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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28

Unquestionably Ban johnson was a
good organizer. The success Of the
American League as a business is due
largely to his ability along those lines.
But 1t began to appear that working at
the Job of GEAR" destroyed his sense of
balance. The magnates began to seek
publicity for themselves rather than for
the athletes and for the game. Now no
base ball magnate Is a glamorous figure
and I rather think the customeNS
wearied Of reading edicts and such from
the czars and barons of the ivory in
dustry.
Mr.. Ban johnson was "czar" Of base
ball when the magnates of the organ
lied professional game were thrown into
panic. There was good reason Harry
Sinclair, the oil man; the Wards, bakers
of Brooklyn, and some other capitalists
started to launch a third big league
They would buck the base ball trust"
as the say was in those days. They
would get some of this gravy which was
in professional base ball.
1t was q costly trade war for the
magnates of professional base BALI
To keep the best of their players
they had to give them new contracts
and to bid them up, because the
Sinclair and Ward millions were
thrown into the new professional
base ball enterprise. It was a great
time for even mediocre big league
players. ALI that they had to do to
get better pay was to announce that
they would Jump to the Federals.
The organized base ball magnates got
and held the break from the start. For
no particular reason the newspapers
stood by organized base ball and treated
the independents with derision. Now
it always has been my contention that
base ball writers of the Charles Dryden
and Ring Lardner class did more toward
making professional base ball interest,"
ing than even the players-certainl
more than the dull-witted base ball
magnates.
And SO the independents started with
an impossible handicap. It became
question as to Just how long their bank
roll would stretch. Harry Sinclair in
sisted that his bank roll was endless.
But the organized base ball magnates
talked too much.
At that time the Sherman act stin
was being taken seriously. The old line
magnates started to talk like trust
which was anathen1a at the time The
Federal Leaguers filed a suit accusing
the organized base ball magnates of
violating the Sherman act and they
| seemed to have good case. The suit
was brought before Judge Kenesaw
Mountain Lands, who was on the Fed
eral bench
No decision ever was rendered be-
cause the magnates of organized base
ball ana the Federal Leaguers reached
a compromise and the monopoly of pro-
fessional base ball went back to the first
monopolEts.
The "Blaek SOx."
A WAY back in the early days Of pro-
fessional base ball there had been
a scandal. Players were caught
throwing" base ball games. But this
had been forgotten and the general be-
lief was that base ball was the only
professional sport that was beyond slls-
picion. The customers believed implic.
lily in the integrity Of the national
paStime
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
PLAY TIE AT PING PONG.

Columbia and Wesley Heights teams
played to a 3-3 tie last night in q ping
Pong match at the Columbia paxlorss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
ROBINS LET SEVEN GO
Earl Mattingly Is Among Rockies
Sent to Hartford Club.

Sent to Hartford Club.
MIAMI, Fla, March 81 CA).--wilbert
Robinson, manager of the Brooklyn
Robins. has swung the well known ak
and Topped of the heads Of seven
rockies.
Pitchers Van Mungo, Earl Mattingly,
former Washington sandlotter, and John
Krider: Catcher Paul Richards, Inf1elder
Bob Refs and OutfieldeTs Bob Parham
and Murray Howell all have been sent
to the Hartford club OF the Eastern
League.
Pitcher Gene Fisher and Outfielder
Chico Ramos, property OF Hartford, also
VIII be sent back to that club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28

