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ThreeMan Advisory Body On Sports May Be Formed FormedWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 18 Presi ¬ dent Roosevelt said today that a three member advisory committee probably would be appointed to make recommendations on the continuance or abandonment of cer ¬ tain sports during the war warSenator Senator James M Meade Dem N Y has suggested the formation of such a com ¬ mittee patterned after the Baruch Rubber FactFinding Committee to answer ques ¬ tions involving wartime sports sportsThe The President said the matter had been seriously considered and a threemember committee would probably be appointed to deal with the large number of letters from proponents of various sports asking whether they should continue to operate during the war curtail play night games or completelyThe abandon their activities completely The President said the group would not have the power to final decision but woultf draf recommendations