The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-01-02
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Nov. come through. I demanded
No names are going TO be mentioned
Well be said reluctantly. they
expect friend OF a certain pitcher
10 get him out the night before the
game. and they are going to try 10
get some ioDe IN his water or milk
or whatever ne takes. which will nut
him out OF shape 20 work well. The
bartender r. fixed
The gamblers knew this pitcher
was too honest TO take drink on
the night before a game. even of
beer" continued the sporting editor
But they also knew that most big
leaguers are too democratic to turn
down an invitation from a friend be-
cause then they would all say he was
snobbish and stuck on himself.
thought 1; best to write Mack a let
ter telling him that the gamblers
were plunging heavily on the Giants
and that they expected to put an
Athletic pitcher out Of shape men
tioning the name OF the pitcher. Per
haps ! did not make myself clear
and Mack may have gotten the idea
that an attempt was TO be made TO
Induce the pitcher TO throw the
game. No wonder he laughed at n
II he did. But | knew that he went
10 the trouble OF calling W
known representative OF the Ameri-
can league in New York on the tele-
phone the night he received my let
ter and urging him 10 tin the gam
blers Off that their scheme was
known. The pitcher was also told
OF II and he did not leave the hotel
the night before the game. and no.
body ordered him TO stay in. either.
lie did II of his own accord"
To my mind this Is a great sermon on
honesty 81 base ball. II proves two
tnnsH pne - mat t-e most carefus.v
,ala and guarded plans IN the most So
lect circles go astray and leak out and
the other Is that even gamblers have
come 10 rerard ball players as being 70
honest that they would not dare ar
proach one with a crooked offer
The story OF the sporting editor Is
simply additional evidence OF the man
ner In which the gamblers were crossed
up and hit hard by the last WORLDS
series. or courses I am sorry that tho
GIANTS did not make n better showing
did not win the last battle of the serie~
against Eddie" Plank tried barl
enough. too. But these results show
now honest the game II. In the treas
tween $4,000 and SEQ. 900 In real money
Tor the tickets for the Monday ramo
scheduled 20 be played in Philadelphia.
ON the night before the SATURDAY game
you could not convince anyone that the
Athletics would win the firth c,ntesf
and conclude the series. n you even
VIC lhFNlhlutN 10 ono or Nln
so-called wise ones" he would laugh in
your face and say: "
-, what Win to- morrow and pass M
an that coin Then would generally
come one Of those meaning winks.
The gamblers and plenty OF others
were down heavily on the Giants to
win OF saturday considering II y cfnc,
bet. But now all these wise" ones
know that baseball Is on the square
and that the money went back To- tie
spectators who had paid 10 see the sixth
game. These are only two OF MANY In
cidents that | could relate To Prov. the
games honesty. In connection with the
gambling fraternity. there have been
many attempts. Of course. made To in
nuence results, but / never heard OF
one going through The efforts OF the
magnates To keep gamblers out OF the
parks all over the country. the sincerity
OF the ball players I'm beating up gamb-
lers or their emisSaries II apnroacb med
by them, oil go 20 show the rock bottom
honesty OF baseball. on the honesty 81
tue game every branch stands together
the magnates. the National Commission
ana the players. II ls beyond tho
shadow OF question.
copyright. 1913. nv the WHEELER
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