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THE WORLD
REG. U. 8. P A T . O F F .
VOLUME 149, NUMBER 2
ST. LOUIS, FEBRUARY 3, 1960
PRICE: TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
SOME KINKS REMOVED FROM ’60 SKEDS By Mullin
Chinks in Major Charts
L. Booking Allows More Travel Time However, Few Quirks Still Remain—Open Sunday in L, A,, Arc Holiday Tills By BOB BURNES ST. LOUIS, Mo. The I OGO major league schedules, including the ear lier start this sea*, son in t Ii e Na tional. c o r r e c t many of the prob lems and inequi ties which caused numerous pro t e s t s o v e r the 1959 bookings in b o t h
R estore R onns R ule, B an V iolators’-^Tebbetts ---------------------------------------By BOB W O L F -------------------------------------MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Birdie Tebbetts, executive vice-president of the Braves, warned last week that the new rules governing first-year players might eventually destroy baseball. “The whole framework will co lla p se/' he said, “ unless we stop put ting in legislation that stops us from signing players, if this keeps up, we will spend ourselves into bankruptcy." * As a solution to the problem, Tebbetts proposed a bonus rule cimilar to that repealed two years ago, but with the enforcement powers that tile
earlier one lacked. He suggested that violation be punishable by expul sion from baseball. The rules which c a m e under Tebbetts’ fire were passed at the \ er meetings the last two years. The first made players who had completed only one year of Organized Ball eligible for the draft. It was in effect last season for the first time. The second, approved this winier, allows
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There are still s o m e interesting twists of scheduling, but in general the clubs will have less reason to protest in the coming campaign. Perhaps a unique note is an open date for Los Angeles and San Fran cisco on Sunda 3^ May I. So far as can be recalled, this is the first open date on a Sunday since the blue laws prohibiting Sunday play in several eastern cities were revoked. It is Los Angeles* home date, as the Giants wind up a series there on Sat urday, April 30. This leaves the Dodg ers with only l l Sunday dates, fewer than any other club in the majors except Baltimore in t h e American, which for a second year also has only II Sabbaths at home. L. A. Heat Big Factor T h i s is an indication of Dodger President Waiter O’Malley's firm de cision to book as m any g a m es as pos sible at night because of weather con ditions in Los Angeles and because of the unprotected sea ts at the Coliseum. All of the Dodger gam es at home are at night except for Sundays and just two mid-week dates. 1'he Dodgers are at home on Mem orial Day and will play the Cardinals a night contest. On Labor Day, they have a twi-nighter booked with the Ciant.s, so even the holiday schedule com es under O'Malley’s n ' -sun edict. In recent years, the traditional holi day double-header has gone by the boards in several cities in favor of a night contest or, more rarely, morn ing and afternoon gam es. This year, in addition to the Dodger holiday bookings in the twilight and at night, several other clubs follow suit. The Athletics will play the White So.x a single night gam e on Labor Day, saving the other gam e for the follow ing evening. The Phillies also have a .single night contest booked for Labor Day with the Reds. I Even though the Chicago Cubs con' tjnuc tlieir all-daytime policy, the Na tional League still will play more I night contests than the American. Led ' by the Dodgers* 64-game night sched’ ule, the National has 312 contests slat-
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