Show M SK M GAIN BY retrenching retrench I 1 retrench Is the to h cry heard in baseball this season and who ie there to bay say that it will not eventually lead to better things on the diamond for one thing it ie to likely to do away with the big bunches of bench warmers players re retailed for one thing or ano another th e r but seldom appear ing in the dally daily writes lou dougher in the washington times baseball has bad had phenomenal success in recent year years it has grown more and ad more luxurious teams carried extra pinch bitters lilt tera pitchers for practical purposes speedy run nera ners to replace slower ones in tight places coachers coa chera for or pitch ere catcher catchers infielders and out fielders veteran eign sign grabbers e etc tc etc but the caliber of the gamo game did not increase with this addition to the teams if it a team carries ten pitchers as an some have done they cant all appear in turn four or five ive backstops backa topa usually weans two 0 or r three tol idler lern I five ive or six mean means each plays 1 half halt a acl sun at full seasons salary it ts Is barely possible ble that tho the radical cut zut ot nations Na tlona league teams to 21 mm th leaton came altogether er too cruch with out warning but the league im sure to be tho th better for it if it the armies ot of idlers are to a be replaced with email small bande bandis of men working hard tor for victory then baseball will have gained by tho the policy now in vogue everywhere |