Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19

HICAGO. January 10 GP).--Tht
principal charges against T'H
Cobb and iris Speaker. which
caused President Ban joni
4 son of the American League
TO demand their designations AS man
ayers. involved incompetenCy and moi
erookedness, Johnson said today He
called the Dutch Leonard charges
against them inconseQuential.
johnson revealed number OF new
angles to the celebrated case. which
r. due for a new threshinG over mere
Monday. but all related to laXness OF
overzealousness in managerial duties
and contained no hint of scandal.
The American League preXy. who
severely criticized Base Ball Commits
sioner Lands for making public the
Leonard charges. mentioned Cobb
handling of players as mot to be
tolerated in the American League,
and his principal count against
Speaker related to betting on horse
races.
No CrOokedness Involved.
Talk of crookedness had no part in
our decision to demand the resigna-
tions of these two managers. They
simply were not equal to their jobs
and so thay had to CO.
This new and vital sidelight on the
Cobb Speaker case. publicity around
which led to the investigation of 1917
scandal charges, and the unloosing OF
n host of vague rumors of other base
ball irregula rites. gave a rather wan
aspect to the possibility that any sen
sational disclosures would be made
here Monday.
A real row, however. seems to- be
nr.A vol lfsaC
to what will come TO pass when
President johnson and his American
Leaguers meet here preliminary 70
the conference with Lands, and the
other. what will come of the Johnson
Lands feud when the two base bah
leaders face each other. Lands is as
sured of the support of some of the
club owners in Johnson's circuit, in
Guiding President Comiskey of the
Chicago White Sox. who has been in
imical TO Johnson for many year. Dis.
patches from the base ball conference
at French Lick Springs quoted Clark
Griffith, president of the Washington
club. as saying. johnson should have
resigned two years ago"
Meeting Called for Monday.
When Commissioner Lands gave
eat the Cobb-Speaker investigation, in.
volving the charges of Dutch
Leonard. former Detroit pitcher, that
the two former managers had knowl-
edge of thrown game in 1919. both
Of the principals denied the accusa-
tion and asked for a rehearing.
Rumors that there was more back of
the case than involved in the pub
tshed record led Lands to call a
hearing here Monday to go further
into the situation. Attorneys for the
two former ball players will be here
and possibly the two principals.
Johnson's explanation of the counts
against Cobb and Speaker was given
in these words:
las leaders of men. they were
failures and they were not giving their
best 10 the public. The Leonard
charges involving them were, ineofl.
Eequential. though Cobbs letter to
Leonard was foolish and something
that should never have been written.
1.-THE chief reason why the american
League will have no more of them, is
that they failed to live up to their
responsibilities TO the public. AS a
base ball club manager. Cobb should
have been training Marines at Paris
Island His way of handling players
will not be tolerated in the American
League.
Daily Betting on Races.
Speaker allowed his club to drift
into a habit of daily betting on horse
WAYS has been opposed to betting
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