The Washington times., 1924-10-18

Johnson ana DreytuS are out.
spoken ana pointed In their criti
cism Of Lands conduct Of office
They have declared frankly and
openly that the Judge boungled the
Donlan-O 'Connell case.
Dreyfua maintains that other cases
Of attempted bribery have occurred
He charges openly that Dolan. aided
and abetted by John McGraw,
tamperAd with Pittsburgh players.
And he IL incensed by the al
legged 'snubhing" which Landia
gave him in Washington when the
commissioner refused to see him
or listen to facts which Dreyfua
desired to disclose In connection
with the scandal charges.
A halfshearted attempt was
made to get" Lands ut the
neetfng . year ago. At that time,
however, johnson was the only
prime mover and Lands stopped
the trouble with Q "CaM down.
which burned JOlnsOn's pride to
the quick. That "razzing," de-
Nvered before all the assembled
megnatess still ranIIleS In John.
sons bOsOm-and now q kindred
spark has been kindled In the
soul Of Barney Dreyfus.
That means trouble--and hooked
up with the recent scandal,
promises to stir the very founda.
lions OF the game.
So Tar as the magnates are con.
cerned, the average fan ID little In.
terested. Dreyfus' feud w:rh Nc.
Graw and McGraw's feul with
Baker are Of little moment. And
no one much cares whether John.
son and Lands are enemies or bed
fellows.
But in the charges and counter.
charges which these differences may
bring forth, and more particularly
In the proof Of these charges, there
ID interest. Nasty things have been
said and serious charges have been
made.
In these things, uncovered In the
heat Of personal animoeity are even
onestenth true. then baseball faces
the most serious moment Of it's tn.
ml1geOus existence when the clans
meet In December. The O'COnnell.
D0lan matter has not been forgot.
ten. Fans, ever long-suffering, have
held their peace waiting for evi.
dence on which they can draw their
conclusions.
But deep In their own minds,
there ID not one fan In ten thou
said that believes that the sudden.
~ uncovered and as suddenly
hushed scandal was a joke, or that
that two men pusnished were alone
responsible for it's perpetration.
A few years ago such explana-
fiOn might have been accepted.
Hut sface the White SOx iniquity,
the Chase and Douglas cases, and
the other OutCroppings Of dis
honesty, fans refuse TO be gull.
BILE. They want the truth and
they're looking with interest to
this coming meeting.
Just what steps viii be taken by
Dreyfus and johnson 1t not known.
Neither one nor the other has made
q direct avowa1 Of war on the Com.
missioner. But actions speak loud.
or than words.
These two men, and certain of
their associations are out to "get''
lands, just as certainly as the sun
sets In the West. That they will
use the recent scandal as d hammer
with which to attain their ends, Is
likewise just as certain.
And that, unless their plans mis-
carry, there will result another base
bail war that win rip and tear open
old wounds while creating new ones,
ie only logical
Let EN- fight The fans don't
care.
But-of that pending battle will
tend TO clear the atmosphere and
Fend away the veil Of secrecy which
has been organized baseball's great.
est handicap, then the tans win re,
.5Oice.
Baseball 10 their game--and they
want 70 know the truth!
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