involving the Cincinnati Reds and the
Chicago White Sox It seemed weird
sore Of world series to the experts, but
then quite unusual things have hap
pened during world series. The White
Sox of that year seemed to be as power
full a machine as Cornelius McGilli-
cuddy's almost perfect Athletics. Yet
they lost this series and there were
whisperings.
Almost year later the truth came
out. A gambling ring had bought
out most Of the members Of the
White Sox. What the customers be-
heved impossible had happened.
Base ball had been corrupted. A
world series had been fixed"
Naturally the magnates were In Q
panic again. In these later days the
quality Of indignation seems to be al
most entirely lacking. But when it de-
veloped that the national paStime could
be and had been corrupted by q gam
bling ring for a few thousand dollars
the base ball fans went mad. They
felt as though they had been taken foI
suckers, as they say. They had be-
lieved so implicitly and they had been
double-crossed.
Toward other professional sports they
always had been skeptical,. but they
always had felt that crookedness in
base ball was impossible. II indignation
regarding other matters could be reused
so suddenly and SO vehemently there
would be cleaner city government.
The Customers Rebel.
nURING the few weeks following the
- revelations concerning the BLACK
Sox," I received hundreds Of let
tiers from base ball fans who were
burned up with indignation. All OF
them wrote that they never again would
go into a base bali park to see pro-
feSstonal game. The terrified owners
of base ball clubs saw their property de-
preciating to nothing.
Naturally there had to be q quick
gesture made by the magnates. All OF
the impressive Statements" of the Ma
tional Commission had no effect what
ever in quoting the indignation. In
fact, the customers felt that 1t was due
to lack Of vigilance on the part Of the
verbose and SNUG magnateS that this
thing had happened.
Some new and quick pledge of
good faith was needed to stem the
tide. The magnates of both leagues
got together and decided to get
Judge lands to act as GEAR" Of or
ganized base bali, with unlimited
power. He was to be the last word
in the admizhs FRA tim Of the profess
sional game. They had tried to get
William Howard Taft, former Pres
ident Of the United States, and they
would have paid him any salary that
he asked. Oh, yes, the magnates
were very frightened.
Judge Lands, who had been q base
ball fan all his life, accepted the re-
sponsibility and the $4,000 q year SAL
airy. He has done q good Job as
benevolent despot of the national
pastime. They have tried the GEAR ex-
pertinent in other industries, but It has
not worked out quite as well. The reign
Of Lands In professional base ball has
kept the game safe from the larcenists
Only now few of the magnates are
wondering If they had not been too
hasty III their reform gesture. The
car is rough with the magnates when
necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28

A THOUGH confined TO their quar-
"A ters all yesterday afternoon by
heavy rains which caused the boat
ing and fishing trip out into the Gulf
TO be postponed until next Monday, the
squad contriyed to get in good work
out before the threatening skies began
to leak and If the weather permits the
Baltimore Orioles will be encountered
at Biloxi Stadium this afternoon. with
Brown and Marberry doing the flinging
For the Anal tilt with the Birds in
this section tomorrow at their base in
Gulfport, TauScher and Burke tenta-
lively have been selected to divide the
box toll.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-02
Well, Why Not?

Every citizen will be interested in the effort to
bring here the national convention Of the Republican
party. This city is equipped to entertain such
gathering 1t would offer opportunity to exhibit to
the nation the resources Of Indiana. 1t would adver
tse the progressive rehabilitation Of the Republican
party in the state through series Of defeats at the
polls. 1t would herald growing opportunity for the
followers Of Lincoln and Roosevelt to regain control
Of the party itself.
True, the present indications are that the conven-
ton may be ratification meeting and without dra-
matte interest. But even that picture may change
before the convention. The show may be worthwhile.
Let 1t be hoped that similar invitation will be
extended to the donkey that goes to the elephant.
That convention has promise. 1t will probably be
filled with fireworks and that most important phase
OF drama-suspense.
1t is possible. OF course, that both parties might
accept invitations. They may desire to have an
American atmosphere in which to operate. They may
desire to tent upon contested territory They would
find that in Indiana.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-02
Reviewers License

