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The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28
SQUARE DEALS
INFREQUENT IN
OWNERS CAMP
MagnateS YeIp for Fairness
From Players, Then Gently
Slip Them the Razz,
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER
United Ne,os stat CorresD0adcnt


NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-In this, the
third season Of big league baseban's
honest era, Judge K. NJ Lands,
commissioner, as they call him, OF the
organized game, is still waiting for
the players to walk into his court and
ask for any fraction of a square deal.
His pocket is always crowded with
cases instigated by the ciub-owners
against individual players, but usually
devoid Of appeals from the players
themselves against Individual mag
mates.
Of course Lands draws his opulent
salary from the club-owners and not
from the players who are just en-
ployes like himself. But at the time
OF his elevation TO the baseball bench
it was very plainly, even detiantly
said, that the toiler in the vineyards
beyond the turnstiles would be given
a square deal That was the favorite
phrase Of the time for baseball just
then was convalescing from some very
Jortuous transactions of which the
fake world series was only one.
During the winter which Is now
largely slowed away in the past tense
there was thunderous talk Of a base
ball players union. The magnates,
Charlie Ebbets, owner Of the Dodgers.
in louder and more strident voice than
all the rest. decried this business. say
ing the players had neither need for
nor right to join a union. Unions were
evil organizations which stirred up
strife nor even wrought benefit for
any man. And so the maguates formed
a union Of their own whose workings
may now be traced in many cases Of
lone players.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28
Meridian

Six teams are left in the city junior
basketball tourney being staged at
the Lauter gym. Meridian NJ. f.. Rec
tor Juniors and Brightwood were
eliminated Tuesday night. The teams
left in the fight for the championship
are Hercules. Eagle A. c., Deltas, Fair
Plays, Lauter Leaders and Pals Club.
The two feature games Of Tuesdays
schedule were furnished by the
B.1--twood Independents, who won
their first game from the Meridian n.
z. five, 20 to 16, but lost in the final
match Of the evening~to the Lauter
Leaders, 16 to II. The Pals Club did
not have a great deal of trouble with
the Rector Juniors and won. AZ to 25.
The tourney will he contiaued
Thursday night, with three games on
the card. The $3.50 contest between
the Lauter Leaders and Pals Club is
a serni-hnal game.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28
COLISEUM IN
READINESS FOR
NET SECTIONAL
Change in Heating System
Adds to Comfort-Sur-
priSeS Are Expected,

All set and achin' for action.
That is the feeling that is pervades
the atmosphere at the State fair
grounds coliseum today. The local
sectional high school basket-L Il
TOURNEY viii be held there Friday and
Saturday. The floor is laid. the back
stops up, heaters in. bleachers built.
in short. everything IS in readiness for
the tourney to get away IN fine style
Sixteen basket ball teams full Of pep
and on their toes every minute viii
-be at each others throats on those
two days.
The tourney management is TO be
congratulated on the change it
has made in the heating system.
Four soft coal furnaces with the
smoke and gas p,ped outside have re-
placed the numerous coke burning,
gas producing salamanders of former
years At times during the last sec
tional and State tourney the air was
scarcely fit 10 breathe.
Thrills galore are promised the
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28
"A Sailor Made
Team

Bill Ingram, new Indiana
football coach, should be able
to guide the Crimson through
some of the "sea of mud" bat
ties that are usually part of
every football season. He is
a real sailor man and is to
have command Of q Naval Re
serve battalion to be organized
in Jeffersonville and New
Albany in the near future. A
sub chaser will be stationed
there.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

In some games we played I have
seen them bunt in the last inning
when our team was leading by ten or
more runs
our team used the hit.and run play
q great deal As a result. that stvlo
OF getting runs In punches win proba-
bly, be given thorough workout now
that we have left the country.
a better idea Of the fundamentals
as CLEANED from actual competition I'm
closely played games, is what the Jan
Players need most
NEXT: Japan's Babe Ruth"
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28
lVEY TO COACH TRACK
AT EARLHAM COLLEGE
Move to Give Time to Baseball Team
This Spring.

