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Show fiISbli Throwing Games to Be Criminal Crim-inal Offense If Present Bill Is Passed At Chi CHICAGO, Eeb. 5. Organised basc-! basc-! ball plans to fight gambling and game throwing through the state legislature. It became known tonight after the new advisory council held its first meeting meet-ing with Judge Iandls as chairman. I One of the first matters taken up was gambling Plans for active fights in all baseball parks were discussed, but the decision on the Pacific coast, where a Judge held game throwing was not a criminal offense, presented a problem which the council decided rould be solved only by the passage of I laws so drastic that gamblers would be i afraid to tamper w ith players. The first state where an active , un- pnlgn Will be made a Ohio. Missouri, , New York. Texas, and other states now have an anti-gambling in baseball bill I before their legislatures, and it was Indicated that organized baseball I would urge passage of these bills and I see that they contained no loopholes through which guilty persons might escape. State legislatures which have I not received bills on gambling and game throwing will be asked to take them ud and the matter also probably' will be brought before congress. Complete plans for an nntl-gam-bllng crusade were not made at todays to-days session, much of the time being taken up with other matters. |