FORTUNATELY these are not
Il questions which can be an
swered with a simple eyes" or mo"
There is also need of definition.
Although the novelist proceeds to
cite his own particular grievance
against reviewer, his question is
couched in more general terms. The
subject is debatable.
1 believe am against this partic-
ular writer. For instance, let us as
sumo that new war novel comes
out. may happen to have irfor-
nation, personal or otherwise, that
the author is a pronounced pacif1st
and that his book was written with
the desire to arouse sentiment
against war. I think it is my priv
ilege to note this fact in my review.
It is not necessary that I should
confne myself wholly to palpable
and printed evidence. After all, the
critics function is to explain and
interpret the thing he criticises.
Something of the author himself
remains upon the page even after
he his completed his job and the
book is bound and sold.
do not see how it is possible to
draw a sharp line between the indi-
vidual and his performance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-02
The Way of the World

Entrance of Clarence Darrow, noted defender Of
the underdog, into the Of D. C. Stephenson, viii
attract public interest and perhaps it may center at
tention upon the group of politicians who rose to
power when this one-tme car ruled Indiana.
The people know part of that sordid story. They
know that candidates for congress sold their patron
age for favor. They know that governors obtained
cities took orders They know that the laws of the
state rewritten by this dictator and that legsa
tive committees named at his suggestion,
They remember the sycophantic fawning of the
great upon the who is under life sentence.
They know that through his influence men went to
high places, even the United States senate.
They remember the signs Of relief from these
same beneiciares when Stephenson was lodged be-
hind a cell and official power used to prevent
confession of his political crimes and revelation Of
his political triumphs and alliances.
There were whispers of promises Of pardon that
never came of influence that would be used for him
but If used at all, used against him.
It is written that those who live by the sword
shall die by the sword and 1t happened that those
who used Stephenson and used by Stephenson
deserted him in his dark hours. Gone were the
Collins and the Robinsons. Gone were the puppets
of mayors Gone were the pliable congressman No
wonder that Darrow
He was the outstanding foe Of the Khan hate. He
had stood rigdly for tolerance. But when you hear
the yelpng of an underdog, especially deserted dog,
somewhere in the ofhng is Darrow
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-02
81 Can Not Lie"


Recently the greatest living scientist after visit
to California wrote Governor Rolph beseeching par
don for Mooney and Billings the plea that he be-
lieved them completely innocent"
II myself of the decided opinion" wrote DR..
Albert Einstein (which must express for can not
lie, that miscarriage of justice undoubtedly appears
in the present case"
istries Of the Wickersham commission. This COM
mission named subcommittee to study "the lawless-
ness Of the law in the United States Judge Kenyon
chairman OF this subcommittee, named four men as
experts to write report These men delved deeply.
One Of their experts brought back from California
the details Of the nations outstanding example of
legal anarchy, the Mooney Billings trials under which
two innocent victims today serving their fifteenth
year in state prison. The scandal was described in
a 600-page document and presented as part, of the
experts report to the Wickersham commission
Instead of rewarding the experts diligence and
honesty, Chairman Wickersham is said to have
stormed in anger No special case he commended
should have been mentioned. The majority sided
with him, although two of the experts Carl Stern
and Walter Pollak, came from New York to plead
that their findings be turned to the President
part of the report AS in the Of prohibition
expert opinion shelved, politics won over science,
opportunism OVERRIDE the truth.
The Mooney Billings pardon cause probably will
not suffer from this exhibition. But the reputation
of President HooVers commission has suffered again
and immensely
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-02
Questions and
Answers

How old is Babe Ruth, the base
ball player?
He was born Feb. z, 1894.
Is there anything that can be put
on the hands while playing tennis
to keep the racket from slipping?
Magnesium carbonate rubbed in
the palms will give you a better
grip.
What is the name Of the song
written by Phil Plant and dedicated
to his former wife, Constance Ben
nett?
My Yesterdays With You"
What is the mean elevation above
sea level of the city of New Orleans?
approximately feet.
Is Australia an island or a CONT
nent?
1t Is an island entirely surrounded
by water, but its great size warrants
it being called continent. It FREE
quently Is referred to as the island
Continent
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-02
IT SEEMS TO ME BY H BESSS

