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Show Ban and Garry Show Class In Smoothing out Wrinkles Motto Is to Keep Race Track - Gamblers Out of Ball Parks in Majors (By International News Service.) PHILADELPHIA, May 29. "Anybody "Any-body knows what a menace gambling la to the game of baseball; it doesn't take a player to speak on that subject," sub-ject," said Ray Schalk, White Sox catcher, when asked for an interview inter-view hero in line with Ban Johnson's John-son's war on baseball gamblers from tho standpoint of tho players. But Schalk refused to grant tho interview, ' and I Inferred from what he and "Kid" Wm. Gleason, Sox manager, man-ager, said, that he had good reasons. When a player oxpresses hmself in opposition lo the manner In which tho fans conduct themselves in tho grandstand, they make Hfo miserable for him when ho is on the diamond. Although Schalk refused to tako a strong, stand to aid Johnson In his effort to rid tho parks of gamblers, he made a few pertinent remarks that loft no doubt in his questioner's mind as to how he, and all other clcjjn players for that matter, stand on the subject. "You knov how it Is around a raco track," said Schalk. "Well, we don't want that condition around a ball park." Ho was asked if all players took tho same stand in regard to gambling gam-bling that tho magnates and league presidents do. "Yes, ball players know baseball Is the national sport, and like the good fans, they want to hoop it clean," said Schalk. "Kid" Gleason said a player could not afford to be Interviewed on tho subject, because, If thero Is gambling going on, the player Is not supposed to know anything about It. "Tho player doesn't want the fans cussing" him and yelling and hooting him from the grandstand," said Gleason. "If ho gives an interview, inter-view, the first time somo bird sees he's about to loso a bet, ho yells his head off." Gleason was asked If, this "wpuldn't be offset by tho follow who was winning tho money the disgruntled fan was losing. "No, that guy keeps quiet; ho sees he's got his money well placed and he hasn't anything to cay: It's tho boob who loses who makes tho yell," declared Gleason. Both Oleason and Schalk said gambling had been stopped In tho Chicago park. Certain gamblers have been ejected from the park for disobeying the rules. Schalk mado it plain that ho hasn't any objection ob-jection to a little Informal betting, say a wager of ?5 between friends on a game. "That's Just social," he said. But he feels that the professional gamblers, who mako tholr living from betting on horse-racing and baseball, and making the national sport .a game of chance Instead of clean diversion for entertainment, are a menace to the baseball past-time past-time from every standpoint. Ho says tho loyal plnyers never become involved in-volved In gambling, and he uoeo furthor by never advising any of his closest friends how to hot. Ho has many ronuatts for suah Information. Informa-tion. "I tell them not to bet," said Schalk. |