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Show Drastic Action Will Start Against Gamblers CHICAGO, May 20. Drastic action to stamp out gambling -will bo taken at baseball games of both the American Ameri-can and National leagues, it was decided de-cided upon here today at a conference of baseball chiefs. According to announcement made tonight to-night by Ban Johnson, president of tho American league, who met with Garry Hormann, president of the Cincinnati Cin-cinnati Nationals, and former chairman chair-man of tho National commission, President Pres-ident Charles Stonehnm and Managor John McGraw of the New York Nationals, Na-tionals, It was decided to employ a detective de-tective agency in tho campaign. Mr. Johnson said that it was the intention to use those agents in catching gamblers gam-blers and that BtrenuouB, efforts would bo Jnade to smother tho gambling evil. |