time to write story based on the
life of Casanova.
When it is published I freely shall
grant any critic to mention the
fact that I have had no share in
such interesting romanceS as
frightened the life of the hero.
But any man who writes for pub
LEGATION must accept the fact that
he has made himself by his own
act, fair game for friend and foe.
Once upon time it might have
been sufficient to say that the critic
should confine himself wholly to
the matter set before him within
cloth covers and leave the author
and his life and habits quite alone.
It becomes increasingly difficult
to maintain such a position. hap
pen to belong to the school which
firmly believes that every novel is
photographed.
Even though the writer takes the
characters of his story to an I'M
known city, still he travels with
them. He is writing himself down
on paper.
How, then, Is 1t possible to leave
him out of any comprehensive re-
port upon his poem or play or
story? Since he has not left him
self out of the story, why should the
critic leave him out of the review?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-02
REASON BY Ff fa2D4s

TINE Oklahoma deputy sheriff who shot those two
Mexican students was acquitted at Ardmore, as
was expected.
Possibly he thought the Students were bandits pos
sbly he thought his life was in danger.
But he did not have on a uniform and all officers
who seek to make arrests these days should have some
sure designation to distinguish them from hold-up
men.
There is not motorist in his right mind who
would stop, night or day. when commanded to do so
by man in plain clothes.
In the early days Of motoring, all cars stopped to
assist brother on wheels when he was in distress
but the driver who knows his onions and his
bandits will not stop for anything but washout or
pick up anybody but grandfather who has been duly
certified.
a GENTLEMAN out in Iowa who weighs more
n than 400 pounds was overcome by the heat and
1t required the services Of six policemen to take him
to hospital, proving once more that large bodies
move slowly.
These recent ocean flights remove some of the
gloss from Lindberghs accomplishment, but come to
think of it, it Lndberghs refusal to sell out when
he reached Paris that caused the world to go Wild
about him.
The mayor of Berlin proposes that President Hoo
yer be given the Nobel peace prize for proposing the
moratorium.
We hope the mayor is just as enthusiastic one year
from now, when the payments are to be resumed
WE would suggest to those who spend so much
w time, saving this country from Communism
that Uncle Sans real enemies are nearer home
This thought is suggested by reading that the
grand jury of Pittsburgh asks that the mayor of that
city be indicted for irregularities in public contracts
One CRATER in public Office is greater enemy of
America than all the reds ever Matched.
Senator Arthur Robinson made speech in Manila
and said this country had no intention Of keeping
the Philippine islands indefinitely
SO far as we are concerned personally the Philip
pines may have their independence tomorrow morn
ing before breakfast
Ihey are nothing but an evaporation in time Of
peace and standing menace in time Of war
Think OF having to cross the Haorld some day to
protect islands which We wished Ne did not havel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-02
Peoples Voice

Editor Times+Much has been
said pro and con regarding the de-
preston, unemployment, etc.
Every one knows what the con-
fict of 1917 and 1918 was caused by
-money-the almighty dollar. More
money was invested in France and
England than in other countries,
therefore we had to battle Ger
many. Those days it was patriotic
to quit your job and leave your
loved ones to make the world safe
for democracy, only to return and
find jobs filled by others and taken
by modern machinery. Some re-
turned only to lose their minds
thinking of the horrors they took
part in.
Capital is having its day now.
but I wonder how it would talk
should we be plunged into another
conflict such as we were in II and
'18. You can imagine the old slo-
gan would be revived.
Now is the time for all good men
to come to the aid OF their coun-
try, be patriotic, pull them out of
the hole and protect their financial
interests, so they can forget you
and put you in an asylum If you
act a little "goofy" on account of
your experience in war.
No doubt I already am classed as
Red and Socialist, but far from It.
They don't like my creed and I
don't like theirs. What I mean is
that patriotism can be practiced as
well in the industrial field as on the
battlefield.
Don't think I want something for
nothing. All I am asking for is a
chance for me and my kind to earn
a living. 7 don't think the world
owes any one q living, but It. owes
us q chance to earne living.
B. J. 8
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-02
No Privacy

