The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-21

Commissioner Lands -! last /" III
position TO govern baseball Tr"rHriy'
Tho unprecedented r"cctT.s from the
world series placed si%5,0nO at his as
posa!. and put him IN perfect p"Si'""
To clean mp the game. IL mas h"t oce"
generally known. hut Commissioner Ia"
lis has -, had sufficient iunds al MS
dispose, To do the comprehensive WORK
he las had IN luint. Nnca h" Was
CHOSEN commissioner tho treasury oil
Tie national commission VAS ~ low cUo
uul funds had not been vU;ed FOR spc-
cihC purposes.
Just what tho high commissioner ~
baseball; will do with HIS immense 'uh"
is not entirely known: IN TACT the judge
Is not revealing much 81 h'S e"Heihe'
trlt I, IL known that he intends 20 pace
organized baseball under mu'h SF'''e7
supervision and to have games ump'res'
players and owners Watcheu more Cl"S'
" than ever before.
Commissioner lands Is planning tn
keep CLOSELY In tnurh with al baseball.
When ia was appointed. some baseball!
men declared that = man who 'kne"
baseball" should be chosen. They are
cured OF tha; idea nov. The high com
missioner knows mora baseball. Is more
| closely IN touch with players, owners
and others, and knows more or the rear
/ Inside Of fine sport and tho business
| ,han any member OF the old commission
ever did
He has Won the confidence ot~ths best
eleman. W the players and oTn"rs-anu
! tho others really do not count for much.
Armed with his hugo fun3. he can
complies his orSa nizltirn and n any
~ tho .chcaterS try I" get away with
,hc!r trlckery there will be something
doing.
There - question which must be
settled during the winter, and that IL
/ In regard TO The piay!nS or exhibition
gameI and playing II winter leagues
! The powers Of baseball formerly for
hade PLAYERS. especially those ~ cham
! pionshir teams. from giving exhibitions
after The world series. Eut u" sooner
was The series ended than some Of them
| swarmed HUt TO play.
! The present understanding seems 4"
| 10 that players on the world champion
ship clubs shall not h. permitted to play
! exhibitions. while those on tho losing
! teams seem t. hive II" Idea that they
! hav- such q right.
! THIS brings ~ m interesting coAn!-
! Ion l. - quite p"Fs!hle that players
on thu ,us.r.; world series team can
p the w,nu!rS team can. !r they ar" per
,,lt,e1 10 play exhihItt2ne. Euth. for
instance. really lost money because his
foam got INTO tho world series. lie
, could have realized much more from
: playing exhibition dates that were OIL
cred him than by playing In the series
end taking his Shars.
This certainly Is not an Incentive n
; winning or course. no ono imagines
tina, players in tina heat OF series
would think Of srch n thinG--hut there
Is every reason 10 believe that they
would think "t I: aft"rward and not be
at all satisfied 10 see the players they
hod beaten winning large sums while
they are compelled t. remain Idle.
Prrhaps tho most fortunate thing IN
baseball history was that the New YORK
Giants won the eighth game OF the ser
les with the Yankees. In NIL my eSper-
fence In Snort I never har" heard so
much cynical. skcptlcal comment rs
there WAS prior to that game. l don't
know whether the fans OF New York
have come Ia the conclusion that moth
Ing ~ honest. or whether the ignorance
Of tho snort on their Part caused II. but
nine out OF ten of them were convinced
tha, tho Giants would lose that game
and get tho gate receipts ot tho ninth
game.
In almost every series one hears that
sort OF talk from n small minority OF
che fans. but the ultra-w!se New Yorker
the most cynical and most ignorant OF
all fans) sccmci TO have no faith IN ;he
honesty If the game. They were drclar-
Ing that nIun games YOU'D lie played
pad they were wanting to bet much
money that The Yankees would win that
eighth game and tie ny the series
4 wise person knowing The honesty 81