The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-16

Judge Lands has shown baseball
both owners and players-ihh' me r.
form they promised Is on IN" I"Nci 81
least as far as he Is concerned. MS ne
,.lsion in the Gruh case Is T. haSepA"
what the Magma ChLrta Was I" EnEi'SH
liberty. what the DECLARATION of lndc-
prndonce WAS 10 the United States.
Hrvond doubt there is grit,ng ct
teeth and curses under the breath
AGAINST Judge Lands FOR his decls'"',
but he has struck at the roo; OF one OK
the greatest evils Of organized haStod'''
For more than fifteen years the Icau
Ing baseball writer's or the |"'''"
S,.,,rs and some oC the cub owners
have recognized the fact That tran'"b
and selling bal players during the play
ing season IS not only dangerous nut III
the majority Of cases entirely immor"'
and bordering upon actual CrookcdncsS'
1t Is not rhargcd that any team or
owner has conSpirrd 10 make one team
strong But the charge has been maoo
not by writGrs but by owners Una
on frequent occasions deals have oeeh
arranged 10 strengthen the New YORK
club at the expense Of other clubs IL
has been charged once by {. "epn
Murphy, then owner OF the ChrcaRo
Cubs and several times by Charles
EhbCts. OF Brooklyn. that persons con-
nected with the New YORK cruz nav"
by hints and propaganda tried 'and IN
som. cases succeeded to make Their
players dissatisfied.
There Is no doubt that during the
recent period Of unrest among payers
some players have deliberately thrown
down the teams with which they nav"
been connected in IN" hop" OF oe'"S
sold or traded To New York.
Ambition is tho force that moves
tho world-but misguided ambition
IL tho knock in the engine OF prog
ress.
Much depends upon whose OK ~
corc,l When Connie Mack. for goo"
and sufficient reasons which he never
has seen III 20 explain {" inc puo''',
broke up one Of the greatest OF all
baseball teams there was Yell all over
the country that he Was selling Collins
T., Chicago to strengthen the Whit"
SOH
AZ that time had talk with COM
,skcy. owner os the White SOH. While
other owners were bitterly excoTlatnE
me for protesting against tho custom
mot the individual dcaD, comiSkey. the
man most attacked and CcnSurcd. re-
marked:
1T is all wrong. Trading and sell
Ing during the playing season Shouun
not be permitted. 1t offers too much
chance Cor one club helping another.
7 would lie In favor Of forbiddng II en-
! ,!rclv. But il clubs throw players on
the market I'll outbid any club can
and buy the best can"
Which was the right attitude. COM
| Isksv bought Collins. He would nave
/ bought Barry too but after being prom
! isrd Barry the promise was not tu.hIieh'
! The custom OF playing for release
mr. ira SER 10 other clubs has been
growing. and would have continued 10
! crow had not Judge Landis, put his foot
down and laid down the law 10 tc"o"s
/ who are tamperinG with an already bad
! situation,
AsH. Z. K. once wrote you can't
pay or the square set on technical
tiles"
There Is a story which ! have told
! before. perhaps not IN detail. when
| shows the difference between Then ana
Eoy-and the difference between Ger
! tain vicwpoints Of the sporting world
II was back in 1905 4 year which was
| perhaps the most sensational N the
/ history ~ la sehall. Stan Robson was
then head Of the -. Louis club. The
tight was a thrra-cornercd one between
| Pittsburgh. New York and Chicago.
| From July 10 the end Of the struGEle
! Chicago was hampcrcd by lack or nltch-
| c-s Their veteran pitchers were over
worked. and chance was in desperate
straits TO keep his pitching stan in form
10 work. He had To figure on second
! string men 70 work the games n"
thought could hc won and save his vel