Show RUINING THE GAME Taking the lists 1 of or tho the American Na a and Federal lea league uc clubs we checked off exactly sixty one one players who are now non on the payrolls of or the twenty twenty- four clubs who beon beyond doubt would 1 be back in the minors were It not for the coming coining of the Federal league The condition con con- Is III an astounding one It meant means that tho the clubs club arc are paying out nearly OOOO a a. month In salaries for pla players frs the they cannot u use e and do not need ExamIne Examine Ex Ex- Ex- Ex amine tho the conditions more moro tull fully the they the theare are k keeping sixty one rea really II good players away awny from the minor leagues that need good ball players They are keeping keeping- the themen themen men where a majority of ot them are not developing dc lowering tho the standard of ol minor league ball bali without helping their own It Is pretty prett- soft mone money for the players you may mav sa say any Not one In ten tenor of or those players will n agree reo with you ou Not Nota a a. half dozen of them m but would prefer to togo togo go to some Borne minor league club where the they could bo In the game hustling developing ai alft a trying to win their wa way back Por- Por haps hap a low few of them will wiil develop elop Into regulars on their thell own teams but It Is doubtful Tho The Idleness fretting and consequent con sequent carelessness In conditioning russ may ruin man ninny many Tho more one studies this baseball war situation the tire more desperate It seems If It It were only that the o owners nors were losing mone money fow few would care care- much But it hat has ceased to be a question of leagues or men or players It Is rapid I ly iy recalling the thc stage stac where the life and und r reputation of or the game atno Itself arc at stake Chicago Chicago Examiner I |