The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-14
lands URGES
OWNERS TO ACT
AGAINST BETS


mined to Drive kvn From F
Baseball.
BY John B. POSTER
Copyright. 1872. BY The Brsus.)
New York, Dec. 14.-A full pro-
gram faced the American and Ma
tional league magnates when they
met in Joint session today with
Commissioners lands presiding.
Some Of the more important prob
lens confronting them were:
The gambling evil; the PROPOSE
ton to create . zoning system for
home runs; the question Of . 50
player limit; the matter of the COM
missioner and the club owners in
stead Of the. umpires having final
say whether . world series game
will or won't be played on account
OF the Indictment weather or c0ndi-
ton Of the field; whether a rule
should be adopted permitting
joint meeting by mail vote; new
time limit for player trading be-
tween major league clubs.
Commissioner Lands and the
club owners who met. today have
their eagle eyes ON the gambling
evil. They believe that unless dras-
tic action is taken to stop gambling
at ball parks the game cannot pro-
gress-in fact that it will lose for
baseball the public's confidence. He
even cautioned the club owners to-
day against their private betting
Of silk hats and bad cigars ON the
outcome of the season, saying the
practice, while harmless in itself
perhaps, nevertheless has bad ex-
ample and should be stopped in the
best interests Of the game. The
betting habit, he said, should be
curbed with = tight rein and split
bit. .f
The great high commissioner
also was expected some time late
this afternoon to make a few terse
but typically tinted remarks on the
question of a return to the draft
rule, whereby a major league club
owner could get q star player from
the minors for several cents, In
stead of several bucketfuls of
money.
1t is not one whit certain that
the Sox will get Lands to reiIstate
Kerr, once a pitcher, that he may
be traded to the New York team.
Kerr pitched ball against ineligible
players, and in these days that Is
the barrier between organized ball
and baseball that isn't controlled
by the big and little leagues. The
Judge is not disposed to be a re-
lenting soul in such matters. He
has forgotten how to help welcome
the prodigal son back home.
The Philadelphia Nationals were
the big traders in the Wednesday
market. They let Jimmie Smith,
John Peters, Singleton and Leslie
20 to Salt Lake City for Sands.
shortstop. Duffy Lewis put that
| deal through. He came all the way
from Utah to do it. Smith is a
fair infielder, perhaps as good as
F., Sands SO far as technique goes
/ Leslie did not come up to expecta-
| lions and specifications at first base
and Singleton, who bravely won
! his first game as if it were going &c
I be habit with him, rather oozed
away after that.
! Sands played shortstop well fol
Salt Lake. City last year. Very
frequently the baseball critics found
! it to be a pleasure to say something
| nice about him. With Poke OF
/ first base, Parkinson at second
Sands at shortstop and Rapp or
third, the Phillies seem to have
started toward a better infield, 4
one can be called better, if Fletcher
! doesn't play on it. The pennant il
not claimed for the Phillies mex,
season, but the owner of the clut
! is trying to show that he is moving
/ with the procession.
Pittsburgh has secured q pitcher
from Sacramento, Calf His name
is kunz, and he had q fair record
with an ordinary team last year
In exchange Pittsburgh sent Vel.
low Horse. the Indian; Rohwer, ar
infielder; Hughes and Brown. The
latter are less brilliant players who
never showed much lustre around
Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh angled fol
! Kunz all during the Louisville ses-
sion Of the minors, but couldn't land
him. The Californians wanted toe
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
about $500 in addition to the play
ers mentioned in the Sands deal
thereby bringing the Pacific Coast
league money batting average VI
a bit and keeping up the now Ct
money metal from east to west.
Duffy Lewis unleashed a pitcher
named Thurston, to 60 to the
Browns. The price was around
$4,000.
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