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Show VETERAN- BASEBALL CRITIC IS AGAIN AFTER THOSE WHO HAie THE GAME Declares Evert Did Not Tell j McGraw to Lay Off, and! Gladly Turns to Discussion Discus-sion of Future Prospects By Jo Vila "X CT21EW YKK. Oct. l;f 10. The Fakf .v J' Foundry hnHfi'tl , put up the aliut- JrT fm. Th latent w-f?J ' s contortion to ?t th- effect thnt rayfV John J. McGraw ' a csblrrram or lettrr fcorn Johnny Evr, now in Kranre, urging tha Gianta lender not to taka a picked team of major leafutrs serosa tha Atlantic. Even waa made to aay our aol-dien aol-dien were sore on the big leaguers and would refuee to ae them play if they came to France. The yam wai jnat another malirioiib knock, but how it originated la a puazle. MI never have received a wrd dl-rwctly dl-rwctly or Indirectly from Kvera." aald MeClrmw. "I don't believe that ha evar eipreseed guch vlawe, Furtharmora. I fel It la neceaaary to utter thla denial de-nial In Juattca to the game, which hae received much undeeerved critic tern. Laok over the raeorde at tha war da-partmant da-partmant and yaw will find that major leagua base ball te repreaanted In the army by nearly toO player. Thoae who didn't g to tha front had aacellent rea-aona. rea-aona. They had famlllee and depend-, ante to aupport and were rlaaalfled with thooaanda of Other Amortrana In the aame boat.' In other walka of Ufa, men who are in the deferred claaaea have not heefi ahiiaed Ilka the ball playera, . for the elmpla reaaon that they are net In the limelight? The ptnyera have a right to equal oonelderatlon, but they have not received fair treatment. "It la hard o aaa haeettaM held up to ridicule and contempt when aa a form of public amusement It la luat aa popular aa the at age. Thouaanna of theatrical performere and movie act ore are enjov-tog enjov-tog eaemptlon from the work or fight order, and ao are many bovera. big and little. Vet the ball playera are called 'elaekere' by tha very persona Who ought to- gtv them- a. aquara deaX" . Vila eiaa chanok in iett. The and of tha war la uncertain, but at any rate nearly eight montha muat elapse before tha baseball aaa eon of llt rolls a round . I f ttarm an y bio we Op du rl ng tha winter, wa will be on deck again. Purely the kalaer la getting plenty of rough atuff juat now and Ta aquae ling like a rat. I never aaw a game Oerman in tha prtae ring, where rVal courage and perva count for everything, and I at III believe that ft win not he long before tha bochee quit Ilka groggv pugilist a. In view of the great newa from the other aide and tha long, weary montha that wa muat apend before the flow era begin to bloom In tha epring. there la every reaaon to ha hopeful. When baae-ball baae-ball la revived, the whole nation will be In high aplrlte aa the reeult of our glo rloua victory and the knockere will be thrown Into the aah ean. It will not aurprlaa me a bit If the major leaguea get together neat Febru ary to adopt new plavlng ached ulee and to reorganise everything. If such thlnga happen, let ma predlot at laaat one big Change In the National lengue circuit. Kanaaa City will euceeed Pt. Ioula and tha Rrowne will be left In eupreme com-mend com-mend of the mound city. I flrat pub-It pub-It abed thla prediction right after the world 'a eerie e. and I've noticed aeveral atorlea to the effect that It ta a joke. Hut it lan't a )oke at all. , I got the tip from ona of tha bigg eat man In baseball, who look a far Into the future and doean't make foolish aaaertlong. |