Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1917 — REDUCE NUMBER OF PLAYERS [ARTICLE]

REDUCE NUMBER OF PLAYERS

President Morris of Texas League Catches Drift of Argument Put Up by Al Tearney. President Walter Morris of the Texas league seems to have caught the drift of the argument put up by President Al Tearney of the Three-I. Reports from Fort Worth are that Morris at the next meeting of the minor leagues will propose a rule cutting down the number of players that each club may reserve to a-mere nucleus of a ball team. Morris also wants to. restore the rule that’fcontracts must be sent out by February 1.