH WICK O Special S dal Correspondent Corr of The Stand ard ard Examiner Copyright 1927 Consolidated Press Association NEW YORK Nov 26 AU 26 All this talk blk that has been going on about the elimination of or waste In ht Industry and Americas America's leadership in efficiency efficiency ency methods hasn't reached the ears eaTS of 01 the baseball magnates There are ore prospects however that such a roar will be turned loose at the con con- convention convention vendors of the minor leagues begin begin- beginning beginning ning December 6 at Dallas Tex that It will w shake the ground under un un- under under der the feet of a few of the guar guar- guardians guardians guardians of ot the national game PLAYER PIA LIMIT UT Specifically what is Ls likely to hap hap- happen happen happen pen at Dallas is that the minors will make a counter move to the proposal of the major leagues by asking that the player limit for ma- ma maor major maJoe Joe jor or clubs be bs set at fewer feer than 40 men perhaps as low as 25 The 40 plAyer limit has been recommended by y the advisory ad council composed of or Commissioner Landis and the presidents of the American and Na- Na National National lonal leagues and will be passed upon at the Joint major league ses- ses session lon slon In New York on December IS 15 ISIf If It the minors have hare their way about bout reducing the major club ros- ros rosters rosters ers It would be the best thing thin that hat could happen to big bl league baseball That's where the waste and nd lack of efficiency methods en- en enter enter ter er into the situation In the words llor of one veteran ve base- base baseball baseball ball jail man who communicated to this correspondent the results of his study tudy of ot the subject the big leagues are are throwing away avay more than 00 hours of high class baseball very every ever season because they permit permits skilled killed s players to rust Idly on the bench ench This baseball veteran has been an en observer of players and baseball methods for about a quarter of ot a century and he has probably talked to o more Individual baseball players than nan any other man In the United States tales He lIe has fitted them to uni- uni uniforms uniforms forms shoes and advice If It the player limit were cut down from roni 40 to 25 men for tor each e ch major team he said there would be more ball players ready to serve the baseball public with their skill That would relieve the shortage of ot play play- players ers rs of which the minors complain and nd It would men mean a saving sa of those nose lost hours of baseball skill kill each season It Is said that one ne major club at the present time controLs more than players That hat Is somewhat exaggerated but butt It t Is true that the club does have havea a 0 lot of ot ball playing talent clutterIng cluttering up its back vard yard Another argument against the con con- control rol of 40 or more players by one club lub Is that half of or the managers dont don't know to do with what hat they hey have They can come to no decision If It they lose Jose a game or two wo they begin to make changes at once simply because they have ha so many mony players at their command I I can name two major league managers said uld the veteran who without having 40 players to fool with might easily have won cham- cham championshIps championships They had the material to win but they looked around and saw so many stars shining that they didn't know which one to pick When they picked one they always alwa's wished afterwards that it Jt had been the other UNIQUE U QUE SCALE There Is a time In the life of ot a aall ball all player when he Is certain to bloom loom and do his best He has at least five years jears during which he plays at top form torm Sometimes he has more but It is Ls rather safe to count on five t sure years of baseball Too many of the boys are not get- get getting getting ting opportunity these days to show that they have hale those five years Their baseball skill pines and droops away assay on the bench If It the minor leagues of ot the coun- coun country country try ry could count upon additional ball all players next season the major leagues It Is argued would step livelier because the managers would have to find some other way vay to try to win ball games than by changing the pitcher pl every inning Better played ball games would result result result-a a point that Is of ot particular Interest to the man who rho pays pas his dollar at the gate te o |