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Show j WORLD SERIES BASEBALL GAMES TO BEGIN AFTER AUGUST 20 IS PLAN OF PREXY BAN JOHNSON CHICAGO, July 29. Closing the major league schedules about August 20, and staging the -world's series immediately im-mediately thereafter, Is the plan now favored by President Ban Johnson of the American league, to comply -with Secretary Baker's work or fight order. President Johnson tonight sent a bulletin to the American league club owners asking their approval of the plan, which, It is understood, is also under consideration by the National league. Closing the season on August 20 would leave eleven days in which to prepare for the world's series and still obey Secretary Baker's order to disband dis-band September 1. There has been talk of continuing to September 1, or even tho day following, which is Labor clay, a legal holiday, but is Labor day, a ; legal holiday, but the American league j oxecutivo is strongly opposed to any substerfuge ot the sort. He is in favor of the -world's scries, but believes it should be staged within the time limit placed by the secretary of war for the suspension of the sport. If the August closing is agreed .upon, tho western clubs of the American league will not start tho eastern invasion in-vasion scheduled for August 14, and tho eastern clubs of the National lca-guo lca-guo will not start west Tho days remaining re-maining before tho official "shutdown, September 1, probably will be employed employ-ed in playing exhibitions and games i with clubs la the same sections. President Johnson believes his suggestion, sug-gestion, if adopted, will result In a largo saving to ciuos ot uoui leagues, as tho attendance, according to reports, re-ports, appears to be dropping off in-; in-; stead of improving, despito the war department's reprieve to September 1, ' CINCINNATI. O., July 29. August Herrmann, chairman of the National Baseball commission, said that it was his idea as heretofore expressed that the clubs should play through Labor day and then ho believed that permission permis-sion could be secured for a short series ser-ies of games between tho winning clubs, as at best, those affected by the j work or fight ruling in these two clubs would not total over fifteen players.. Ho said all the club presidents had been in communication with one another, an-other, exchanging views on the number num-ber of games to bo played, date of final games and other matters and that a meeting may bo called next week. PITTSBURG, July 29. "The National Na-tional league will not consent to a plan to stop playing August 20, so that a world's series may bo played," said Barney Dreyfuss, president of the Pittsburg club, and who was recently selected by the Nationals to confer with American league representatives on the question of selecting dates for the annual series. "We plan to play until Labor day, regardless of what the American lea-' gue does," ho declared. Ho added that he expects to confer with the American Ameri-can league representatives soon in this connection. CLEVELAND, O., July 29. James I' C. Dunn, president of tho Cleveland Baseball club, tonight said that ho was in favor of President Johnson's plan to close the season on August 20, and playing tho world's series prior to I September 1. Mary Rosalind Parr, blk m.. by Guy Princeton (Valentine) 8 3 1 4 2 Alexander tho Great, b. h., by Caducous the Great (Erskine) 2 4 5 3 ro. Rascal, b. g., by Sun Glass (Willis) 7 7 4 ro. Walter Cochato, blk h., by Cochato (Pitman). G 9 G ro. Barlight, Pointer Queen and Ben Billings also started. I Time, 2:04; 2:04; 2:06; 2:04. I nrt |