Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-17

soy. who were implicated in thu
world series scandal Of 1919. There
may be an exception or two. But
!nost OF them cannot Understand why
they should have been punished. by
from baseball. Instead
OF ,trylng to make their living by
ltevtng the easier way still is open
g Them through the exercise Of their
ability as baseball players.
Seek Foothold Near N. Y.
Finding their efforts to exploit
themselves in and around Chicago
considerably less of a success thar
they expected some of the perma-
gu. the field in the vicinity Of New
york, having found hackers there
VINO believe money can be made in
exploiting them.
Temporary success may crown this
effort, just as happened for a brief
spell in Chicago. There is a certain
quantity OF folks impelled, by cur.
iosity that can always be attracted
by the ,tnusual-but only once. iusl
to satisfy curiosity. Friends the dis.
cardeds players had in large UNI ers
when they were a community's ne.
roes, but they lost most of them
~ oSuSN ,WcIC not the, KING
who would donate much coin to see
them play ball. They would be more
ready to subscribe to a farewell ben.
Eeht.
II Silence L. Best Weapon.
The policy OF THE Thunders q,
Silence" adopted in Chicago. mad.
the exploitation of the former star.
improbable after q short period. ant
the same policy. iii adopted in Goth.
am. will have the same inevitable re
Publicity will attract the curiou.
and increase their numbers. TOT
much opposition to any person O,
project, Expressed in.the public. prints
inpels many to the belief that i
may be prosecutions Silence Is {
whose Welfare depends z on publ
favor has vet been able to comba
successfully. J
of annimositys Ward the bIacklistet
players. They were friends Of mine
some ofssthem@ of 16ng standing, ant
no one regrets more than I VIVA
they did. R,eshaps this discussion o
their position will enable them to un
derstand. 5s.
No Law Broken in Court.
From their point Of view the,
transgressed' no law. In. fact. thu
courts, could find none to apply t.
their. cases. Baseball. laws they be
teved were made to be broken. if i
could be done without detection. AL
their baseball lives they had beer
schooled to break the rifles if the,
could get away with it. Cutting {
base was a smart trick, if the umpir,
was not looking. Every pitcher
worked hours and weeks to learn how
to transgress the balk rules withou
being penalized.
They knew the club owners al.
ways were looking for loopholes tina
would permit them to break the law
constantly were being farmed out il
spite of the constitutional prohibi
lion against farming. They existed
in a bad atmosphere. -
No Sympathy Left.
They. forgot the public and thei
pals. The public may sympathi5a
deeply with the inmates of Joliet Of
Sing Sing, but how many of that pub
lie would give trusted positions to tn
t.graduates of either?s The baseball
public is sorry for the former White
Sox, but how many fans would fee
absolute confidence that they wer,
always doing their best in q, ball game
II it were possible to bring about theil
reinstatement? Something has beef
lost that cannot be replaced.
Then there is-Ho' crime. even in tn,
underworld. greater than that o
embarrassing a pal. That was wha
the former Sox did to their own team
mates, n that is why the Who'll.
profession ofi,ballA players is opposed
to- playing with Or against men who
were implicated in the famous double.
cross of 1919.
Perhaps it has done baseball NOR
good than harm. however.