Show RAIN MAY PREVENT TENNIS PLAY TODAY BOSTON July 23 nain 23 Rain wa vas waB threatened threatened threat threat- ened when hen the tho remaining inthe in jn the thc tennis tonnis tournament at ut the Longwood Cricket club resumed pIa play today The feature match of tho the forenoon was that between H. H Norris Non l Williams II the tho Davis Davit cup CUI aud and his Ins college col loge lege teammate Inanimate M. M r. r W. W Wa Washburn of New York M. M E. E McLoughlin tho the national na an- champion was matched with his National doubles championship partner T. T C. C Bundy RUINING THE GAME Taking the lists of the American National National Na Na- A. and Federal league clubs we o checked off exactly sixty one pla players who ho are arc now on the payrolls of ot tho the twenty twenty- four tour clubs who beyond doubt would be beback back In the thc minors were It not for or the coming of the F Federal deral league The condition condition con con- Is an astounding one It means mean that the tho clubs ure are pa ra paying ln out nearly n arl a month In salaries for or pla players the they cannot use and do not need Ex Examine Examine Ex- Ex I amine tho the conditions more fully they thoy are keeping sixty one one really good players away from rom the minor leagues s that need need good ball players They arc are keeping the themen themen themen men where here a majority of them are arc not developing lowering the standard of minor league ball without helping their OW own It Is pretty prett soft mone money for or tho players you jou may mar sa pa say Not one In ten of or those players will rill agree arree with jou ou Not Nota a 14 half dozen dozen o of them but would prefer to togo togo too go o to some minor Ica league ue club duh where they could bo ho In the game hustling developing and trying to lo win ala In their wa way back Perhaps Per Pei- haps hap a few fe of ot them nl will develop dC Into re regulars ulars on their own teams but It is doubtful The idleness fretting and consequent consequent con con- sequent carel carelessness I In conditioning may ruin man many The more one studies this baseball war situation the tho more desp desperate rato It seems stems If It were welo only that the owners were losing mone money tea few would care much But It has ceased to be a question of oC leagues or men or pla players rB It i It is rapidly rapid rapid- I ly 13 r the stage where the life and reputation of the game itself are at stake stake Chicago Chicago Examiner l MADDOX DOX DRA DRAWS VS RELEASE KANSAS SAS CITY July 23 NIcholas 3 Nicholas Maddox who since the latter In Her put part of oC last season has hu been manager and md pitcher for forthe forthe or orthe the Wichita Western league baseball team was waN given I en his hla unconditional release yesterday to an announcement b by the president of the local team Maddox Mad Maa- dox dov formerly orm rl pitched for the National league ue team TIGERS BUY JACOBSON 4 MOBILE Ala Jul July 23 Sam 3 Sam Kennedy Kenned scout of or the Detroit American league team here has announced cl the purchase I of nr Outfielder William Jacobson of or the Chattanooga Southern association club |