Evening star., 1946-10-22
Mexican Baseball, Pro
Grid, Murphy Guild,
Horse Doping Aired
BY the Assoeiotsd ?.sss

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BY the Associated 7'sss
NEW YORK, Oct. ga sports
fan interested in the doings around
the town yesterday either had to
go to the courtrooms, the Labor Re-
lations Boards chambers or the
police department to find out what
was cooking.
Baseball and football were served
up in State Supreme Court, more
baseball was the dish in the State
LRB's meeting spot and off-the-
track racing news was handled by
the police department and the
Thoroughbred Racing Protective
Bureau.
If Mr.. Fan had been interested
in more football, he would have had
to duck over to one of the towns
fancier eateries to catch the Mon
day morning quarterbacks an d
coaches in action-with knife and
fork.
Chief interest of the varied menu
was cooked up in the labor office.
Here charges of company unionism
and interference" filed by Robert
Murphy's American Baseball Guild
against the city's three major league
clubs-Yanks, Dodgers and Giants
came to light at an informal hear
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Baseball Guild to Garry On.
The Rev. William J. Kelly, chair
man of the SLRB, said the charges
were filed September II by Murphy,
Boston attorney and organizer OF
the guild. Father Kelly said the
proceedings still were in an "in-
formal stage" and that yesterdays
conference was preliminary meet
ing of the three clubs, Murphy and
board examiner. Murphy's charges
were investigated by an examiner
and then the guild was asked to
submit affidavits or other support
ing evidence, the chairman said.
The hearing is tentatively Sched-
uled to resume November /.
The big news of the event was
Murphy's declaration that he plan
ned to continue his efforts to Or
ganize major league players.
The Yanks and Giants also were
involved in Supreme Court where
Justice Carroll G. Walter reserved
decision on motion by the Yankee
baseball club to strike out the
Mexican League defense that Or
ganized baseball player contracts are
"monopolistic and illegal" The base.
ball Giants also made a similar plea.
but their case was set back to
November Is.
Football Yanks in Court.
Last May 20 the Yanks obtained
a temporary injunction restraining
the Mexican League and its owners,
the Pasquel brothers, from inducing
major league players to violate their
contracts. The legal proceedings
have dragged on ever since and
yesterday Justice Walter called for
further time to study the pleadings.
The Yankees-this time the New
York Yankees professional football
team of the All-America Con-
ference-were involved in another
action in Supreme Court. Here
Douglas G. Hertz, a sports promoter
who operates the Pegasus Polo Club
at Rockleigh. N. j., filed suit to
restrain the football Yankees from
using that name "or any variation
Of said name containing Yanks or
Yankees" Hertz asserts that he
has prior claim to the title.
In his affidavit Hertz said that
in 1910 he bought controlling in
terest in the Yankee Football Ex-
hibition Corp, which originally
was incorporated in 1887. Hertz
added that the corporation oper-
ated a pro football team known
as the New York Yankees and
that it was a member of the then
recently organized American Foot
ball League.
Race Doping Brings Arrest.
Hertz further claims he spent |
much money building up the club
in 1941, and that further promo
ton was suspended with the start
of the war.
The suit, naming the New York
Yankees Football Club, Inc, and
Dan Topping, club president, as
defendants, will be argued October
30.
Regarding the sport of kings,
Spencer Drayton, chief of the
TRPB, announced that DIR. Harold
o. SheetZ, veterinarian, had been
arrested on charges of being an
accessory before the fact in the
stimulation of Old Westbury, win
ner OF the second race at Trop-
ical Park on March 8.
Drayton said the warrant was
served by the New York police on
information filed by j. c. Wynn
of Miami, assistant county solicitor
of Dade County. James Newton, a
groom, and Trainer Clarence Rey-
nolds already have pleaded guilty
to similar charges, Drayton added.
In the eating place the Football
Writers president ruled out all
crying towels and bleats, and so
quiet miraculously prevailed there.