The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-07
OPERATORS OF POOLS
"SLIMIEST" MENACE
TO BASEBALL, lands

LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. IA fight
10 exterminate the baseball pools to
save the game from suspicion was
pledged Commissioner Lands by ma
jor and minor leaguers today as re-
suit Of the commissioners appeal last
night to wipe out what he termed the
greatest menace to the sport.
The commissioner with character
istic Landis severity called the OPP
orator of baseball pool ''the slimiest
lowest form of criminal in existence"
and declared he would accept no ex-
cuse from any club official for not
making fight to stop pool operations.
II have handled many crooks in my
day, but never have 5 had to deal with
such Shiny and 80 uncfean criminals
as this clique of nationwide gamblers
who are grabbing money from the
little fellows 10 place in the hands q
lthe big fellows behind it ALL" Com
missioner Landis declared.
while the operations OF these
pools have absolutely no connection
with baseball and cannot possibly be
traced to the actions OF any player or
club, nevertheless If this thing is all
lowed to continue 1t viii destroy the
good name of baseball
s. Lands Suggests
Commissioners Lands in his address
Suggested that the minor leaguers
meet in joint session with the major
league club owners, but he made no
jmention OF the draft for he said: Il
3 may have to be knocked down to get
something into my head, but you don't
have to drag me out" The commits
.-sfoner also carefully avoided any men
: ton Of the conflict in the dates of
the American league meeting called
for Chicago Dec. 10 and the joint
meeting of the major leagues which
he had called for New York on Dec. IA.
William H. Keeper, president of the
Portland, Ore, club of the Pacific
Coast League, who yesterday was
barred forever from participating in
the affairs of the National Association
of Professional Baseball Leagues,
plans to seek an Injunction to restrain
the minor league powers from inter
fering with his operations as prest
dent of the club. G. c. Moser, attorney
for the Portland club. said today he
would take action as quickly as he
could gather the evidence. Keeper
was expelled for fling an alleged false
statement relative to the paid-in cap
ital stock of the Tacoma, Wash. club
which he organized. In addition he
was ordered to pay 5000 back salary
due Manager Raymond of the Tacoma
club.
Exhibitions Planned
The decision of the White Sox and
. Giants, worlds champions, to play an
other spring training tour next spring
will enable the club secretaries to pro
coed with the arrangement of the q
exhibition dates to be filed. The clubs
will start the tour in San Antonio, Tex
about the second week in March The
Giants will train at San Antonio while
the White Sox will establish a cable
at Seguin, Texas.
Wheeler Doc) Johnson, former first
baseman with Milwaukee and Cleve
land, announced today he had pur
chased his release from the Philadel
phia Americans for $4,000, to accept
tho management of club on the Pa
cifc coast.
The minor leaguers will wind NJ
their convention today with the se1ec
ton of the 1923 convention city. Nash
vile, Tenn, Detroit, Los Angeles ant
West Baden are bidding for 1t.