The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-12
INVESTIGATE
 COLLISION
NATIONAL BASEBALL coMMls. SION LOOKS INTO WORLDS
 SERIES TICKET SCANDAL.
First Session Taken Up Largely by This Matter--Woman Attends Meeting for First Time
 In History.

New York, Dec Il The National Commission issued statement to- night inviting the public to prove if there was collision between the New York National League Club, .pi any of it's officials, and ticket scalp CTS In the Worlds series last October. So far Chairman Hermann said, the commission has spent $1.50O looking for evidence and was prepared tc spend more.
 It has investigated the scandal, ht declared, and would continue to in vestigate, but real proof was hard to get. What evidence had already been garnered, he did not disclose.
 This was but one of several mat ters that kept the commission for six hours behind closed doors. An. other matter discussed was gambling in baseball pools, upon which the members placed ban. To correc, this evil, the commission adopted a resolution recommending to the Ma tional and American leagues that they do all in their power in their re- spective circuits to end the custom. 1t also was announced the commis sion will consult with sthe postofflce authorities and the propes federal | officials to secure their cooperation .o that end, it having been reportc to the commission that several news papers and other periodicals carried these pools, making a lottery"
 The commission reported that it had Prssidett Lynch of the Na- tional, and President Johnson of the American leagues, the request of the Eastern and Pacific Coast leagues and American Association for higher rat ing Each major league will consider the question at it's meeting tomorrow. ! The commission will receive their reports at IS annrai Mt citing in Cil- elm ati Janua v :, and dispose of the rlatter then.
 Incidentally, while the commission was considering the request, the Eastern League meeting, a few blocks away, approved it and voted to change it's name. to the International League
 In length of discussion the worlds ~eries ticket scandal overshadowed every topic before the National Con- mssica. When adjournment was taken. Hermann threw open tho doors to newspaper men and made an oral statement
 Insofar as the investigation of the sale of tickets dur.ag the worlds ser ies is concerned,' he said, 'the com mission has started rigid investi- gation. It has expended more than s15O0 and Is prepared to spend more. The commission realizes that tickets were in the hands of speculators both n New York and Philadelphia: it al. so realizes that the spectators sold these tickets at exorbitant prices. What we want to know. however is whether anyone connected with the New York club or the Philadelphia club as in collision with any spec ulator or spectators. We are anx ious for information along the line the ;;,,:;;;s e, iissie:, e,.!a he slad tc hear from them. In the meantime, we are continuing our investigation. We are in the midst of it now and We are gos1g to the bottom of il, but the result no one can tell
 It was given out that the commis- sion had adjourned subject to the can of the chairman and the investigation although held up day by the meet ing tomorrow of the National snd American leagues. would continue during the remainder of the week or longer, and that a meeting to con sider the evidence might be called within q few days.
 Besides changing it's name and volc- ing a belief that it will get the high CT classification 1t desres the Last ern League altered the complexion oI it's affairs by extending the term of it's president from one year to five  years and giving him a secretary at $2,500 year. Edward Bdrrow was reelected without opposition.