The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-28
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by N~& S.sAA4~

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In fact. they sometimes call 10 another
rans in another box To place bets.
have seen SOM" Of them walk along TIE
! aisle with a roll Of bills in their hand.
and make bets. one Saturday an ush":
ccupled Il chair IN the box with ;hcs"
IA mblers."
with suspicion that l land other writ
! "rsl am trying To aid IN hunhinC the
public. II We could have \ fcw more
m"n ike Mr.. KUSscl! to deliver the facts
and evidence. gambling could be
stopped.
Incidentally. the light against gam
to near real fruit. Eight arrests IN nnr
day and TWO OF them women IS Il good
start a: least.
Every lawyer knows that tho fell
low who yeus loudest for reform Is
the hrHt to tTy to escape Jury duty.
Rll Muldoon. chairman II ~" new
New York a;hIH'sc corim SS;,'N. n
charge ~; wrestling. - quor'"l rom Al,
hnny ~ stating calmly that y" i"'"nts
10 seek extra powers for hts commit =
sion and place II in charge " al ath-
loses III thu" state.
This g Mr.. Muldoon's FIRST 'nistakc,
ir h" really has any such intent.,n That
idea was hrua' hid Iona: Hr". In fact,
unr Of tn" powers which wcr" srek:n2
unlimited powers IN New YORK. calmly
pr"poS"d tiat II De- placed IN barge of
boxing. wrestling, tn".hall. baseball.
Iva sketball. tennis and all other athletic
sports. Tho original bill rronos"I at
Albany ave 4 n"n-%alarie! COCtm'SSioN
"c th-"c men c"npi"t" power "Ncr -ac-
:np. baseball and all other sports. lust
As promptly 'hr idS:a was drO1rrl.
Governor Miller. IN his now famous
""Uf"r"nCC W.'h sport writer. stated
plainly that n" did not sec the 1e""ss,tv
or III" ad~liSahiltty e giving cont. 81 o.
any sport that had shown ability 10
control itself !" any commission.
The plain fact is that no racing men
would submit, 10 have his sort rYlcd BY
a baseball boxing or football man. and
no Ctl,"" sport would endure heiur ruled
Nr other sports. Each regards itself
aN4 guards It's rights jealously. There
was some cause ~ believe ba seha il n"eh-
81 = commission {" take charge. VI IN"
Baseball people avoided having III" CON
troll Of their CKrre taken over by tho fed-
oral government, by appointing ludE,
l.andIS and restoring som" Of tho faith
Of the fans, and proved that baseball
caH. II II VII. requisite its own araIrS.
Tho new boxing law was framed 10y
persons who know Nrry lttlc about
sport and ma I've 'as Chairman Mu,dN0n
rharresI loosely drawn. Rul any effort
to put racing baseball. tennis. golf. hask
"thail or any other sport. n IN" hands
-! 'hc hONinc commission viii fail. Why
drag all sports down 10 the !evnl Of the
two worst which have shown thcm-
selves unable 10 regulate their own af-
tlirs?
No system Of TletcheHZing or
physical culture can help the follow
who bites on moro than he can chow
Ry no wa. ius: look ON over and
So bow ,ho CrqHd"id0T" Of March Is
working out. Only two teams arc much
out OF line now and they will ADJUST
themselves before tho season - done.
Dctroi; is a hi, IN" strong md 50 arc
the BOSTON ErIv.s. who will @Uhsllc
rradua .ly. Mitchell IS making a "Nod
Job Of getting results ".'h Il irrdinc-c
aggregation and without heavy financial
hacking. Cincinnati and brooklyn both
should creep M a htt. fNr Cincinnati SIM
has Il lot Of punch left whcn it lands.
The s.. Louis Browns ShoIid improve
their p~erron'ac" although n study Of tho
dope nSu:r.; SEoH< hat they are not
much heiow wher" they ought to be Mt
this t'nle ~ n" v"Ir. Thu other clubS
r-c near The positions in which they
.houlh finish and u looks az If this
would br an extraordinarily successful
season for the dope.