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Show W FIRST. BASEBALL NEXT. SMALLliS Braves WiJI Not Use Players Play-ers Who May Succeed in Getting Furloughs. BOSTON, Feb. l. The Boston National league baseball club tonight announced that it would not sanction the playing on the team of any members now in the army or navy who might succeed in obtaining ob-taining furloughs. "Tho owners of the Braves," the announcement an-nouncement says, "believe that haseball has its place today as ever and that the public needs and desires tha t. relaxation found in clean sport, but they do not believe that the strength of our fighting forces should be permitted to be weakened weak-ened one iota because of baseball." Two of the team's best players are now in service. Hank Gowdy is In France with the army and Rabbit Maranville is in the navy. |