Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1918 — PLAYERS ARE NUMBERED. [ARTICLE]

PLAYERS ARE NUMBERED.

It Is being reported as a noteworthy matter that baseball players In the big leagues are being numbered this year for convenience In travel. They are no longer permitted to carry trunks with them, but must take along such effects as they desire on the road in suitcases. These suitcases are numbered, not named. There is nothing particularly new about this. Scorers have used the idea for years, as a matter of fact, says Milwaukee Sentinel. That is the only feasible way that scoring can be done. Of course some of these sensitive players may not like the idea of being Identified like criminals, but they have been for a long time, just the same.