Evening star., 1922-12-14

Commissioner Lands and the club
owners who met today have their
eagle eyes on the gambling evil.
They believe that unless drastic
action is taken to stop gambling at
ball parks the game cannot progress
in fact. that it will lose for base
ball the public's confidence. He even
cautioned the club owners today
against their private betting of silk
hats and bad cigars on the outcome
of the season. sayin: the practice.
while harmless in use'f. perhaps.
nevertheless sets a bad example and
should he stopped in the best inter
ests of the game. The betting habit.
he said. should be curbed. and curbed
With a tight rein and split bit.
The great high commissioner also
was expected some time late this
afternoon to make a few terse but
typically tinted remarks on the ques-
tion of return TO the draft RUE
whereby a major league club owner
could get a star player from the
minors for several cents insteao VI
several bucketfuls of money
Kerr Must Pay Penalty.
7, is not one whit probable that the
Yankees will get Landis to retnstate
Kerr. once a pitcher. that he may oe
traded to the New York team. kerr
pitched ball against Ineligible pLa!
ers and in these days that is tne va
or
ball that isn't controlled by the ols
and lite leagues. The judge is no.
Iisnosed to be a r.lenting soui III
such matters. He has forgotten nov
to help welcome the prodigai son pa'N
home. ..> tho
,ig traders in the W ednesday miirket.
rhcv l,, Jimmie Smith. John fr't,s.
Singleton and Leslie go TO sa'' LaN.
CITY for Sands. a shortstop. Duns
came ali the way from Utah to do II.
smith is a fair infielder. perhaps as
good as Sands so far as techhique
goes Leslie did not come up 10
pectations and specifications at nrs1
base and Singleton T. Wno y, 3ags nfaseH soins to
he a habit with him, rather oozed
away after that.
Sands Is Highly Touted.
Sands played shortstop well Tor
Salt Lake CITY last year. Very fire.
uuently the base ball critics found II
to be a pleasure to say something
nice about him. With Holke on first
base, Parkinson at second. Sands at
shortstop and Rapp on third. the
Phillies seem to have started toward
a better infield. if one can be called
better il Fletcher doesn't play on II.
The pennant is not claimed Ior the
PhilIies next season. but the owner OF
the club is trying to show that ne Is
moving with the procession.
Pittsburgh has secured pitcher
from Sacramento. Calf. His name is
Kunz, and he had a fair record with
an ordinary team last year In eX-
change. Pittsburgh sent Yellowhorse.
the Indian: Rohwer. an infielder:
Hughes and Brown. The latter are
less brilliant players. who never
showed much luster around Pitts
burgh.
Pittsburgh angled for Kunz all dur
Ing the Louisville session of the
minors, but couldn't land him. The
Californians wanted too much at that
time. Dreyfuss threw in $500 with
the players named. and the rattle of
the silver helped the deal go through.
incidentally. Philadelphia slipped Salt
Lake City aboyt $500. in addition to
the players mentioned in the Sands
deal. thereby bringing the Pacific
Coast Leagues money batting aver
age up bit and keeping up the flow
of money metal from east to west.
Duffy Lewis unleashed pitcher
named Thurston. to go to the Browns.
The price was around $4,000.
Copyright, 1927