Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-24
APPEAL CASE NEEDED To
FIX PLAYERS STATUS
Wa Department Statement Says
Specific Instance Must Bring
Decision or Athletes

Washington - G ai"f Nhefhar
'he nou work - Geli afn7 d'aff regtl
latlan announced totias vii a4tl =
r,ufc4ei,,r,al losei,oli riatnts. aad fhstt II
lroball plt tho l,p leaHtie4 ati II b'isf
nnaa fn III tc,iad # hr gaf pill not lie
.loridrd.unfll tt. lpr.f II '.tsti - alnea
~ he Elnv,tst Niaraiinl fieaetal atira
af'er tho regulation leeefnea effective
Iuv
lla Nat Department ms l,a,nltarfiod
vith ,r,i,,frs nn I've a,itJel sea, after the
nev roruatlar, ua= nol rpi T. first
Il vas tnthe ta.l ihai .aH plastre. .attfs.inlF
u.lil ~ less" e'a..np Ii.s. - fa9..,iat
ft r.ct1, fisats uir .r44f -t' net Jal#
- a. ,ptr thu anus I'rar"sf ief-iel
,,oro,pl Ct..n ~ annafffetd hopaeef
thot thetc would ~ ~. lee isfat fmfti .
eazc atnzr iiaaftls eHt.tei sha9reiz
anil late, f.. W Department iazuel
the trrmei sfairmrnf
H\afuhnr - btthel Ea7tsali ia efz
- liorenu= cnpnuri pttf feslas -
any othct epHi anno aaiei th# fegfl
Ist'on% rcgarilnE 'iiere - na,i esset.tfal
f,tsulta will bc nadr until sreafs
case has horn nppreled e the if"taef
Nar-hell t..reral 3 allt.e
~eesetal, nalse, espIs.uei th4f tic
status - haaripll pIpvstz ha1 herl IL
c,lsaod bc(o't tho regulation vas aprrar
rI. and II pae agterd ihal the question
could ilnt ht disposed f aat1l I'll The faef
relating - tho otl,,f upon tho bnseiH1iE
lnislnoau hsd sccn brought aui through
he hoprnr II easr arpr 8led from s
local boar,
The Soerctatf lid MT prafsss s. kraa
how scrtoiisI, aipllsettan u fNs raie -
professional ball plevor1 aeaId affs.a
tho lc4pue4 lIe dnl mt knaw that =
lrIrc malorIt, II the mafnr Ieegfs
rlp,crs ucro of drsft age and 0sre
exempted onl, bccaaso - dep.ad1flt
bat on thc contrary WIS ender fIt m
ulcss,on ihpt moet 81 tllem NE en- eie
he dreft hunts
The paragraph Il the aeW rcefllstIen
uhrh M, touch the beiiI4ayets : s
sub-,byls,on Of the enumeration 81 elsz-ss
affected aud ats
Persons. inrIudlog ushers and atHef
attendants cnpege'i ~ and slpfeti ~ aad
N connecton viii ganes sports aad
autlsotucnts excepting actual perform
anco ~ legitimate concerts. erete -
thcattlcal performance
"rrr'~ stt 90 10 VIZ
Ban johnson president at he american
Ioague. who ~ mp here ier the TAI and
Ball Fund ceremonies "Wednesday. Is
due to be IN Washington today Tor the
Red Cross features IN connection With
the senators game this AFTERNOON He
discussed the ucu draft regulations last
night
Al don't care If they do close the hall
parks. sald Mr. Johnson dom
ihink they will Ii had my MY Il
close every theatre. In park and other
place ot recreation and MAKE the people
rcnlIzc that they are III the most terrible
war the world has ever known
Johnson spoke ironically ol the small
crowds NJ The games IN Washington.
suggesting that General trnwder may
have attended a game er TIVE and I've
cause uf the small crowds derl1ed that
baseball playing was uai useful sppll-
cation
.Icts al 90 to war sad Nlr lahn-
son IN conclusion
HALL rLAYERs uElr I. :.
Pittsburg Pa. Nay Il Officials Of
the Philadelphia club here yesterday were
unwilling to discuss the matter Of the new
draft ruling issued hy Provost Marshal
General CroWdcr oi do man S work or
tight
fTGSttlCiI tHtI. NlHl - ttla4t I'll AtRN a.
in a course Of an interview s.tld that II
was Il question of whether the govern
ment did not consider a baseball PLAYER
as helping the government lie SAID the
government had always favored sports
and baseball player made a better soldier
when hc entered the army tener
said until more definite Information could
be obtained aa to the intent Of the ruling
he would not make a statement tioW-
ever. he intInnted that # the ruling
went into effect It would practically
mean the suspension Of baseball until
after the war.
Baseball men here expressed the opln-
ION that the ruling VIII be modified when
il is shown that the married players Who
have been given deferred classification
on the ground OF dependents are not in
baseball for the sake Of playing it for
recreation. but as a means of livelihood