BIZ Times Special
RICHMOND. Ind. Feb. 2s.-Charles
R. Ivey has been signed as assistant
coach at Earlham College for the re-
mainder Of the year. He viii have
charge Of the track team while Coach
Move gives his time TO baseball. Ivey
is an EarIhan athlete and one Of the
best track men this State has turned
out. His speciality was the high
hurdles and he is credited with time
only two-ffths OF a second slower than
the worlds record
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28
Harvard Gdron Star Opens Shop Campus Grounds

next fall when he expects
that his tearoom will sup
port him. His friends even
now are shamelessly swiz-
zling and guzzling Ge6rke's
subtle pekoe brews and de-
bauching themselves with
French pastry, mullins and
other habit-forming cookies.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

far outclassed the
best teams In ia
pan was the cause.
There was q lack
OF keen coTnpeti
tlon in ali the
games with the
exception Of the
one we lost.
Uusally our team
was out In front
from the opening
inning This very
naturally kept us
from pulling the
so called inside
stuff. the delayed
EtaaI tho er,,teaya
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

$ student, running a tearOom.
A tearooml Erwin
Gehrke, Harvard half back,
manager, head waiter and
prop. A lunch wagon
would have been different.
But this is a tearoom-the
Old Rose tearoOm.
And apparently his fell
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

low students also have so de-
clined in morals that they
not only tolerate buE en-
courage young Gehrke in
his terrible offense by pa
tronizing his tea and crum-
pets.
Gehrke worked eight
hours a day to make his
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

way through college, aside
from the time he had to
give to classes and, last fall,
to football practice. Re-
Gently he felt himself slip
ping and foresaw the time
when he couldn t make ends
meet any more. So he has
adjourned from school until
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28
TO PLAY WITH
Y. M. H. A. NET FIVE
Simmons A. &. win Be the Opponents
Tonight.

Sidney Click will play floor guard
for the Y. NJ. II. A. five tonight against
the Simmons A. c. squad. Click is
better known in the ring than on the
basketball floor
The game win be played at the
Comgunal building and win be pre-
cedefk by a game at 1870 between the
z H. A. girls and the Federation
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28
ROY WALLACE WINS TWO
BOUTS IN A. A. u. TOURNEY
Puts X. o. on Gotham Boxer and
Beats Gary Scrapper.

BIZ Times Special
NEW YORK. Feb. 2S.-Roy Wal
lace Of the Hoosier a. c. Of Indianapo-
lis won two boxing bouts In the
National A A. Z. boxing and
wrestling meet at Madison Square
Garden. Tuesday night. Wallace
knocked out William Harris of New
York in the third round and defeated
Stanley Jones Of Gary. Ind, in his
second victory of the day.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28
Hahn Goes to Princeton

ANN ARBOR. Mich. Feb. 2S.-
Archie Hahn. freshman track coach
at the University Of Michigan. has ac.
cepted an offer as assistant track
coach at Princeton. He viii leave
here az the end Of the semester. .
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28
Garfield High of Terre Haute
dOwned its chief hometown rival,
Wiley High, SO to p.

IL
Holiday fo- the three Indian polls pa6llc
high schools Friday Sectional -ames on
Il would be useless 10 have classes The
boys and girls wOuidnt keep their minds on
their books
Reports from Vincennes say the
editors Of the Sun and the Commercial
are having lots OF fun with each other.
ana, Of course. basketball IS TO blame
f. II II
Five hundred and forty y-seven
high school squads will be draped
in mourning this time next week.
f. - +
Jimmy Finley of Louisville put
Eddie O'Brien Of st. Louis to sleep
Tuesday night in the third round
OF a fight at West Palm Reach.
Fla.
=
FRANK CHANCE has BANNED GOLF
AMONG HIS BOSTON BALL PLAYERS.
+ 4 i
Indianapolis horseshoe pitchers are
feeling the call Of the irons Meeting
tonight at the recreation department
in the City Hall
=
SAY, SHOOTIN' EN-, THE SAME
GUY THAT CALLED YOU ABOUT
BUTLER ALSO GAVE US A RING.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28
Mass,
By United NelCs
CAMBRIDGE,

Feb. 28.-There's just no
limit to the shameful things
a college man will do to get
an education. Here now is
Erwin = Gehrke, Harvard
half back, and otherwise a
viriIe, strong, decent young
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

SisIer. who came direct from A1ichi,,
gan and made good, mas fired Cast
ner with an ambition TO equal It
Sisler. like Casmer, starred in col
lege circles as a pitcher However.
Sisters great speed and hitting abil-
ity caused him to be converted into
a first basemau. so his club would
day during the season.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

