Show WHAT THEY SAY ON FANS' FANS RATIONAL NATIONAL REFERENDUM TO CLEAN UP BASEBALL Sure Wilbert Is for It f By Wilbert Robinson MANAGER BROOKLYN BASEBALL CLU CLUB Im I'm going to be In baseball for a few more years and oven even if It I wasn't Id I'd be eager caser to boost any movement to help put th the skids under bad base base- ball baU v S SJ J They'll never ruin baseball though Its It's one game they ther cant can't ta tamper per with and get away with it Tans Fans make baseball possible by their interest and a few tew black sheep in the army of ot players wont won't make any Mj difference Well We'll weed them all out Giving the fans Cans a referendum vote vote on keeping baseball baseball baseball base ball above suspicion is in my opinion an excellent v wa way a ato to co to at the cleanup Next year ear is going to be an even bigger financial success to club owners than the one just closed f When Squire Ebbets came to me and con concerning con eer Lee ice Lee Magee's Magee 5 honesty a aa 81 a ball baU pla player er I told him V p we couldn't couldn t afford to have him on our club We didn't keep him long after atter that If It all club owners and managers would act in this matter decisively It would speed up this roundup of the bad ones Dishonest baseball players are all aU going to have a mighty hard bard time In the future S C C Backed by Club Owners By Jim Dunn I Ir OWNER CLEVELAND BASEBALL C CLUB r The majority of bal baseball players are ore honest Just Just because one ban banker n. n isn't on the level they dont don't close all the banks Its It's the same wa way Jn In 1 r l baseball One Ono player who isn't honest can c cast st serious seri sort ous ou reflections on the he P sport but hu there wont won't be any nuy of ot otI I 1 the weaker kind in th the game same next year if It we ear can can find them out Of course course club owners are more eager than any others to keep the game above suspicion We Ve have heavy investments all of ot us us Unless the he game is played honestly by players the fans fan would not pack the stands as they have bave done this ye year r. r It is a business proposition But the financial Inter interest st In the game is not the I only one one we have in this cleanup business We love b baseball Many of ot the present magnates were once players themselves I expect to see the game purged of au all ail gambling element before the winter is over Just as soon as the World series business is out of the way things are going go- go 5 ing log to hum Sure give each fan a chance to voice his opinion The national referendum refer refer- for fans is one mighty good way to help us clean house bouse S SLet 1 J r L Let et P Public U bI- bI bIH IC H Have ave v Voice olce By Larry Gardner I STAR THIRD BASEMAN OF CLEVELAND INDIANS AND THE AME AMERICAN ICAN LEAGUES LEAGUE'S MOST TIMELY HITTER Im I'm always for anything that will help make baseball baseball base base- ball ban better Why shouldn't the fans have a vote expressing their opinions on all aU baseball matters They pay the freight Their interest makes th the game what it is And you'll find nine times out of ten that fans know what they i. i are talking about They get an angle out of ot the game from the grandstand that e een en we players cant can't see In all aU my career as a big league player I have always done dene my utmost to do my best in every game That's what the fans pay their money to see us do io The best way t to clean up the present scandal in baseball and to give the game a boost is to let the I public take a hand in the cleanup It will restore their V Z faith in baseball quicker and surer than any other way |