Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-07-25 | Page 8 | Baseball Magnates Ask Stay of Execution

S BASEBALL M MAGNATES SK AS STAY OF S SUBMIT BIG LEAGUES BRIEF IN EFFORT f TO FINISH 1918 SEASON SEASONS S S Secretary of ITI War rrai ar Baker Will Render Decision in ill Work If or Fight Fig Ruling of the Draft Today Club Owners 0 S See Sec General Crowder Service Service- By Universal W WASHINGTON July 24 Secretary of War ar Baker Bakel announced I today inlay he lie 5 would give gi a decision regarding the future of organized org baseball tomorrow tomorrow to to- to m morrow morning under the 10 Work Vork or Fight ruling of tho the draft Baseball magnates nU representing all the teams in ill the major circuits have ha placed their 5 crise cise case in the hands of Provost Marshal General Crowder jj Thc They filed a brief setting forth that th f 6 enforcement ment- ment mentor of or the order practically would ruin their Industry Thc They asked S If IC it Is said that some arrangement be made whereby eby the war department departmentS I S would allow them to play pay through the I present season enon S Il j U Is on 01 this feature feature rather lather than on ona I a specific Judgment regarding the status statu o of the sport port under the work or 11 I fight ht order that the secretary of oC walIs war wal warIs warIs Is expected to rule He lie will see sec General 1 Crowder this evening e and examine the theS S brief tied flied b by the club owners The I brief brier will not not be bo made public until h ho he has lias read It and only then If he so d Uc- Uc I sires But the tenor of the document I is that I baseball Is an Industry in which there I 1 Is I In Invested bet between een 1 and anti 1 15 i- i S. S that It Is tho the great sport of or p people and for this reason Is U re really tonic to the morale lo S of or the nation Also that It fu men at the front real enjoyment Inasmuch in inasmuch inasmuch In- In as their enjoyment I is as keen abroad about the home team as It ItA 6 A was was t 5 at home r- r Finally that the number of oC men of S draft age Involved In constitute such uch a aS S relatively small gathering as to allow allowS S latitude in the decision which will say sayS a S whether or not the game will vill proceed until the end of the present season f The baseball men were closeted with v General Crowder for Cor more than 1 an m hour The Tho general I Is acting acting- solely as an In Intermediary Intermediary In- In for tor Secretary Baker ker In the matter and ho hp would not A the theS S matter Neither elther would the ma magnates S The baseball magnates will not co 4 Secretary Baker Daker per personally They rhey dc- dc 5 elded to let their brief tell their story torY There were wern two factions In the ranks s of or baseball men toda today before they saw itaw 1 General Crowder One Ono side sido took the 5 I S position that the sport could exist until S S October In lit the tho event ent each cach Individual I i case cae was disposed of or In the manner of the case the case the one which In Involved In- In 5 S 0 cd the catcher for tor the Washington S American n league team and brought ht S about Secretary Bakers Baker's orl original dc- dc ICS S cislon The other faction favored fa postponing post post- the draft call for each player S. S until the end of the tho present season