Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14

n VIEW YORK, January l4.-it L
IN not likely that any oppoSltlor
Nj will be offered by the major
leagues or the minors to the
recommendation of Judge
-.andis regarding betting by players
an bali games. Nor is it likely there
viii be anv opposition if the commlS
sioner wishes to go further and SuS
cost n penalty. for any kind OF
gambling. including WaGers on morse
races. if there are ball players Wh'
are offenders to an extent that bfl'lES
the game into disrepute-
National League men in particular
are inclined to shut down tighter imam
eyer on all phases of gambling as re
stcs to players and managers, an"
any action that may be hrou&nt 20
restrict all forms of betting VIII DC
Endorsed hv that league. 1t may even
resolve to censuTe the practice ol
nlsvers' betting on the races.
Admitting that betting on anything
outside of base ball. or any kind OF
betting for that matter, is a question
If personal liberty, it is the contention
If some influential base ball men that
a game which is SO bitterly opposed TO
gambling as base ball, and Whlch mas
suffered whenever the gambling blight
has struck it. should be able to reEu
late it's affairs to the extent that 1t
can check free and open gambling on
the part Of its players.
should Shun Boobies.
n has been the custom of some ball
nlayers on off days to so to the race
tracks and some have been seen IN
the company of bookmal1ers and have
been known to wager on races. Con
tact between bali players and book
makers is held to be highly prejudicial
TO base, ball Signs are posted IN base
ball stands forbidding betting and
raids have been made from time 10
time on certain sections of the stands
to eject gamblers who were making
open book on the outcome Of the
game. the possibility of player being
safe or out. and even on called balls
and strikes This practice became so
bad that it was intimated there was
collision between certain players on
the diamond and certain piker gam
hlers while games were going on.
1t is also held by base ball that the
1919 world series was fixed by a New
York gambler. The skipping hither
and thither of a former prize fighter
was an interesting episode while the
Investigation of the series was in
progress.
Good Rule Proposed.
The Lands recommendation that
pIavers be declared ineligible for a
wear if they are caught giving a
bonus to other players for winning
is sound and none too stringent. The
recommendation that a player be
made ineligible for a year if he is
caught betting on any ball game in
which he has no duty to perform is
good and sound The recommended
ton that permanent ineligibility be
declared for betting on a ball game in
which a player is to take part also
Is proper. OF course, that means in
eligibility if the player bets on him
self. Cap Arson used to bet on his
team to win, but while the so-called
"sportiness" of Cap was admired, he
was cautioned repeatedly by his best
friends to steer clear of that sort of
thing
But Cap would bet, and it cost him
in one way or another his all. 1t is
not necessary to bet to be a good
sportsman, and it is particularly a
dubious practice in base ball, where
the playing of odds too often has been
followed by an attempt to discover a
player with a weak temperature NOR
ally and who was solicited to do
wrong so some better might profit.
SOx Retain Pitchers.
The Chicago White Sox have OBJ
tanned Aaron Ward, second baseman
from the New York Yankees. and in
the trade the Sex succeeded in keep
;s. tboi,. h,-iuot N-ol1ncs pitchprS at