Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1918 — LUXURIES WILL BE MISSING [ARTICLE]

LUXURIES WILL BE MISSING

Wartime Economy Will Make It Impossible for Ball Player to Enjoy Many Pleasures. For a good many years the ball players of the big leagues have traveled like princes on the road. They’ve always had the best of everything—palatial Pullmans, luxurlous diners and club cars, and many long jumps have been made enjoyable for them because of the fact that they have always traveled first class. But the luxuries of railroad travel — at least a good many of them —will be missing by the time the season of 1918 opens. Club and observation cars are to be taken off of nearly every railroad train which will run on a regular schedule through big league territory, and wartime economy will make it impossible for the ball player to enjoj many of his favorite dishes on the diners.