Show THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME Every live 10 American lover loer of b sport Is proud of the national game The Tho pro professional professional leagues I have the tho support Sort of millions and their patrons are found In every ever walk ages of life from the supreme court of the tile United States to the clerk Lierk and the mechanic The Te public owes owe much to the same game gme but the game same owes every everything eveT everything thing to the public And baseball Professional baseball Is a clean cean game ge It I would not last a min minute minute mm ute If Ie it were not There never has been any doubt about that and when there is any doubt doubt either In the players or the owners or the publics mind there then is li the end of the game The Tle diamond has always been ben clean clean Its Is clean today toda There is not a shadow on the th honor of a single player from the worst to the tile best best The game gme stays stas clean but pow how about conditions among owners and official oln lal guardians of the theme game cean me For days there has ha been a display of malice trickery and abuse dis disgusting di disgusting gusting to every lover of the game The he diamond is clean clean How long will wl it I re remain remain t main so BO if there Is nothing but muck In the business management And how howlong howlong howlong long will wi i the public believe beleve It is clean If the rulers ruler of the sport continue to dis display display play the moral code of plug The Te which has ha been going on among the chief beneficiaries and high priests of professional prof baseball Is the most discreditable page In the history of ot the game If I it I stop and stop quick if I decency and fair play dont get a foothold In the management and get It I quick the th finish of profession il baseball Is In sight The quicker that fact strikes home hor to the men concerned the better b ter Th The above article Is reproduced from the Chicago Chico Tribune and when a paper of this class cass gives out a warning like the above above It I is time for certain persons to take heed hed The Te article is being benl published by leading newspapers of the the coun country co country n try tae and comments are freely made that it is timely The sporting editor of The Herald believes in view of the fact that there is talk of a baseball league leage be being being being ing organized Orize in this part of the country countr affiliated with wih organized ball ban that the Chicago Tribune article IS lt worthy of notice at this time I |