Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-31

of the Philadelphia Sabbath Associa-
tion, who lives at 600 East Levering-
ton avenue. DR.. Forney, plainly show
ing the effect of nervousness brought on
by the hostile attitude of the specta :
tors, then appeared as witness. This
brought on another legal tilt between
the Magistrate and Mr.. Raymond.
'I object to this man testifying,"
said Raymond. "This is a clear case
of arrest by the police and under such
circumstances 1t is the law that no
testimony shall be taken except from
the peace officers who made the ar
rest. !" :,
Lets brush aside these technicali.
ties," said the Magistrate. Il am sure
that we all want to get at the BOTTOM
Finally Or. Forney testified, saying
that he made the complaint on infor-
nation furnished to him.
"Hearsay," shouted Mr.. Raymond,
"mere hearsay. He does. not even
know whether there was ball game. y
Crowd Jibes at Minister
IFS the man from whom you got this
| information prcsentT' asked the Mag
istratc.
"Yes."
"who is he?"
MY SON."
This was greeted by laughter and cat.
calls that gave the court officers more
work to do. After another series OF OBJ
iections. George NJ. Forney, the twenty +.
year old son Of DIR. Forney, testified
that he had attended game at Forty
eighth and Brown streets last Saturday
and had paid twenty five cents for n
seat. He said that he had been ap-
preached by two men who asked him to
buy tickets for the next days (Sun..
day's) game. He purchased one and
produced both Saturdays and Sunday g
tickets.
"well, ministers get paid during the
week for the work they do on Sundays,
don't they?" asked Mr.. Raymond.
Cross examination brought out the
| fact that young Forney had not been to
the Sunday game and was not sure
whether or not the tickets were col
lected.
When he left the stand, Mr.. Raymon
immediately made another attempt to
have the Magistrate discharge the
players.
These boys are fine type Of Amer
icans," he said "They have done no
unlawful act. Baseball has been de-
4 clared a legal sport on Sunday. 1t has
just developed that they collected no
money Sunday. The police were oficious
| and should never have made the ar
rests. If there was some public
calamity, such as the influenza cpl
demic, where the Mayor rightly dis
persed all public gatherings, it would
be a different story, but there was no
occasion for these arrests
Took Word of Reformer
Lieutenant Whalen then resumed hi:
testimony and said that he had hat
men stationed all over the ball field ano
that he had no evidence that tickets
were sold or collected or that any money
had been collected. He said his orders
were clear on that subject. If there
was any sign of commercialism at the
ball game or any other game In his
district he was to arrest both teams. He
pointed out that the field was unenclosed
and that there was no way that tickets
could be collected for the game. Ht
said that he had made the arrests or
the complaint of DIR. Forney and hat
no further evidence against the men.
Again Mr.. Raymon took to the field
and cited the Supreme Court that base
ball was legal on the Sabbath in Fair
mount Park. In quoting some tnel
legal point in his argument he aroused
Mr. Buckley. who had remained in the
courtroom. The Sabbath Association
representative contradicted Mr.. Ray
mond. saying that he was back in thu
case again. His re- entrance was greeted
with jeers, and he made no further
comment.
Then Mr.. Raymon entered into Ions
plea again:
THE city considers it legal for gol
links to operate and there is n locker
charge there The Mayor has just
opened a public bathing beach which Il
open Sundays. Ministers take up col
lections on Sundays. There has beer
n tremendous transformation in oul