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Show TERIER SAYS PLAYER LIMIT IS TOO LOW National President Says Restriction Re-striction Has Worked Against League. NEW YORK, Oct. 19. The National league must be strengthened, in the opinion of John K. Tener, its president. Mr. Tener says he believes the tweuty-one-player limit has worked against the league in world's series games and that the limit will be increased next year. " There is no use in the National Ipagur! making any excuses or giving any alibis, ' ' said Mr. Tener. ' 'We have played poor ball, very poor ball, in the last few series. Our pitchers held up. but that was all, I appreciate that something mut be done. n my annual mcpsage to the club presidents I have calledattention to the fact that the National Na-tional league dos not get its prestige in the executive office, but on the ball field. ' ' No one csd actually tell whether the tweuty-onc-jdayer limit has injured us in competition with the American league. This limit is a delicate matter which the men with the money invested must settle for themselves. Personally, I believe it has worked against the Nat ional league and I think by next season the player limit in our league will be increased. ' ' It wns reported today that President. Tener. T'arry Hempstead, the president1 of he New York National league club, a ml John J. McOraw, the club "a manager, man-ager, will meet here today or tomorrow to talk over McCi raw's criticism of the New York players in their final series with Brooklyn. |