ITO be sure, there are certain facts
l. about an author which would
not care to drag into a review even
though I might be perfectly sure Of
my ground. But even here I must
setup the rather feeble excuse Of a
partial devotion to good taste.
It would embarrass me to say in
reviewing a novel, '"The author hap
pens to be a notorious drunkard."
Yet an argument can be made for
even such an intimate revelation Of
an artists private life. Surely such
a fact, if true, is not irrelevant.
If the book concerned modern
American life, its tone and its emo
ton might very well be colored by
the creators violent revolt against
Volsteadism both in theory and in
practice.
Some years ago there was great
commotion because literary critic
indicted a love story by remarking
that the author was spinster.
I hasten to add that it was not
my review which brought this severe
accusation. 7 think I would have
hesitated to go into the delicate
problems of an authors sex expert
ence or lack of it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-02
About Labels

7 HAVE quoted at length from
l. Thomson'S contribution to the
symposium, because in MANY WAYS
it seems to indicate the spirit which
lies beneath the entire project.
1t seem to me that too much is
being made in the world TODAY of
the distinctions between the labels
science and religion" After ali
there is only one universe. we. and
all our experiences, are part of that
universe. Labels and distinctions are
all Of our own making.
Science once upon time was far
more divided by labels and distinc-
lions than it is today. The gap be-
tween physics and chemistry has
been closed by physical chemistry.
Astrophysics has united astron-
ony and physics, biochemistry has
united biology and chemistry.
The psychologist and the psycho-
logoist are beginning to realize that
frequently they are both talking
about the same things, differing
from each other only in the uses Of
their individual technical vocabu-
laries.
Sociologists today are making use
Of the findings Of science. In count
less other ways which might be
enumerated, gaps are being closed.
We speak Of the art of medicine"
as well as the science of incidence
Perhaps, there is reason to be op-
timistic. The world is beginning to
see that every proper human &C
tivity leads to the enrichment of
life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-02
More Of Both

GCIENCE and religion, says Thorn.
~ son, are to be ranked among
the greatest achievements of man.
He describes them as science, which
makes the world translucent, and
religion, which bitches our wagon
to star"
And, he continues, ct seems in
some measure wasteful that two of
mans greatest achievements should
SO often be pitted against each
other.
Would it not be better to spend
the time and energy in gaining more
science and more religion, for none
Of us has too much of either?
suppose it be allowed that re-
lig1on, like science, is a natural and
necessary activity of the evolving
spirit OF man; that both religion and
science in pure form are inherent
ly noble; that both, apart from per-
versions, make for the enrichment
OF life; then it seems a pity that
they so often should be opposed as
antithetic.
Our first point is that, as regards
essentials, the conflict between SCI
ence and religion is very largely
false antithesis.
1T is due to failure to under.
stand the different aims and meth
DDS and ideas of the two great activ-
ties. This raises the questions;
What is science, and what is re.
ligion?"
Science, says Thomson, is "a sys-
tenn OF critical knowledge, giving
empirical descriptions of things and
changes, expressed in the simplest
and tersest terms; it is based on ex-
pertinent and observation, and yeri-
nable by all normally constituted
minds who can use the methods"
Science, says Thomson, opens the
way for religion. Science" he saws.
IN dissolving minor mysteries.
leaves the wonder of the world con-
fessed. When the half-gods go, the
God may arrive"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-02

rise in temperature, therefore,
means that the heat production is
increased and the amount elirni-
mated is interfered with.
When the temperature reaches
certain high level and stays there,
physicians understand that a bal
ance has been reached between heat
production and heat elimination.
In fevers the heat regulating
mechanism is adjusted to a higher
level. In other words, the thermo-
stat that controls heat is set at
higher point.
When the temperature reaches
its maximum, the regulator begins
to work, giving the blood increased
circulation through the skin and
this throws off enough heat to
maintain the body at fairly con-
slant level Of temperature.
One of the best known methods
for reducing feverS is the use of
baths with lukewarm water, which