HARRISBURG, Pa.-Joe Lynch.
bantamweight champion. won an
eight-round decision from Peter Hu-
sick. Harrisburg.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28
-BASEBALLING IN JAPAN
-BASEBALLING IN JAPAN
Big LeaguerS Too Strong
and JapS Fail to Profit

~ ball tactics than big leaguers This opinion big
eaguers basebaing Japan last fall told Billy
the NEA Service staff.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

BOSTON--Dave Shade. California
welterweight. won close ten.round
decision from George Ward, Elizabeth.
y. j.
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the NEA Service staff.
Bv WAITE HOYT

and World Series Hero.
TT HE tour of the Orient by the big
league stars did not tend to
benefit the play Of the Japs as
much as 1t was hoped.
The fact that the big leaguers so
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

SOME long-distance travelling
- records Will be broken by
far-western goal getters anxious
TO tackle mid-weStern State high
school basketball champions, ac-
1crding to kilograms received
Tuesday by the University of
Chicago, under whose auspices
the National interscholastic basket
5au tournament viii be held there
April to {. inclusive. The Missoula.
Mont. champions came East last
year. This year the Washington
State champions viii battle the Mid
Western f1ves and teams expected
from the East, South and Central
North. The Idaho champions also viii
be there.
Now the University Of Chicago is
anxious TO hear from the Passaic. y.
J.. High School team, which has a
clean slate. About twenty-five State
champion teams are expected. All
State winners IN good standing with
~, v., 60 ~. 60, -,
Ane 4AlAd1la oLAte f11Gh ScnoOl Aln-
letic Association does not permit its
champion 70 enter the Chicago tour
ney as It IS classed as a post-seasOn
affair.
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COLUMBIA CITY WON THE WHITLEY
corD-rv H7cH school,. NIT rorp>-rv
.7--,.I, 60, - - ~.
III
--'AN9'
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IN the feature HstcuH go at Tom
-4ISOH nan ueS-Idy hlshl Jimmy
lA7..y VIZ d p'.c-I os-I one Aii7e-
80. =. I'll -. b.
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The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

There was Jack Scott last year. Gin
Cinnau turned him out on ten days
notice II ne had quit Cincinnati on
ten days notice he would have been
barred from baseball. Anyway, the
Reds let him so, in pursuance Of the
square-deal contract which players are
compelled TO sign or so to work. After
a summer Of idleuess he hitchcd on
with the Giants. won some important
bali games which very materially
aided them in winning their pennant,
and won his game from the Yanks
in the world series.
The Giants did Scott no favor John
NIcGraw would not have taken him at
all if he hadn't seen that Scott's arm
was in shape again.
This year Scott is offered less pay
than he wants. AS he belongs 20
the Giants he is not allowed TO apply
20 any other club for a job. He can
lake what he is offered or get out.
There was Dick Kerr. He was one
ot the few decent men With the White
Sox in the fall OF 1919 and won two
games in the fake world series. the
receipts for which We're never dis
gorEed hy the club owners, although
the people paid TO see a square deal
world series.
because Kerr wanted pay comluon-
surate with his services he has been
barred from ORGANIZED baseball
McInnis shmted
Stufy McInnis is one Of the best
first basemen in the majors and a lead
ing hitter He had a three-year con
tract with Cleveland-I he had
jumped his contract he would have
been barred. But after one year he is
now let out by Cleveland and no
other team was willing to pay the
waiver price for him. He viii be
forced TO reduce his terms and then
he viii be able TO get a job.
This is the third season Of big
league basebalTs honest era.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28
College Net Scores

Purdue. So: Ohio state. 30.
Pen-a. -. Columbia. 10
Vanderbilt 30 Louisiana state. 10.
Illinois State Normal. IS: Monmouth. %.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28
SIX TEAMS LEFT
IN JUNIOR MEET
Tourney Play to Be Continued
Thursday Night
THURSDAY SCHEDULE

T 2. M-Hercules and Eagle A. C.s.
7:3O 2. M.-Deltas and Boys Club Fair
$50 p. MA-Lauter Leaders and Pals
Club Semi-fnal.l
TUESDAY RESULTS
BrightwoOd Independents, 20; Meridian
NJ. E.. 10.
Pals Club. AZ; Rector Juniors. 25,
Lauter Leaders, IS: Brightwood, IL
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

Ever Hammer. Chicago lightweight.
zsas fined $1,000 by Boxing Commis-
sioner' 'Campau Of Detroit for his poor
showing IN the ring there Monday
night Hammer was disqualified in
his fight with Sid Barbarian.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

