The Topeka state journal., 1910-08-26


| on the results of the games played by
the Grizzlies. and this betting is hav-
ing only one effect-that of creating
suspicious against the honesty of play
| ers on the Denver team, against whom
absolutely no suspicion should rest.
Betting has killed horse racing and
has injured the fight game to such an
extent that it is Wobbling on its last
legs. Baseball is the only professional
sport which has the confidence of the
public, and this confidence can only
be maintained by keeping the sport
free from betting. In every big league
city IN the country the owners of the
teams have realized that If their game
is to flourish betting must be stopped,
and these owners have co-operated
with the police in putting a ban on
gambling on the baseball games. 1t is
now time that Owners McGin and
Gunthorpe of the Denver club should
do the same thing. McGill and Gun
thorp have given Denver a great team
this year-the best it probably ever
had-and the fruits of their labor
should not be marred by allowing
few poolroomS to make books which
cause gambling to become the predom-
inant feature in the local baseball
world. In Denver today there are four
or five poolrooms which make books
on the baseball games. and the play
which they get is terrific. One book
maker has admitted that he held 5000
The others held large amounts and,
during the recent Sioux City-Denver
series here, the amounts bet on Den
yer ran as high as $4,000 a day in
each of the poolrooms. and the most
remarkable feature of the matter is
that most of these bets are "piker
BETS the bettor putting up less than
SO. Only a man who is an ar
dent baseball fan and one who, while
he has about all the money he can
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ball game had this to say: "I never
believed that baseball was a crooked
game and I do not believe 1t yet, but
there have been some things come un-
der my observation. which have shak-
en- my confidence to a considerable ex-
tent Now, for instance, during the re-
cent games withxvSioux City here. Il
knew that large sums were wagered on
one particular game, and know that
in this game player who is more or
less connected with certain men who
are known to be crooked made a cou-
pie of glaring errors. which I believe
cost Denver the game and let the book
makers win thousands of dollars. 1t
may have been a coincidence. and
again it may not have BEEN
But It must be admitted that if the
bookmakers wanted to throw games in
the Western league they would have a
good chance of doing so through some
of the umpires. There are umDiFeS in
lH0 WGSlSIll lScS5 uc WIN WO0lO OO Oily
thing for a dollar, and there are others
like Johnny Mullen, who could not be
tempted under any condition to do a
crooked act. There is a well-defined
rumor in Denver at the present time,
and has been for weeks, that one UNI
which he umpired at Broadway park.
st. Joseph Gazette: Midget"
Crutcher pitched a fair game Wednes-
day and had his support been better,
undoubtedly would have won out.
Bill Dwyer, that big first base
man of the Champs, was the handy
man with the willow, getting a home
run and three singles. Some class to
that Spider Corhan had an
off day, making three bobbles. How
ever, he retrieved it somewhat by
slamming out a triple, scoring Reilly
in the ninth. Too bad there was only
one man on base at the time. -
The st. Joseph News-Press' inter
probation of the B. F. Sternberg, who
is umpiring the series between the
Drummers and the Champs, trimmed
Cozy Dolan, the Denver third base
man, according to a story told here,
in the Grizzly-Champ series. The Dem
yer players were beefing continually
in the game and after it was over
Dolan is said to have invited and even
Sternberg went and Dolan grabbed for
his face, scratching him. Sternberg
thereupon knocked him down and
proceeded to do him up right.
Umpire Sternberg sure missed one
Tuesday in the ninth inning and it
cost the Drummers the game. With |
two men down and the bases loaded, |
Billy Fox should have walked. He |
had two and three on him and |
Herche sent one through that was
easily three inches inside the plate. |
Fox dropped his bat and started for |
first, but Sternberg yelled strike |
three" However. this man Stern |
berg is doing a whole lot better than |
some of the others in the league that |
handle indicators. The hay |
fever has just about got Roy Corhan's |
goat. The shortstop's eyes are swollen |
and red and he has difficulty in see |
ing. He is sticking in the game, how |
eve;.
Lincoln Star: Rumors are emanat- |
ing from Des Moines that Ebbetts of |
Miller and Buck Freeman. Aside from |
the fact that we thought Miller had /
been disposed Of, the story may be |
probable. But We'll bet that Larry |
Sutton didn't do the picking.
Jack Dalton, formerly with Des
Moines has a bad finger and is tenn
porarily out of the Brooklyn lineup. /
His place is taken by Burch, who sub
stituted for Davidson in his period on |
the hospital list with a strained ten |
don. Davy is back in the game now, |
playing with brilliancy and batting /
better than he did before his layoff. |
A Lincoln fan was heard to remark /
at the close of last years season that /
he hoped Davy wouldn't stick. but |
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