The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-06
SERVICE men
WOULD|CLEAN
. UP BASEBALL
By DAMON RUNYON.

! BY DAMON RUNYON. !
- NEW YORK. Nov. S.-we have be-
fore US, in the form Of letter, .
Y thrillihg story containing what pur-
borts to be additional details Of the
liking of the 1919 worlds series.
Incidentally Il tells Of movement
IN Illinois by the Consolidated
Camps OF the United Spanish War
Veterans TO prevent future taking
In any line Of sport In that State az
Tar as possible. and to restore box
ing to Illinois.
The letter 10 from a responsible
member OF the veterans organisation
whose name IL withheld for the pres.
ent.
The letter says;
II have been reading your sport
editorials In the Chicago Herald AMI
Examiner, and without any hokum do
depose that you edit an earful. espe.
cially In your remarks about NO abb
solution or 'whitewash' removing the
stencil OF the nxed world series.
''For your own benefit ] win state
that II the pillow raisers 1.-THE crooked
ball players) hadn't tried to double
cross D certain ex-prize fighter on
Ihe third game which Kerr won, you
would never have heard OF the 'gip-
ping the fans got. No matter what
the members of the Wives and Kid
dies League say. they all cleared
Shout nifty grand on the series. Fifth
|. thousand dollars.)
They'll never get the goods on
Weaver, for he never went around
raising piker pools like the others.
Here Is the tale from the black
and-tan dumps along Thirty-ninth
street and Ellis avenue, Chicago:
PLAYERS CROSSED FIxER-
The ex-nghter did come and offer
the bunch 100000 for throwing the
series, and they went in with him be-
cause he is said to have had the goods
on the Pillow Lifters because Of their
throwing three games q week during
their last Eastern trip In 1919. The
fighter paid them the agreed amount
after the first two games.
'"Then the Wives and Kiddies'
Crew conceived tho idea Of cross'ns
the hxer. as they swore IL they lost
behind Cicottte and Williams they
would not win for the busher. Kerr.
Despite what they may say about
Kerr beating two teams, they played
to win behind Kerr~ln the third game.
and they ripped the .gipperS and
the ex-fighter and his pool We
cleaned as a result
ssThe souawks made about that one
game became 30 general that 1t was
common gossip in all tho loop bar
drooms and the black-and-tan dumps
on the South Side.
"Then the Wives and Riddles bunch
ubegan to cross each other and went
from one black and tan dump to an
other in twos and threes and let peo-
ple there in tho know. After the
fourth game the tin-horn gamblers
and walters in the Wop beanertes
could tip you or what would be the
big half innings II you slipped them
nifty smackers.
VETERANS PREPARE BILL.
"Plehty Of Investigators were around
these dumps in Oh. while the said Sc
ries was being played, and all the
wise birds are cracking now that
someone higher up was out to cover
and suppress the talk the Pillow Lift
ers created.
at is going to take more than talk
Of REORGANIZATION and equal rights for
the minor leaguers to stop talk Of the
higher-ups suppressing evidence until
the grand jury smoked them out. II
the big league magnates imagine that
they can get by with murder by a lit
tie whitewash, they've ventured bum
guess.
Tine Consoiidated camps OF tno
$hicago spanish war veterans nave
prepared Dill wnich tney VIII pre-
sent at the next session %, tne
InnoIs Les'u ms on WI
'crea.e S'.e eo ..,n
empowelea 70 supers,se ,.s anu . tesSae
81 R te;. 'por' "''n INC o'"'o
"All club owners. and responsible
otae,nS anv eth,s,,c cnntast yhara
saIo nrofess;onaI atbietes eomnete
4 ,y,i, rannire i;cen.e as viii hail NAV
ers- boxers. wrestlers. football players.
nooi and billiard pIavers. and ali other
nrofessionaI athletes. as we'll "a nm
pires. referees, trainers. coaches, sec
onds. times, etc.
MAKES TT a rry.owv
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