Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-24
TAYLOR SCANDAL
COMES UP AGAIN.
uost Remarkable Statement is
Attributed TO the
Pitcher
rl AIMED COMISKEY PAID HIM.
81 Cot 500 From Hart for Winning
Aud $500 From cOmishcy for
Losing the Allegation

s,.n,,,h from Chicago says "phu
,.,,r srludal ia blazing up again ANU
oa,,os no sooner die down than some
.t,,, hoppons to start thcm going once
.''rs lanes A. Hart, who has 80 tar
H.r,od a sphinxlike silence, came out
r,ltb statement this morning fel'e'auin
ri. nreyious assertions THAT thcfe was
,n Toylor case" ana that he never ac-
nod Taylor OF throwing games Al lh'
,sme time Mr. Hart declares That laylor
..,s heard by several people, whose am
s.,.l,s can be had, to say that "he got
,,co for winning and 500 for losing IN
ne post-season games between CUBS ana
Ga, Although MI Hart does not say 80
IN bis statement II Is reported that nay
,or.s exact words mentioned Hart for the
uoo and Comiskey Tor the 500.
,lr Harot also says that carly in 1898
, had been decided to chase Taylor Oft
,be Chicago team before the season OF
tW, began. owing to his habits ana be-
baylor and hence the trade to 81. Louis
Am ~ these statements by Mr., Hart re-
celyed caustic comment from Charlie
couiskey. who wants to know why there
Ia no Taylor case, why Hart doesn't have
70 make good before the national COM
mission, and why If Taylor was such
character was he permitted TO remain IN
Che National league without objection
from the master Of the cubs?
One thing which seems to have been
eencrally overlooked by all the critics
fact which may furnish lucid cx-
PLANTATION for the whole unhappy miXup-
Is the gloomy and oversonstive disposi-
ton Of Jock Taylor Amy pitcher Is apt
10 20 bad, az tue saying Is Of % horse
or other animal--that Is 10 say, nOursh
supposed Sights, lose temper, and fan
10 perform up to the standard. Many and
many a time has this, that and the other
slabman been seen 60 deliberately throw
ne ball straight across the platter with.
out curve or speed letting the other fol.
lows soak It as they might see 1T. IA
such cases the man Is not dishonest-ha
doesn't get q cent for his bad workout
ho is guilty of letting petty spite inter
fere with the success of his team
Few people will believe that Charlie
Comigkey ever handled JACK Taylor or
any other man a penny to throw a game.
rs IL all unlikely that quarrel in the
cub ranks was followed by an exhibition
VI sukiness and indifference on the part
Of Taylor? He was inyincible In the first
OF those post-scaSon games, After that
he threw the ball where a Kid could slug
H. Was 1t crOokcdncss, or moro likely
was II simply "A sulky exhibition of i'll.
temper and dislike for his employer?
II Taylor really sold games, 1t IS not
likely that ne, or any other man, would
be idiot enough to publicly proclaim the
fact His speech concerning the Sl0) and
500 sounds like the insane sputterngs of
a suky man, whose spiteful temper was
also boosted some by inferior highballs
Taylor has, I'm print acknowledged that
he takes too many drinks IN a season He
probably had too many I'm him when he
made the statement charged against him
By Mr. Hart
IL Is hard to get real facts in any case
Of this kind, but IT seems most probable
II facts could be dug out that the net
results would be as follows.
James a, Hart never said anything
which would make him punishable by
either baseball or other law.
charlie Comiskcy never gave Taylor or
any other man a crooked penny. Jack
Taylor did not sell any games to any
body but let his temper get away with
his sence and skill Subsequently. he let
his tongue get away with his thinking
apparatus,
the whole affair is sad mixup from
end to end and a vast annoyance TO
James A. Hart and Charles COmskey,
two Of the finest fellows IN the great
world Of baseball
When asked about the statement at