Show THE SPORT SPORT- SPORT LIGHT LIGHT HT I 13 By l SD RICE niCE Copyright J mo 1020 O O Nc NOW New York In Inc Registered V U S nt lI Of A- A AND An n rim lIn SPOUT SPOUT- SPOUTING INC ING Gnu GAME Diogenes sat on a rock With a mournful glimmer i upon his pan And ho shook his head hend with a careworn sigh As he looked hooked tar far oft off to the World or cc ot Man Jan Ills His busted lantern lay on the ground As his gray fray old bean boan he sadly shook shook- shook There Thero must must bo be an honest bloke A around rou nd nut But wherein can a fellow look Knee Kne deep Ivo Iv waded through th the gold That has ha turned the tho game E nl to a a n yellow ollow hue As As each ach one thinks think o of a t way l to cheat cheRt Or tap the tho Ih till III when his date dat Is due Juc andi i Masters not Masters not asters not of time tho pitch and punch I Out But tho the well faked throw and ln the tho pulled pulled-In hook There may be bo au an honest covo cove around around- around nut But can n II fellow looT look 1 TIIU TIlE I It hI would bo be b an interesting docu docu- document document ment that contained the correct number of ot professional ball bail genies games and ond that have been faked or thrown in the tho last file fi or si six alx years Tho The number would be b astonish astonish- astonishIng astonishing Ing The Tho greatest single factor to keep 1 baseball under control has been beon Judge Landis who happens to bo be rigged out with Intelligence Integrity and nd courage But when tho larcenous urge ur Is so ao strong it itIs itis ItIs Is Impossible to coler coer all nil the territory In sIght Boxing ha has had bad no Landis and therefore has ha been at tit the tho th mercy merey of the faker fakers who arc are hard to catch Only one side Ide sid o of a boxing mAtch has to be he framed where only one competitor Is involved Suspicion baa h been heavy y enough but direct proof Is I another matter A t FEW UI The average o competitor In pro pro- professional pro sport sees ex all the bIg In sight lit la-lit and his sharo Is never nover enough enouch lie II resents r nt time the th big hir mon money y th the owner and the tho promoter frequent frequent- ly iy frequently cash cah In Or ho he figures lila hIs share shae of thin mooney money I is never larg large lar o enough The Tho Average avera e competitor hasn't any use uso for tor th time tho baseball or tIn tho boxing fan The TIme fan Is d das as a I pest only waiting w IUn to turn th- th th Cheer Into K it jeer II lie IIo may pay payout payout out nil cli time the money mony taken In but this la Is a minor detail to th the athi- athi ath athlete let lete II lie IIa sees sec millions of fans famis pan out millions of dollar i often orten for rato second rate shows how and like liko It So much money is being spent on sport that th the U normal cupidity of the average a human is where tho Iho sporting side of th tha I game Is frequently y overshadowed J by the tho financial side I Tho Time professional ha has out only SO many years In which to to- to And And it Is for tor this thi reason so many mans ot of them have decided to COIl Many coll-Many 1 any way I the th could be handled bandIed E It Is 15 surprising how many pro pro- al professionals figure ro every ery ono one is 13 against tho them them club owner the promoter the tho fans ans and the tho th sport sport- in writer They recall salaries ala rles they con con- consider con consider sider aider too small Jeers small Jeers and boos by hostile fans criticism fans criticism from sporting writers So they have ha little About an n arrangement wIth with ram gam- ramblers gamblers that will inure insure a clean up The rhe game came In many mony cases bus hns been overshadowed by tho the cloud of at gold cold 1 A TOUGh TOL-Gir SITUATION SITU It Is a tough touch situation to handle Hundreds of ot millions of dollars are aro ro invested In the tho th professional game gome It has hos appealed to many mony millions of ot spectators and nd fur fur- furnished fur furnished t them em with tho time thrills and the tho amusement they th y were after a Combined with willi all ill this each game still stilt has its lis share har of hard hard- hardworking ard- ard working honest and de er com Competitors tors But when wh n suspicion roaches reaches the point It has haa reached In several se fairly recent boxing matches with the tho evidence from the Iho ball field flold there IsI Is a I general feet feel feelInG inc feet InG of wonder as to who may moy he h trusted ONE K OF THE TIlE TROUBLES One of tho the troubles pointed out In column before is that the tho honest performers rarely have mado any effort to clean their own games fames ames Many fany of them know of o thu crookedness going ont oat but fIgure that as long lone as aa they are aro not In- In In Involved it Is none nono Of o their business Dut It doe does happen to bo be b their business since they aro are catching part of the tho th mud stirred UI up by th thc crooks thi crooks and nd are arc letting lelling tIme the crooks help to wreck their profession lon Sport IsI is ft I part of tho national life and a big part It Is no reason why and throwing should bo be b classed by law under th Ih he head bead of burglary bur with witha witha a penitentiary hooked on It lt has haa ha been pretty well shown in inthe the tho last few month months that any ono one betting on most mast ino t professional sport is b a ft leading member of ot the th Sucker club It Isn't con confined tined to sport of 0 course One OnG might mis-ht look hook over o th the political field for tor an nn eyeful One figure on the tho number ot of who hav o been In j some soma time dm durin during the last lut five tho years the tho th late hate lat cabinet scandal and R a afew afew few tew other matters In high life The Tho question has lies hp bran leen n n asli why amateur sport sort br b pro protected pm lr teet tl Pos now tiie h have havethe ve 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