The Washington times., 1910-10-11

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as that which marked the sigual-tippins
case in New York last year.
Cobb is keeping commercially silent on
the controversy about the auto. BY re-
naming 50 and refTaining from any wild
talk he will gain a whole lot of friends,
and show that he Is not the sensation
seeker he Is accused OF being. II he IS
lightweight mentally he has one fine
opportunity To bulge into print now with
denunciatiCn OF Laioie. St Louis. and
everybody else, but we have an idea
he will fool his enemies by maintaining
dignifed attitude, and leaving the
whole thing up TO the proper authorities,
accepting the verdict without comment.
Maybe Corriden went to see the hight
pictures and was demoralized.
The National Commission officials in
Philadelphia. heaGed by John Heydler,
secretary of the National League, are
prompt enough in sending back money
forwarded early for worlds series tick
etc in that city. and deserve credit for
the same. One Washington fan who. on
October :. sent $ for two seats for the
game October j. E-eceived his money or
der hack yesterday with the comment
written on the bottom OF bis original re-
quest. No tickets left. sorry"
No more special prlzes for ball players.
The clause in the major league ball
players contracts forbidding them TO
engage in baseball in the winter with
out the consent Of the club owner was
bound to stir up row. and it was a
question at the time whether the na-
tional commission was judicious In
forcing such an issue. 1t seems to have
been allowed 10 die quietly Originally
the intention Of the maguates was TO
forbid transforming, because OF the
broken faith involved in frequently al
vertising the presence Of stars who did
not appear; but they have somewhat
sidestepped the matter. The Detroit
team has formed transforming party
which is out in the West and viii later
go TO Cuba. Other such trips are
planned. and We do not hear the mag
! mates rising up IN wild protest. They
! are merely pointing 10 the contracts and
! then ducking to cover We do not be-
| lieve the clause will raise much troll
bic TINS winter. for the conditions in
! baseball are too uncertain Just now for
| the commission 10 bring up useless con-
troyersies.
Gabby .DeIys is talking almost as
much as Gabby Street.
As might have been expected. a GER
| tain class Of ball PLAYERS has already
gotten busy with a yelp about thejI
| helpless slavery because TIE National
! Commission talks Of abolisH!ng all spe-
I cial prizes in the future The intelli-
J gence Of such young persons Is a sad
| commentary on our public school sys-
! TEN, and would indicate that a stout
/ club would drive more sense into theiI
! heads than the three rs aCvocated by
! Mr. Cox Il Is impossible for them %
| see that the proposed rule Of the com.
2 mission is not TO be made 70 deprive
/ them OF an uncertain. competitive re,
| ward but as a move in the saving oi
] the game out OF which they make hand
| some salaries for six months in the yea
/ with nothing whatever TO do but rest j.
/ the other six months. In order TO have
! a few special, purses or awards hung
] up they are willing to risk a series oi
| scandals. brought on by themselves
! that would eventually cut down the at
| tendance to the point where these same
| llckers would be begging for jobs a.
I q. 600 a year and finding no magnate'
/ 10 pay them The commission and th'
I writer's nave no earthly object in see
| ing the players lose anything they car
I get. but they are .-itally concerned il
| protecting baseball from the introduc
tion Of elements that menace its III
| ture. The sob squad and yellows vii
! weep and moan about the great wron.
TO the players, but the people with sens
| enough to come in out of the wet VII
feel like taking an AK 10 boneheads VIII
do not have sense enough to know Whel
they are killing the goose that lays tn
golden egg