Numbered

Last week, the American Association* passed a rule, instituted an innovation. Ball players will be numbered. Club owners who are members of the association were told to affix to the arms of their players five-inch figures which will appear against the names on the score card. Long has this method of identification been used in football; long has it been awaited in baseball.

*The American Association (one of the two largest of "minor" baseball leagues) is composed of nines from the following eight cities: Minneapolis, St. Paul, Milwaukee, In- dianapolis, Louisville, Toledo, Columbus, Kansas City. This year (as in 1903, 1904, 1919, 1920, 1922) St. Paul won the pennant.