National A. A. Z. swim champion
ships. which viii be held here this
summer. VIII be supervised by the
athletic committee OF the Chamber
Of Commerce. George Welbaum is
chairman.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

ADJUSTMENTS
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

The sh0uIder-shasIn discriminating
Quake-s and Butler BIIc Devils so 10 il in
Richmond tonight After that the State
college net warfare viii shift 70 Franklin
There's going To be a lot OF nervous energy
burned until Butler and Franklin decide
who s who.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

Holiday fo- the three Indian auaIi- pablo
high schools Friday Sectional -ames on
II would be useless 20 have Glasses The
boys and girls wOuldn keep their minds on
their books
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

THE BOUERMAKERs RANBLED ALL
AROUND THE ONO STATE NET CREW.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

When Pinky Crosby left the Navy
he must have taken couple of
Uncle Sans guns along with him.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-02-28

In the feature fsticun go at Tom
hnsOn Hail Tuesday night Jimmy
Kelly wore a patch over one knee.
4 fan shouted: He looks like a
basketball player"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-26
Beating the Tom.To ms.
From an Exchange.

The Baltimore Sun has some things to say
about the work of the churches, and the
words of that paper are OF sut1cent serious
ness to claim the attention OF those who are
interested in the prosperity OF the churches.
The words of the Sum- quoted by the Liter
airy Digest are as follows:
at is significant that before the advent OF
trombones and sensational antics in the pull
pit men were more conspicuous in the con-
gregations than they are today. Perhaps those
who asked for bread have been given stone
The simplicities of religion have been be-
c1ouded by eccentricities which attract the
curious for a time but have sustained in
fuence Children may be attracted to the
Sunday schools by what might be called re-
ligious vaudeville, but they weary all too soon
and drift away poorly schooled in the ele-
ments of their belief and having little con-
ception of their relationship to God.
as it too much to hope, then, that while
the denominational leaders have betterments
in mind they will evolve, if not better re-
ligon at least better presentation of its
fundamentals? Why has there not been
evolved any more effective method of making
men better than by preCept and example and
the deliverance of what used to be called
gospel message? There are those who be
lieve that unauthorized religion will accom-
plish more for the world than louder beating
of tom-toms."
While religious leaders and specialists are
industriously inventing new methods by
which people may be trapped into attending
church it is refreshing TO hear occasionally
the voice of the secular papers raised in favor
of the old gospel message" Many of the
most thoughtful editors are asking that the
churches continue to give them the old mes
sage of Gods grace They object that preach
ers are spending too much time talking about
the affairs of the world-about things OF a
political, business or social character They
have enough of that SIX days of the week, and
know as much about these things as the
preacher does. What they need on Sundays
and what they go to church for is message
of hope for the future.
Men in the grind of business do not hest
tate to say that they need something differ
ent on Sunday. They need the rest, the quiet
ing influence of those that come from God
through Jesus Christ They need the strength
that religion gives them that they may be
ready to fight the battles of the week as
Gods men. They recognize, if the preacher
does not that they need to sit down in the
quiet of the church on Sunday, look into the
face of their Lord, and breathe.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-26
THE DRIVE FOR NEW TAXES.

The general assembly will meet in Atlanta
today and, according to reliable report will
at once begin to search diligently for new
methods Of collecting money by taxation. 1t
is proposed to collect an increased tax on
sales of gasoline; it is proposed to lay a
heavier tax on corporations; it is proposed to
impose an amusement tax; it is proposed to
tax soft drinks and CONNECTIONS; it is pro-
posed to tax personal and business incomes
in the same manner that the federal govern
ment taxes incomes. Legislators would do
well to remember that the state is not going
to be made to prosper by 1evying burden
some taxes on business and individuals. Such
taxes inevitably increases the cost of living
to every one; they discourage capital from
seeking investment in the state; they compli-
cate rather than cure the existing condition.
The state of Georgia has not been making
the progress that it should make, particu-
larry with reference to the development OF
industry. The general complaint has been
that it sends too large a proportion of its
raw material out of the state to be manu-
featured into finished products. Capital is not
going to be induced to invest in Georgia in
dustries by taxes made so heavy as to be
burdensome The general assembly should
proceed with caution. Reduction not in
crease, of taxes is the prime need OF the hour.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-26
SMOOT ON TAXES.

