Show BALL PLAYERS WILL FEEL EFFECTS IF i WAR COMES Br 1111 T The Th e I n C CHICAGO Fob Feb 5 That ball b players will 1 b be among the first to fe feI l the cf effeCt ef effects c- c ef- ef f o of the tho present tense teme situation In foreign for for- of Press Press- President statement o eign Ign affair wa was the dent of the Cubs yesterday and those who have come under tinder tho the wire signed contracts may consider I themselves hemsel luck lucky A cut all along alone the tho theUne lino Une for those thoc who have not already come cometo to terms Is among tho the certainties should there thre be war between this thin country nd I Germany Gennan That some somo of the tho spring training train ing Ins trips ma may also allo bo be wiped off orf the slate Is not an Improbability unless conditions should change for tho the better In tho the next f few days Mr Ir said There Thero will bo be changes changeR In the contracts contracts contracts con con- tracts to be ba sent int out from now nov on on as 8 conditions In this country br begin n nto to look rocky for baseball ball I am closely b watching vents events ex expect ct to send end the the- special train to California Califor Califor- ida nia but If It war should h be d declared or 01 dip diplomatic r relations be between be between be- be tween the thc United States tes and some soma other country I 1 am going oln to pull in my horns I am not going to beca be ca caught ht for an any more noro outlay than I J can There Is no question that tho the men have havo all tho the who ho have hao come to terms terns advantage of tho the owners as ns I think that had the tho foreign complications como come a a. short time a ago o there would have seen some substantial cuts Inthe Inthe In Inthe the contracts sent pent nt out Just at present present pres pres- ent It II looks like a tough baseball sea sea- ca- ca son It will have to be economy all nil along the line fine for baseball owners for tor no sooner does docs the tension Inthe Inthe In Inthe the players players' strike lc lessen en than It In Increases In- In creases In a a. more Important way I have hue not feared the tho strike of tho the players at an any time but It will wilt be bo difficult would should business be affected b by war or even en the continued rumor of war wr Of course I do not for a minute that baseball will be abandoned even for one sea season on but hut It might b be hard sledding for all of ofus us us and I have already alread started to take I In sail fall It Is figured that the Cubs Cubs' Journey to I California with the special train and allwill allwill all an will m entail an nn outlay of Tho White I Sox trip to Mineral W Texas means I IAn an ex expenditure of or while th the trip I of or the Giants to Marlin Texas s. will vill cost I about as much as ns tho the Cubs Cubs' Journey I |