Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-23

and Immediately jumped to the con-
clusion the comm. ~issioner was in ca,
boots with the club owners to extend
the series another game and reap an
additional harvest Of coin.
: 1t didn't mean anything to that
jeering multitude that the club owners
had voted between seasons to shorten
the worlds series from Ave games out
Of a possible nine>to four games out Of
a possible seven. II coin collecting
was the sole purpose of the fall derby
the magnates would have retained the
longer worlds series, or would have
tarily shortening it. But the baseball
fan, when he gets mad. can't look
backward or forward of the then
present moment. Everything else is
wiped out Of mipd by his rage.
/ New Experience for Lands.
1t wasea new experience for Lands
and it Is a safe bet that in that long
walk across the Polo grounds arena he
wished a thousand times he was back
in his old courtroom in the federal
building at Chicago with the power to,
sentence every n Of those jeering
bugs to Leavenworth for life for con-
tempt of court. But he had no gavel
with which to compel silence and
there was no balliff at command to
clear the court and arrest. the Offend
ers. There vas nothing to do but en-
dure the unjust tayots of All ignorant
and suspicious gang whose chief
thought was the bets it, might have
cashed IL the game had been played
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Instead Of enduring it in dignifed
silence and in the>conhdence that the
rowdies would be ashamed of them
selves when they learned that they
were bounding an innocent party, the
high commissioner threw a sop to the
public by handing over all the receipts
Of that game to charity. This was a
sort Of admission that the fans were
right in their kick against the act of
the umpire in stopping the game, and
the nearest possible thing to giving the
patrons their money back.
Grand Stand Play by lands.
It was a grand stand play as I'M
necessary as it was i'll advised. for the
|sfans would have forgotten the incl
dent almost, as soou as their anger
cooled off, and it is impossible. to
make the other kind of patron believe
baseball iyon the level anyway. More
over, 1t establishes a. precedent that
ma prove very costly. In future the
rooters will holler to get their money
back, instead of letting it GO to
charity, If another game Is played in a
worlds series.
Lands spectacular attempt to re-
store himself to the favor Of the fans
was expensive in itself, for a little
matter OF more than $4,000 isn't to
be scorned even by baseball folks. In
round numbers, $4,000 Of the COM
Observation-Disclosures to charity came
but he won't have to worry about that.
II the councils share Of the worlds
series does not pay the cost of con-
Quoting the commissioners office, the
leagues are assessed to make up the
Takes Money from Players.
Nearly $65, 900 OF the sum donated
to charity came out Of the pockets OF
tho ball players. forth rules provide
that the athletes shall share in the re-
ceipts OF the games that occur before
four games have been decided. In his
generosity the commissioner dipped
into the pockets Of the Giants,
Yankees. Reds, Browns, Tigers, Pr
rates, and Cardinals, all oflwhom get
a slice of the players pool this fall.
It's a cinch the members Of those
teams would not give three rousing
cept with raspberry trimmings.
And the commissioner's<grand stand
play cost. each of the worlds series
club owners over $4,000, but who
cares a darn for them? dt,
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