Show I I WHY MINORS FAILED f President Navin of the tho Detroit club advances a sound reason for the failure failure failure fail fail- ure of all ail but one of the minor leagues last season Prior to the launching of the defunct Federal league Navin says that the minors received an average average average aver aver- age of a year for playing talent tal tal- tal- tal ent The war with th Feds resulted In n a gradual retrenchment from Irom which the majors had not recovered when the great world conflict began to be felt in this country In view of the majors majors' agreement to pay more than 50 tOO for the elimination of the Feds Feds he the minors have found It hard to ex- ex st with their rl clIf i f source of revenue ed to tn a minimum |