Show IBAll BALL PLAYERS WILL IT GET r ON THE WATER 1 t WAGON IJ j v NEW YORK Jan 11 One n of ot t the m most st Important s steps ps for the betterment betterment better better- ment of of conditions conditions' among baseball I players may be taken before next sea season ea son by the Baseball Players Players' fraternity frater frater- it was announced today The rhe 1 fraternity expects to pass a rule I placing all n the ball players high and dry upon the water wagon The moving spirit in this innovation innovation tion is Ed Reulbach secretary of the fraternity Reulbach doesn't wish to take a high and mighty attitude on the temperance question nor does he want any title like Hit the Trail placed before his name What he has done however is a lot of missionary work among the ball players in the cause of the white ribbon Secretary Reulbach had llad three years of study in the medical school of the University of Chicago and knows know I whereof he speaks when he lIe talkS about the ill effects of drinking on ball players Many a muffed fly In Ina a championship game and and- many a booted grounder or a little stupidity on the bases may be traced to what the ball player was doing the night before Reulbach has interviewed many of the members of the fraternity and the majority of ot them are in favor of the action which he has sug |