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Show oo PLAYERS' SHARES SUBJECT TO TAX New York Slate Income Tax Will Make Dent in World Series Cash NEW" rOKK, Oct. II. The long arm of the law in New York state j will reach out for taxes due from about 125 baseball jdayi-rs sharing in the receipts re-ceipts of the world's series. The recently enacted state income i tax law affects not only the Cleveland and Brooklyn players, but the run-ners-Up and third teams In each league Chicago and New York In the American, Am-erican, and New York and Cincinnati In the National John B. liruce. secretary of the national na-tional commission, has assured Mark I Graves, director of the state tax bu-Ireau, bu-Ireau, of his op-operation In furnishing Information regarding payments covering cov-ering the games played In the slate. The non-resident players it was explained ex-plained today, are taxable because they rendered "personal services" in New York. " The national coin mission will take I out from the clu cks to Hon-resldents an amount sufficient to pay the tax Whenever their shares are greater than ithe exemption allowed by law |