The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-09
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That case OF the Chicago White SoN,
n case upon which the future OF baseball
depends. still hangs iirc. II that case IS
20 be a football OF Chicago politics. the
chances Of baseball coming clean out OF
the mess are extremely slender.
That there is any chance OF convictins
The White Sex OF any crime IS very
doubtful. The Illinois law governing con-
spi-acy makes i, hard 10 secure 4 con-
yiction Evidently the attorneys FOR the
accused White Sox understand this. Al
ready they are At work accusing Judge
Mcdonald Of using his office 70 expose
IN" plot
The thing the lawyers overlook Is the
fact his case i not going TO be dcCidro
on any legal technicaltty or any twist IN
,nc laws. The law IS that 4 man shall
bc considered innocent until proven
guilty. But this case goes deeper imam
that. the accused White SoX must PROVE
themselves innocent or be forever con-
s;Gcrrd guilty.
No iu~v Of twelve men can decide this
case. the jury viii hc the hundreds OF
thousands in tho bleaChers.
I, will avail tho lawyers nothing TO
secure a technical ]acOuittal through
some flaw lin a law. In fact such an &C
qu:ttal would be q bigger blow TO base
bali than anything could be. for X would
,r-nw suspicion upon Innocent as well
As guilty. upon owners and officials.
The constant attacks upon Judge Ian
dis, both in ami out Of baseball continue
\ lot Of lawyers want to get him out
Of tho United States courts. because he
! Il rather unsafe person to have on the
bench when C-ooSs arc Interested IN re-
leasing other crooks. And he is a most
unsafe marx for any OF these keep II
ruicf for TIE sake % the game po!lt.-
clans Who have ruled baseball.
R1sc5a'l needs Judge Lands. and the
federal bench needs him. Which needs
his worst, Is hard to decide. e.
A Real Aid TO the Boxing Game
We ct our IDEAS mostly from exper-
fence. Here comes Pat Daily with an idea
which ought TO be a hig aid to the box
ing game. to the referees and TO the
fans.
IA, IL tho fellow who. after beating
casper Leon as q f"atherwetght. went
~ England. won the feather. light heavy
and h"avy weight championships OF
England. winning the heavy when he
weighed I2S pounds. and lived IN Eng
land many years before returning to
New York.
When he came hack he watched our
referees. and had an idea. SO he Invented
4 score card 70 aid referees and fans.
HE Man IS a simp pic one. He lays dow
certain rules. following the general
trend OF they. VI. c. A boxing rules
during the war. He counts ten points
20 q round: 50 many for aGgrcssiveness.
for clean hitting. for blocking. for sports
mansh!p. NJ tho end OF each round the
score can he set down. He provides for
deductions in cases OF bow hitting. hold
.r-,1sfnS fha and nf
any boxing match .nR score OF rounds
rar he added and the winner decided.
Pat makes no allowances for knock
downs or for hard wallops, ContcndtnS
that these bring their own reward as
q boxer who k2ocks down an opponent
automatically gains an opportunity to
p,ir IN a huge lead. while every telling
blow gives him the chance 10 follow up
with point scoring waltops. He takes no
chances on guessing at the force or any
p,O~.
The score card ought 10 be a distinct
Improvement In the boxing game.
phirly Arises TO Make Protest
Philadelphia. having relt the sting OF
the thing. has risen up 70 protest against
tho practice which has made SO many
major league races lopslded. which has
ruined so many Brooklyn and other
teams.
That IS the practice OF New York and
other wealthy clubsh wreckIng the weak
e. clubs IN n selfish desire TO compel
the trade or star players.
The evil mas existed for twenty-five
wears at least. so far as I know. Charlie
Ebbets and 7 have been the only pro-
tes,ants a~gainS, 4. Ebbets has had r.
nanclal reasons ror kicking.
Chicago has protested at times. and
c. . .ns. Sau rafgp,l several uli'a RoS-
ION TOO. has suffered. and Cincinnati. but
usually these clubs were financially IN
debted 20 the stronger teams and did
not howl loudly.
The custom years ago forced old Ma
t!onal League 20 pass drastic laws re-
gardlnr what they called "tamper!ng"
with players OF other teams.
The rules fell into d!suse. Probably
The club owners oheyed the letter OF
,he law. but that was easy TO get around
Especially so after the lure OF money
IN baseball became so great.
The richer clubs. New York and Chi
rsEo especially. have found /, easy 20
hint 10 ba seball writer's that certain
deals arc on. The writer's dilate upon the
advantages or disadvantages OF such a
trade or purchase.
The result Is that the star OF some
smaller and poorer team becomes dis
satisfied. and a dissatisfied player Is OF
small use 10 any team.
New YORK club Fragrant OFFENDERS
It Is quite natural and right that any
player should desire to play on the big
ger teams, which can AFFORD 10 pay him
the larger salaries. and 10 appear before
the bigger crowds. which usually are
more !Enorant OF baseball and more apt
to consider him a hero regardless OF his
work.
Cut 4 Is hard on the poorer teams,