| Show v SPORTS MIRROR B n By B John Mooney Mo ne s Duck Lame DuckI ill I Gets the Bird ti con Congress ess famous br r vice ver versa versa for its screwball legislative prosale pro- pro sale asals Is faced by by- byone on one which is so rl ridiculous that it is fu funny y cx- cx pt pt that Rep Bill BUl Langer R R. N. N D D. intends to make an I ue of is i bill to force each major league club to include a certain number crippled ball players on I its Its' roster or This is snot not intended as a slap at t disabled ball ban players but we the government must have more worthwhile business at d than meddling in the affairs affaIr of a sport which has baa done a r re- re J job of governing itself over the years I t There Them may be be b ball Ii players disabled more or or less who ho can make the b big leagues aft after r the war in spite of their physical handicaps r We e hope there are nrc and land we e join the rest of the sporting world in I applauding any cour courageous enough to tomake make ke good despite h handicaps l But we do not believe the disabled men themselves would ask askay my any ay such governmental ruling to forces themselves on on a club We Ve WeDOW S. S DOW ow that Pete Fete Gray tb the one armed outfielder for tl the e St. St Louis Lows b Browns has to never asked any favors vors In ln fact from 1 wh what t we hear Gray were cre he be to be forced on some club we believe he would awa away from the opportunity Langers bill was wa put forward In all P probability b n In g good od faith it t t who ever ver heard of any solon asking g any special cial favors for Mor Mo tal al a Three Finger Brown the crippled pitcher of a generation ago t And nd supposing co congress gress by bya a a fl fluke ke did pass this measure would nger ger er also Include a a clause that pitchers pitcher couldn't throw their best nest itches when the disabled man was at bat J. J Su Supposing the league clubs each had to carry three handicapped layers byers would the the law force the manager to play these men when was was' losing ball games games' a and d maybe his job wi with bettera better layers a ers on the bench c Baseball Is Js Is a business and a big one at at that Yet to date no DO government edict has considered m making any other industry hire a percentage of disabled men on the tho pay roll roUe Why should baseball I here bere ph physical fitness la Js a prime prerequisite be discriminated I galust in this manner S. S i Langer claims he Is fostering this bill to remove remo the he discrimination Y Ion tion from b baseball Okeh theres there's discrimination In our case too I for or if Langer or or some other Capitol l hill busybody had forced pitchers to cease discriminating against us us years ago In the matter of 2 pitching Itching curve balls at u us we Ve i ri might ight have been In the big leagues too f Actually Langer 1 Ii enforcing a greater great r discrimination on the Average baseball player for the benefit of a small minority of disabled en nen who would or could play big league baseball How about his t. t against hundreds of good bas baseball b ll players who should 7 C given major league berths who cant can't get to the top op because of a a reposed go ern governmental ruling which necessitates the keeping of I everal veral vera disabled d men on the roster For every one of these men who whore re forced on a club deprives deprives' some good player player player-of of a chance to makee make e C club Congress is famous for or Its ita lame 1 me ducks but this time Longer Lange In tempting t to crea create e a following among the disabled ae service ice men IsI is I essing g with a matter entirely outside governmental scope Lame c- c aren't arent even n protected on Capitol hill bill anymore and andin in Invading i e Langer Is limping on the wro wrong g leg |
