Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-13
MAJOR MAGNATES
APPEAR 7 D Be
MONEY MAD
BY Sam Crane.
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and the grab-all policy that
superseded the sentiment that
once existed for baseball than the
stampede by all hands who think
they have a possible looR-in to the
golden harvest that the next worlds
series is expected to produce.
1t is nauseating to one who has
the welfare and permanency of the
national game at heart to see the
money mad, hysterical efforts be-
ing made to share in the "divvy"
by those who have no right at all
to be declared in on it.
ITO the victor belongs the
spoils' should be the motto adopt
ed for all worlds series. 1t has
been so in the past and ought to be
in the future.
What craftsmanship is there in
fourteen clubs with the players be-
longing to them, getting a "whack''
at worlds series receipts, that they
did not do anything toward winning
except to play against the two
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respective leagues?
Why it is the most ridiculous
I, ing ever heard of and entirely
foreign to all past ethics of sport
ing contests in which superior abil-
ity stamps the winners and showers
on the victor all the honors and
emoluments.
Big Scramble For Spells.
The 100000 that was taken in at
the gates of the Polo grounds and
Fenway park during the battle for
the worlds pennant between the
Bostons and Giants has caused
such a frenzied scramble by rabid-
ly hungry club owners and players
to sink their hands into the grab
bag that they have made them
selves the laughing stock of the
country.
By their clamor to get their
hooks on money they have abso-
lutely no right to have covered
themselves with ignomy and the
national game as well.
What reasonable argument can
the clubs, other than New York and
Boston, advance that they should
share in the worlds series receipts?
They surely had an equal chance
with the Giants and Red Sox to
win the championship of their own
leagues.
Because they did not have a Nc
Graw, Mathewson. Marquard,
Doyle, Murray, Stahl, Wood, Speak
err, Hooper or Wagner was no fault
of the winners.
Both the Red Sox and Giants
won the pennants of their leagues
on their merits and there was not
a flaw on their titles and right to
play for the worlds championship
Something to Play For.
What is any athletic contest but
to decide the best man or team?
The instant that any of the fruits
of victory are shared by the loser
or losers then the spirit of rivalry is
eliminated and there is no contest.
The matter comes down to a pos
sibility of connivance or suspi-
cion Of it anyhow, and then good
bye to interest, and when that is
killed what is left to promote the
sport or to perpetuate it?
That the Giants, Cubs and Pr
rates have uniformly won cham
pionships of the National league is
no argument that they should share
with their less successful rivals.
They have had teams of superior
ability.
The other clubs have had the
same opportunities as was in
stanced by McGraw making a win
ner out of the Giants, a team that
when he took charge of it was
close to being a tail ender
We do not hear of any of the
rivals of the Giants, Cubs or Pi-
rates throwing up their hands and
retiring from the baseball business.
And why not? Simply because the
Giants. Cubs and Pirates make the
other clubs a most profitable living.
1t is not luck that gives the big
three" their success; it is superior
ability in all departments, even to