Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-01
GAMBLERS MUST co,
BAN JOHNSON RULES
Fighting President of Amcri-
can League Opens War on
Baseball Evil.
ny Roy Gibbons.

CHICAGO, Sept, 81. Baseball.
pools operating with unbelievable
wide-opon hagrancy in countless
sections and cities OF tho country.
constitute an impending mcnac.
which must 10 checked Immediately
hy dras'lc measures before the liro
Of Americas national sport is
further cnhaurorei."
This Is the s,atemnn. made ~ Ban
Johnson, president Of tho American
League. here in an interview
Il have never scen yoar in which
tho pool gambling nuisance was AZ
bad - It IL this season" NJ said
The operators Of these sur"-thlug
games are back In drovcs Thoy are
mulc,inS tnnoc"n, fans out OF mil
lions Of dollars.
u, IS high Time ,ha, something
vas done. The situation, however.
demands more than talk I'm going
20 start mopriuE ur fight which
viii rut these gamblers on tho bench
f"rHvor They've got I" go"
From private Information which
he has gathered under cover. John
son SAYS ne has positive knowledge
that several htg pools with national
aifi.ation are operated from Dos
Moin"s. Iowa, ny man who was
charE"d "iih corrUpt!nE the BLACK
S"N Two years ago
This mar Is only one ~ tho ,uary
VII" are proving on the supporters
o.: baseball throuchuu tn" country
b." SAID Were going after hos.
fellows and make them marx time
:" some Jail sentence music +, ".
can only got the state authorities
behind "a
"lhats been the trouble all along
The pool operators are afraid open
~ I" violate the interstate. laws for
fear OF Federal prosecution. mai
NidUal state action is needed to
catch them insid" State territory.
baseball pool gambling heats The
"ia louisiana lottery forty different
Ways No man VIII" plays with It
ras even chance from the start.
IN" pool operators aren't even
mhl"rs They ar" cowardlv gold
hrirH men, woroinE gam" that
skins the 'hree-shell- and-pea racke,
m no mar
"tndouh;"dly III. recon, Increase
IN tho number ~ pools nov operat-
Ing is du" 20 tho closing OF Western
race tracks
The biSo water element from
among tho gamblers who Formerly
made fa' livlnrs of tho ponies. have
now turned th"ir attention ia base
ba'! and ar" doing their damnedest
10 corrupt II.
w" are watching all our teams
with greatest care to see that they
con; get on the inside here. But
out In the West, from what | h.y.
gathered. IN" pool owners use their
enormous winnings to throw games
in some "f the minor leagues.
ana they'v" been getting away
WIN IT, too. "" can't stand to SEQ
great snort .iN" baseball ht In
me fac" and not protest against II.
want 10 ask tho aid II every
fan and d"oen, citizen to helm IN. II,
cleaning up tnis mis~rshI. situation
II has obtained too long nv Tar
And now we're going - end il for
good
Drastic laws are necessary. state
LEGISLATURES should he gotten into
action. Win prison sentences star.
ing them in the fac" the pool opera
tors would soon s-arch for cover.
know this VIII happen, because
they quickly halted their operations
when the Federal authorities hoppcd
on their tails several years ago.
Eut today 'h"y think they're Sc
cur" by sticking inside their home
town and state and doing all the
possible harm in their power there
~ i"i"s VII" are approached with
tickets or chances in a baseball pool
would only realize that they're deal
ing with flock OF liars and h"rs.-
thieves they'd never spend their
rood