Show "MUD BALL" BARRED IN FEDERAL LEAGUE - . CHIC GO Aug 9 Use of the 'mud ball successo to the emery bal was prohibited in t e Federal league on o ders issued oda from President G more a office here A pena ty of $50 is provided for v o at on of the order In add t on a ru ng that the umpires must rub the g oss off a new ba Is before putting them In o p ay is included and the use of a sponge wet handkerch ef or other artic e to aid In moistening the ba s is a so interd cted Cred t for d scqve ng the n ud ba 1 has been g -en to Ed Reu bac of the Newark Federals who is sa d to a e used it successfu y i a game aga ns Chicago a few das ago A tt e lump of wet sand stuck on the ba caused it o take a pecu a course something after the fashion of the emery bal |