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Show MAY BE NO WORLD'S . SERIES THIS YEAR I CHICAGO, Aug. 4. There Is likely ffl to be no world's series this year, as a rh result of the drain on major league li baseball players by the draft, B. B. JJ Johnson, president of the American II league, said here tonight. Tabulation. of draft numbers held by players show Ijfc" that probably 25 men will be taken '-:-'! from the American league. The Am- orican league will not play the series W If It Is handicapped by that serious a j & loss, Mr. Johnson said. " at The league president also stated Sm that he had learned that the military drilling Instajled by the league early IB In the season would not cause the flj war department to extend exemptions ' Jjj to ball players until the end of tho 31 season. His information, Mr. Johnson . M declared, was that the ball players IftS would be drafted to tho colors about fjf September 1. jSu A recont interview by the American 135 league president In New York, nurging ball players not to claim exemptions, gl gave rise to suggestions by baseball experts here that the draft would re- -k suit In recalling to the major leagues '3, 1 many men now playing in the minor g leagues, who were once stars in the A maors, but are now past the age of Jig the draft. The American association has jl such men as Altizer, Brown, Leach, Leivelt, McQuillan, Corredon, Pierce W W and Loudormilk. Tho Western leaguo D has O'Toole, Devore, Harwell, Mc- JlH Cormick and many others who wore -&fk nationally known not many yoara, Jsffv Tho second division clubs and the 4mE smaller league will suffer more from ffln the draft, It was pointed out, than the ijw big leagues, owing to the larger per- 1 centages of older men In the first di- V vision clubs. Tho younger players now si being tried out in the small clubs and s N percentage taken will show a larger l R percentage taken by the drift than in others. J H "In sincerely hope that ball play- W ors In both major and minor league JIS who have beon drafted will go to the fiMI colors without claiming exemption," wmh Mr. Johnson said. Jffl in ' i i l ii n r i I il i J 111 'i in i iiiiivlM jlS |