Evening star., 1953-09-15

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will be thrown back Sandot effects on
organized ball will be devastating"
While Vinson alive the club reasonably
confident OF gaining favorable decision He their
Stawart supporter for in high public office avdly
followed the sport the late Chief
week spectator at Griffith Stadium unusual
for him to call least day receive
a radio in his chambers.
HOLMES. WHO WROTE the memorable decision 80 years
ago next May speaking for unanimous court
with Vnson their sde club did expect
ity from the justices They would have settled gladly
for majority opinion Still will!
Justice Holmes acted in days radio and tee-
vision became such vital appendageS of baseball Now sharp
critics advancing the that baseball does indeed
violate the antitrust laws Representative Emmanuel Celer
Republican, of New York whose House subcommittee nves
gated baseball in 1851 thinks the high will
against the t is of interstate commerce."
quoted saying and the clause will
Even with Vinson the bench, baseball people were
apprehensve when two big league farmhands and the Ell
Paso Club pettioned the Supreme Court ruling which,
If favorable would that all would go
the Federal District Courts for argument
Usually it requires justices to put case on the
docket The dsgruned players and the ball
this round Vinson Notwithstanding reviews
the 1922 Holmes ruling, all the club hope
that President ESenhowers chief justice
fan that Fred Vinson had BEEN
THIS IS OPEN SEASON on sports in the courts In
Florida the State Supreme Court has before the
football ourshe in the State-supported univer-
sites as well the privately University Miami
There is no telling when the court will hand ruling
Could be today, next week next spring.
Back in 1941 law passed allowing an extra day
of racing at each major Florida track The
by ackng this day designated charity As
charitable institution" the University Miami
to 25 per cent of the days profits.
Eight years later 1949 an additional extra day
of racing permitted by each track with the profits going
to the board of control for the scholarship
University Florida Florida State and Florida AIM
great deal of this money if not the bulk it,
the schools to well, buy football players That's
1t amounts to-
But Gufstream Park, irked about its dates, blew the
arshp days at the tracks One thing led another
end result dumping into the lap Supreme
Court.
THE CO. NO LESS, is interested in the relationship
between ball players and their bosses Ralph Novak
arytreasurer of the Newspaper Guld-CIO and
described an unregenerate sandlo
the nvountary retired list has written letters Ralph
Kner Allie Reynolds player spokesmen for the major
leagues, In which he offers advice and help
Novak, quoted length in this weeks CIO News sees
"a remarkable similarity between the major league players
problems and many of those which confronted
men when they set about organizing the Angelo years
ago."
Like baseball players" Novak wrote "newspapermen are
highly individuasic and intensely competitive
the Guilds experience, and the principles forth
contracts can suggest solutions to of your problems
Wherepon he suggested approaches contract
clauses to such baseball problems night games scheduling
afternoon after night games and the
reserve clause
Presumably Kiner Reynolds have not availed them
selves OF this counsel At least nothing has appeared the
papers to that effect. Chances nothing will The un-
regenerae ano second baeman probably has heard
high-Salaried temperamental baseball star tee off on
baseball writer (CIO noU