PROVOST MARSHALL, GENERAL CROWDER

THE LAST ONE FOR 86 YEARS
The Sox head west and add players to the roster

July 23-24, 1918 ... No game schedule ... The Red Sox left at 10AM this morning, bound for Chicago.  Catcher, Wally Mayer will rejoin the club, as his draft board is not ready to send him off to Camp Jackson.  He therefore is rejoining the team until he receives his orders.  Walter Barbare, Horace Ford and Dick McCabe will not accompany the team on the trip.

The Red Sox signed two Pacific Coast League pitchers, Curly Brown and Bill Pertica, and three players from the Eastern League, pitcher Pete Lohman, catcher Norm McNeill, and third baseman Eusebio Gonzalez.  Both leagues ended their seasons earlier this week.

The National League owners have decided to finish their season.  If the "Work or Fight" order is to be instituted immediately, the National League will use players younger and older than draft age eligibility to fill out their rosters to finish the season.  If the regulations are to be enforced immediately, then less than 60 players would remain in the two major leagues.

Representatives of all the club owners of both leagues, will meet with Provost Marshall, General Crowder tomorrow, who will then make recommendations to Secretary Baker.