Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-17

base ball gambling ana or'oe's.
GRANTING that base ball needs
snverninc code of greater scope "'''
'fothcials of wider vision ana nv
: Initiative to safeguard its ln'ei'9
Is this the time to initiate lhe NC"
4:order of things Are the oot'o'S
who are to gather tomorrow 1us'ine
in prcscribing for base ball when
tho full extent of the patients ma
adv has not been disclosed: II Nou'N
a~-em the course of WISDOM ~
r.,xriting the prescription uh'I' al.
ne ,ntributing causes of the eoiiipi4o
tion of diseases from when liie s"e
is suffering are discovered.
UIterior Motives Suspected.
Aside from the element OF prenna-
80 tnritv. the Chicago conclave, IL II
could be considered gathering oi
20 onpen-minded magnates. called for Tue
. .nuruose of exchanging views a. a
means of determining upon p o
for the betterment OF the sr'
.,should be commences; for relieving
there are good reasons lof
That this is not the case. .,o orc
In, the first place. those VINO a
exnected to attend. including an NV
National League club presioe.us. r ri
n
!oagne team owners-Comiskey OIL
-5s,icago. Rupert and Huston OF Nem
York and FraZee OF bostoii- - 10
are on record committed 10
e Lnown as the Lasker plan OF .eol
: gaDization This was conceee1r lbs
] . STAKEHOLDER in the. Chicago Cuos
ID nroyides for making base oall
Z "nationaf institution nnoer So,
] eovernment control, the club o"ne ets
2 IA place their business and ln NJ Less
I'm the hands of a commlSSloH % .,cb
:.nen. Of nation wide prominence, SO .es
~as TAFT. Pershing. Lands or Husnes'
sassuming.. of course course th Ia serve an
Silowing that the proponents oi ~
Z nian are purely altruistic, II ses.ae
the height of absurdity to vest aus
lute~authority over BUSINESSES ~ Salne in
tins hands of men who, admi.. eth
Stbs;r integrity, know absolutely holn
NO about it. except the pleasure anu
frecreation to be derived as
Stors. 1t is not basically souHS II az
Sdirect variance with the dictates u
: good business. For tnlS res cIub
IL ia hard to conceive how any -
sn,uner in his right mind would SAM.
- oil of The men who make d
Sbusiness of staging base pan santa1
afor the financial returns IN n,,nrv
Stbereto having demonstrateo a. y 20
opportunity presehteu Ia aaaraa where
eaIisrs and cents are involved. ni9
heinr an established fact the real
sipnificance of tomorrow 3. ga
Is called into question anu eS.iIt,
is not lacking that 1t rs clusns ,
camouflaged repetition OF the eiioi 20 20
Of a certain clique to get the scalp u
Ban johnson.
Cannot Make Ban the Goat.
The president of the American
League has made mistakes IN the
course of his administrator OF ts =.
fairs and of the affairs OF oase pan ~
General as a member OF the hdll m
Commission, but he always mas has
the welfare of the game at neart an1
a. 10 largely due to the enterprise anu
foresirht he displayed in the IoInlu
1ation of constructive policies tnat tne
snort reached the high plane II az
,ained before the bombshell OF prloery
exnIoded and left powder MARKS 'ha
NV take wears ito wear away.
II ia hard to conceive how any move
,ant designed to make Johnson the
nat of the predicament base ball no"
IN can succeed. There is unanlm'
~ ri oninion that the time mas ar
riy,ed TO cut out the cancer in base
i,aIl-eambling-to it's last root. Bu'
~ only way the operation success
smIlv can be performed is Tor al
.oncerned to get together, eliminate
noJi1ics bitterness ana persona
Judges and work whole-hearteoiy iol
sshs salvation of the game-to restore
~ confidence of the public in its In