Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-11
IMPOSSIBLE To
FIKBALL GAMES
SAYS MATHEWSON

There is no man in the big leagues
who thinks more Of baseball and what
baseball has done for him than John
J. Evers. In a minute of wrath. when
Rigler pulled a raw one on the Boston
club, John is supposed to have broken
loose recently with a crack about the
uinpires having been instructed to
make the National league race tight.
John feels very badly to think any
one would believe he would reject on
the game which has made him and
which he has done his share to make.
"A fellow is liable to say anything
when he Is out there and sore" de-
clared Evers afterward. But, take
II from me. they couldn't fix the race
to be close no matter how hard they
tried, and they haven't tried. or course.
The rotten baseball which has been
played this season has resulted in
this neck and neck going"
Couldn't Fix , Race.
Eters is right, and we might as well
get around and over these reflections
on baseball for good and all now
They couldn't fix this race or any
ether baseball race, and any sensible
man will recognize that fact | have
been In baseball long time and have
seen only one crooked incident in It.
That occurred in minor league up in
Massachusetts when was trying to
pitch for the Taunton club years ago.
II | made good it meant that vet
eran pitcher would lose his job, and
the veteran was boon companion of
the catcher. The catcher did not like
to lose the twirler's society and take
a chance on mine. so he was tipping
the opposing batsmen of to what /
was pitching them He was helping
me not to make good. 1t did not take
me long to discover what was COM
ing on and began to cross the catch
er and the batsmen. IL anything
wrong eyer were attempted in basee
ball it would not take long forf the
public to discover what WASP SIN. On
for the public is quicksr If ave than
a magician is of hanoi S,hen Il comes
to detecting cEssoKed work about
sports.
The charges against baseball this
season have come from folks with an
ak % srind There have been quite a
~ rnmors of one thing and another.
from the White Sox stealing signals
with spy glass to both races being
fixed to make them close and increase
interest, and all these, to my mind,
can be traced to a single source. If
the public is to listen to any of these
things, it should consider the source,
which is not worth considering. Any
sensible man will agree that you can't
throw league race.
Gamblers Stay OF Game.
DO you ever play the baseball
games?" / once asked a gambler |
know when read in the papers that
some money was being bet on the con-
tests daily. / was curious to find out
what he thought about it.
Not for me-" he replied. The
games too hard to beat There is no
advance information out. Give me
something softer for mine"
That is what gambler thinks Of
the pickings in baseball, and his judg-
ment should be good on this particular
subject. In his mind. the public has
too much of chance, the percentage
is too strong against him There is
an old adage, Don't bet on anything
that can talk. This is supposed TO
mean that a man is safe if he wagers
on a horse. But not for me. The
jockeys can talk and so can the train
ers--and they do.