Show II TIMELY TOPICS X j 1 BASEBALL SHOULD BE PROTECTED The baseball scandal Is a news m matter of or of rat great eat im importance importance im- im because it reJa relates es to a subject in which many j im n millions of ot Americans Americans' are deeply interested and Jb because be- be cause the national na honor lionor is is at least east Indirectly smirched when the honesty honesty- of or the national game is put under suspicion Baseball Baseball has become a a business it i Is I's Is true but up to this time it It has remained a sport so far as the general public is con concerned and it has inc included ded as asan an absolutely essential element In toe the public view all the qualities that are are summed summed up In the term good l sportsmanship That is the heart and soul of the whole game and an any conduct or implication tion at war war with that fund fundamental characteristic must of or course degrade and destroy It H. For this reason the investigation now under way will willbe willbe be followed with as much interest by by many Americans I as the progress of ot the presidential campaign A vital point of honor Is involved which must be cleared up I There must be no attempt to conceal anything or to palliate anything The American people are virtually stockholders in the game and they must know how far the in infection has spread They will be reluctant to believe that it is epidemic but they will insist that they I shall know exactly its extent and shall have some re reassurance reliable reliable re- re liable assurance that the integrity and sportsmanship of the game shall shaH be placed beyond question hereafter I e Sun i |