Show D BASEBAll TO FIGHT PROPOSED TAX BY NEW WW YORK STAT c Are Seeking Control Contro of f All Baseball Fund to Be Used to Fight Move of Legislators for Control of Professionals By H Henry L L. Farrell United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK Jan 12 Funds 12 Funds of organized baseball which have done nothing but collect interest since the Federal league war may be used to help defeat the movement to place all professional sports under understate understate understate state control in in New York While only three teams the teams the Giants Yankees and Robins Robins are are di- di directly concerned by the the- proposal to levy a state amusement tax on baseball lI the club owners in theother the theother theother other cities fear that if New York ork puts in a class with boxIng boxIng boxIng box- box Ing as a state controlled and as assessed assessed assessed as- as sport other states will follow fol fol- fol- fol low low Peter J J. Brady labor leader and president of th the federation bank is leading leadin a crusade to place baseball baseball baseball base base- ball hockey football basketball cycling and racing under a a similar tax and under the control of a re reorganized reorganized reorganized re- re organized state athletic commis commis- sion HEYDLER OPPOSES JohnA Heydler president of t ie the le National league was in Washington Washing Washl ton a few days ago inviting prominent prominent prominent nent government officials to attend the jubilee banquet of the le league league- gue here next month and while there he hEl Is said to have discussed opposing opposing ing measures with Senator George GeorgeV W. W epper Pennsylvania chier coun counsel el for the league Why should baseball be taxed or regulated by the state Heydler Hedler asked on his return It is taxed now more than arty r other professional sport and it certainly is regulated regulated regulated reg reg- better than it could be by bYa a state commission involving as it would so many conflicts in author author- ity Colonel Ja Jacob ob Ruppert owner owner of ot the Yanks and nd Charles A. A Stoneham Stoneham Stoneham Stone- Stone ham president of the he Giants have let it be known that they will use all their resources to defeat the proposal |