South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-02
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TRIBUNAL TO
TAKE CONTROL
Pershing, Taft, McAdoo and
Other National Leaders
Mentioned.
"COMPLETE CLEANUP"
Chicago, New York and Pitts
burg Magnates Offer
Game to People.

CHICAGO. oct. Representative
of four major league baseball clubs
tonight started a movement design
ed 10 "clean up baseball forever" by
taking contral of the game out OF
the hands of men financially inter
ested and placing it under a civil
ian tribunal 10 be composed Of men
'of unquestioned public standing
abOhshing the national commission.
a letter was sent 10 every major
league club and dozens of others in
terested asking their approval Of the
plan which was characterized as
means of giving professional base
BAN TO the American people-where
il belongs-and taking ownership Of
II away from club owners and play
ers."
The letter was signed by William
Neeck, president Of the Chicago Ma
tional league club. Charles a. Com
iskey president OF the Chicago
American league club. Barney
Dreyfuss, president of the Pitts
burg National league club. and John
McGraw. vice president and gem
eral manager OF the New York Ma
tional league club.
Proposed Tribunal.
il proposes that the National
commission be abolished 'in its
present form IL cannot be impartial
and that I'm its place there should
be a tribunal Of three men. the mem
bers Of which which receive higher
salaries than any one now con-
nected with baseball. General Perish
ing. Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood. for
mer President William H. Taft, Sen.
Hiram Johnson. Judge X. NJ. Lands
and Williams Gibbs McAdoo are
some Of the men proposed for The
tribunal. but the letter adds that
none has yet been approached on
the subject
The letter declares that such a
Ilan must be worked out immediate
~ If baseball is 20 continue as the
national game and points our the
gambling and betting evils revealed
In the past two wears
The plan was worked out bv A. n.
LaSkcr, OF the Chicago National
league club and has received full
approval OF Pres't John Heydler. o.
the National league the letter sdEs.
Jury Probes scandal
The Cook county grand jury iu-
vestigating tho baseball scandal Fri
day received further information
concerning the throwing OF games in
last years world series. but devoted
most Of the days sessions 20 an In
vestigatiOn Of alleged crooked work
i'm the National league William
Neeck. Of tho Chicago National
league club. told the jury that his
private investigation OF the charge
the Philadelphia Chicago National
league game of August 81 had been
fixed for Philadelphia 90 win led Co.
believe that the club itself had been
made the sucker" in the case and
other witnesses gave additional de-
tails Of the activities which led %
the discharge from baseball OF Lee
Magee and Hal Chase.
Necck said evidence he had found
in Detroit convinced him there wa g
no crooked work In the August 81
game. He said he believed the gam
blers themselves had sent him the
kilograms saying it was fixed" and
that they had done this 20 make the
club switch from Hendryx. - COM
paratively weak pitcher scheduled
20 hurl, % Alexander. one OF the
best in the league This gave Chi
cago its strongest possible lincua.
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