The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1925-01-15


that the battle is not yet ended. The ,
on all sides. And when Mr.. Fan spea
and make satisfactory reply. 1t seems
is the very thing baseball powers do
not want to do. 1t would be much
better were all details of the matter
dropped right now.
Fact Of the matter Is, baseball pow
ers are not at all pleased with the
actions Of Ban johnson since his
humiIating ordeal at Chicago, when
seven of the eight club owners NJ had
so successfully served turned upon
him. 1t was expected that tAe 1rse&
chieftain would step down and out
rather than submit to such public In
suit.
Instead, Ban johnson is sitting
tight and saving wood. Therein lies
the cause Of uneasiness.
Isn't Is possible = asked seasoned
baseball authority the other day, chat
when man is right and knows
whereof he speaks, that he is hard
man to defeat? Perhaps Ran Jshn-
son knows what he is talking about
when he speaks of baseball having put
the dollar mark above honor that
there has been sqaeer' stuff put
across in Our big leaane races.
rs there rrookedness in baseball
lis Ban Johnson right In the things he
has charged7 If these facts are true
then isn't Ban Johnson correct, that
NOW is the time to 1lean up baseball,
regardless of the cost at the box
officey | think SO and until the
whole affair is gone into thoroughly
and fairly; all the facts made known;
the guilty thrown out of baseball and
prosecuted, / for one will never be
the same enthusiastic supporter Of the
game"
Say Ban johnson Has the Evidence.
Such is the pointed talk of the fan.
And it is the very talk that makes
the powers-that-be feel that possibly
the death knell of Ban johnson has
not yet been sounded.
Followers of sport, 41those in the
know, say that Ban johnson knows
what he is talking about; that he has
every bit Of evidence he claims to have
that the magnets are afraid TO let him
talk: and that in many decisions the
dollar mark is above honor in base
ball administration today.
All Of this gossip is brewing big
showdown in baseball. Fans Of the
great game are first, last and all the
time American--and it lie trait that
they will not stand for unfairness,
crookedness, a covering up, or the
Kicking Of man when he 10 down.
Perhaps Ban johnson did not have
tte rank and file of baseball's fans
beasfnd hin, during all the years that
he Was putting the American League
ON fts fret and making 1t the great
organization that is is today 1t is a
fact, however. that since the Chicago
muzzling" the reaction has all been in
his favor, and many supporters are
found on every hand.
Fans cannot overlook the fact that
johnson was bitten by the mouths he
had fed for these many years; that in
some instances the men he had lifted
up to place, power and wealth in base
ball, turned upon hin--not because
he was proved wrong -hpt seemingly
"because it was the best thing for
baseball'--which in this day is OF
course the gate receipts.
johnson May Yet be Biggest Figure
in the Game
\ 1t is not amigs here to point out that
Ban Johnson has not as yet subscribed
to the "Chicago deal'' In a way IL
has offered him the opportunity to
prove his greatness. He is sitting
tight and awaiting his hour. Those
close to him say that he knows the
hour win come. II promises to furn-
ish some startling news.
If Ban johnson is right; If there is
crookedness in the game and our great
national pastime has been commercial
lied to the point wherein all honor Is
lost; If Johnson stands by his guns
and with the fans help can force
showdown and cleanup; then he
win be the greatest figure the game