Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-29 | Page 4 | Judge Landis May be Asked to Reconsider O'Connell's Case

Judge Landis May Be Asked t to Reconsider O'Connell's Case By ny HENRY I. I lj L. FARRELL United Prenn Start Staff Correspondent NEW YORK YORI Oct 29 Coromis 29 Commis Commissioner Landis lead head of 01 baseball willbe will willbe willbe be asked at t the annual winter meetIngs meetings meetings meet- meet Ings of lC the big big- leagues t to reconsider reconsider reconsider recon recon- sider the case of Jimmy OConnell O'Connell the young former Giant outfielder who was placed on the Ineligible list after the 1924 scandal The movement ment Is not being ac actively actively actively ac- ac pushed by anyone connected with the he New Nw York club club or anyone with any particular sympathy for forthe forthe forthe the former champions Most Moat of oC the tha national league I officials of r- r and practically every every player play play- er in the two big leagues feel that OConnell O'Connell acted innocently yf f he had apy any part In the attempt to bribe Heinle Heinie Sand the Philadelphia short shortstop shortstop shortstop stop for not bearing down in one of ot the last games of the 1924 1921 season season sea sea- son against the Giants They point out also airo that the New York criminal authorities failed tailed to get a case against the California youngster and the investigation of Commissioner Landis showed that he had acted innocently and had been made the goat That boy was WIlS' just as green Inocent inocent inocent in- in Na- Na youngster a prominent Ional Monal league man said today He would do anything anything- he he was told and he was made the goat for countless practical Jokes I I 1 know that at one time he was sent to the clubhouse for a couple of left-handed left bats and he tried to find them Another time in the eighth In Inning Inning inning In- In ning of ot a tight game in which the Giants were playing one of ot the sent him to the clubhouse I for the tile run home-run bats and he re returned returned returned re- re j turned with an arm jarm full tuB That boy has been given a big enough dose for tor what he was charged with doing and th they y ought to take him back