Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1917 — PLAYERS NOT GIVEN PASSES [ARTICLE]

PLAYERS NOT GIVEN PASSES

Customary Little Bits of Pasteboard Conspicuous This Season by Their Woeful Absence. In years gone by, it has been customary for each American league player to get two passes good for all games both at home and on the road. Seldom were these pasteboards idle, as friends of the ball tossers took advantage of the opportunity. At the-Amer-ican league meeting last winter, it was decided by the club owners that these passes should be cut out, and nothing was said about IL When the players asked, a few days after the start of the raee, for the little bits of pasteboard, they heard the sad news, and their friends have been hearing it since, whenever they asked for one of the tickets.