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Show WOULD SHATTER BALL TEAMS Estimated That 110 Major1 League Players Are Subject to Service Under Selective Draft. Something like 110 major league baseball players are subject to army service under the selective draft, this ' being the estimate of an olliclal. The players liable to service are about equally divided between the two leagues. It is the custom of basebnll players to keep their age down ta about thirty, even when they are known to be considerably older, but even at thnt there nre a good many youngsters playing on the big teams who are between twenty-one and thirty. There seems to be n bare chance that the ball teams will not be disrupted dis-rupted this season. Of the players who could be taken, probably 50 or. GO would be exempt for one reason or nnother. The remaining total would be insignificant compared with the size of the army to be raised and ollicials declare many congressmen are in favor fa-vor of letting the big league finish their present campaign without breaking break-ing up the teams. The congressmen, it is said, hold the nation needs Its great pastime now more than In pence times, If only as a safety valve for the outlet pf suppressed sup-pressed emotion. Whether such an opinion will carry any weight with army officials is quite another matter. Magnates are hoping for the best, but no attempt will be made to influence any athlete who believes his country needs him more than does his baseball team. |