Senator Smoot, of Utah, is well known as
an expert on fiscal affairs. He is familiar with
taxation and what he says on the subject is
always interesting for he usually knows pref
ty we'll what he is talking about. 1t is his
belief that taxation in the United States new
er will be reduced He is willing to grant
that it may be increased from time to time,
but he is steadfast in his conviction that it
never will come down.
Taxation, according to Senator Smoot, is
the dominant subject in this country, and, for
the next rs years, he says, the dominant
question will be chow to raise money for our
government" In this he confesses that gov
eminent costs are likely to puzzle because
they are sure to increase. Pointing to one
thing alone, he shows how one bill of 81 $780,
100000 will have to be borne by the govern
ment This will be for pensions for veterans
of the world war, and it will come in the next
10 years, says Senator Smoot.
A $4,000, 100000 yearly tax bill for the
American people is unavoidable, in Senator
Shoots opinion. The average man may I'M
derstand or appreciate, better what that sum
means when he thinks of it as 5000 millions
That amount is the minimum of the bill the
taxpayers will have to pay annually as con-
ceived by Senator Smoot, but he really thinks
it eventually will be much more
So the people who pay taxes on which
Uncle Sam runs the biggest business OF
earth have come to realize that the high cos
Of government is very expensive. Still, it il
not so bad here as in other countries. Fol
example in England the people are taxed OF
a per capita average of $102 year. An est
mate made a short time ago said England
taxation represented IS per cent of the tota
income OF the people. The rate here, whil
almost oppressively high, is nothing to com
pare with that
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-26
FROM THE CAR WINDOW.

Southwestern Georgia as seen from the car
window at this time of the year is pleasing
sight. It has the appearance OF one vast gar
den. Green fields of corn and cotton alter
nate with freshly p1owed ground planted with
peas for hay Cattle Craze quietly IN rich
pastures. Trees along the streams and around
the farm homes are lovely in their garb OF
green Wild flowers of various hues blush
along the roadsides Birds of many kinds dart
hither and thither, and their melody is often
heard DESPITE the movement of the train. Ev-
ervwhere is evidence that the sun and the
rain and providence are doing their appoint
ed work Everywhere is proof OF the indus
trv of man. Whatever other people may be
doing, and whatever his own state of mind
NAV be. the farmer is busy with his labor.
Sheltered from the winds by groves are com
Portable and attractive homes and well-bult
barns. Here and there run the highways, dry
and smooth. and over them fly swift-movng
motor cars. It is picture of peace, progress
and prosperity. In all the world there is no
other land so beautiful and so fruitful as this
is. 1t makes no difference where one happens
to be in southwestern Georgia, the outlook is
the same. 1t is hardly possible to make a
choice between the counties.
This is the time of year to see south Geor-
Ola at its best-in the month of June. 1t can
be viewed from the car window, but it is
best seen from the motor car. Seeing it one
can understand why south Georgians are
such firm boosters of the state in which they
dwell
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-26
The Cost of Government.
From the Lagrange Reporter.

Oh! agony-death and taxes Both agonies
grow upon us day by day in every way. We
sassy" but the tenacles of death multiply
around our souls; and we may pride our
selves upon prosperity inflated values, paved
highways and increasing hordes of public
employees, but the dragnets of tax schemes
spread more cruelty We are disposed to let
out mad scream at the assurance of The
Dawson News that "the average taxpayer
feels that he already is carrying about as
heavy burden as he can endure" when we
remember that the average taxpayer contin-
ues to do nothing about it in his selection OF
men to attend to his public business. We tax
payers get exactly what we buy at the ballot
box. But The News interests us with its
truthful statement.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-26
CHEAP MONEY.

The Farm Labor Union, political organ
ization now virtually in control of the Okla
homa state administration, has taken stand
for cheap money and plenty OF II" There
have been many experiments in cheap mon
cy." but few indeed have yielded anything
but an unpleasant experience. Before the
world war four German marks would buy
one American dollar Now it takes 10000
marks Money is so cheap and so plentiful
il Russia that it means nothing, Men starve
to death because millions of rubles will not
even buy crust of bread. Here are two
modern examples of Cheap money and plen-
ty of it." Do we wish to duplicate such con-
ditions in the United States? Hardly. Theo-
rists would have it that money can be made
to represent anything, to do anything. Ex-
perience teaches us that money represents on
ly what we put into it. that it will do in re-
turn only what we do for it. Working, not
wishing is the basis of all prosperity.