New-York tribune., 1922-10-13

be given TO the Disabled Veterans
$rihuted to other charities.
This Is news to me-" said Colonel
Ill Huston, tipping back his chair in
the rear Office of the Yankee head
quarters and squirting over his
glasses at some blue prints of the new
hsllyard for his hopeful Hugmen, II
think we club owners should have
something to say about how this
fnonsy Is to be split, and we don't
thank any outsiders to issue stories for
as which may or may not be true. In
talk had with Judge Lands just be-
fore ne left for Chicago, he said that
he would require some time to think
the matter over before he proposed a
method of distribution for this
money
This thing is more complicated than
1t appears. Take the 100000 gate.
roughly speaking. About $4,000 of it
would naturally go to the Advisory
Council, and if the money Is going to
charity the members might like to say
what particular charities should profit
thereby. Of the remaining 100000,
one-Quarter would go to each league
one-quarter to the owners Of the
Yankees. and the other quarter to the
Giants. The local club owners could
quickly decide on what to do with
their share, but there are owners of
fourteen other clubs in the two leagues
which might want to have word In the
distribution of the amount that would
ordinarily have gone into the league
treasures. Fair enough, isn't it?
VIII Take Some Time
Getting the ideas of these gentle
men will take a little time. l think
the judge will give the matter consid-
cradle thought and then talk it over
with the club owners before he issues
his final plan. Personally, you know
where / stand. My slogan is, Every
buffalo nickel for the soldiers and
that's where my share will go if I can
get 1t there. But lot more people
will have something to say about it.
/ expect to see Judge Landis at New
Orleans next week, at the American
Legion convention, and by that time he
may have some news to give out"
Late in the afternoon Colonel Huston
received the telegram reported to have
been sent to all club owners in both
circuits by C.. Hamilton Cook, Of Gin
cinnati, national president of the Dis
abled American Veterans of the World
War. This was worded as follows:
Approximately 100000 Americans
were disabled in the World War. Our
organization urges you to wire Judge
Lands to turn over proceeds of tie
game played in the worlds series to
be used for the relief of these men.
Their sacrifice made possible the con-
tinuance Of our national aims"
This did not change the attitude of
the esteemed "Cap." He is for his
former buddies-hrst, last and all the
time. He was asked about the sugges-
tion that some of the money be di-
verted to provide help for needy ball
players. The "Man in the Iron Hat"
preferred that this be done in differ
ent way, or at another time. Citing a
specific case, he said he was willing to
dig right down in his own pocket and
come up with more than FIVE fingers on
his hand. He insisted that there were
no one-way pockets in the habiliments
of either the Yankee or Giant owners,
as both had proved on numerous occa-
sions. He thought that the series
money should go to New York chari-
ties, or that part of it not given to
the soldiers. since it was contributed
by New York fans.