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NO CROOKED WORK.The World's series tv vt the fuL -even games. When Sr. Louis won the six ' pam- a I t of folks immediatelychirped, “It's Crooked.''We think they are wrong. Major league baseball has had two experiences of that hied and was nearly wrecked as a consequence. Had not the magnates made Judge Landis dictator over the .'port after the Black Sox scan-4f«ial. professional baseball v. mid h..ve pone to the dogs. Had Landis not been on tne job when “Cozy” Dolan and • O'Connell of the Giant- pulled thlt; r little stunt, it would have gone down for a certainty. Landis’ prompt action prevented a catastrophe.The tru’ti is that th owners can't afford to take any such chances. Too many people are willing to jump all over them if they -ecu' anything crooked. But if there's, any man in America whom people know to he “square. it is Landis. Depend upr n it. if th- re is crooked work, he’ll hear about it and somebody - head will come off. There may be unscrupulous men in baseball but they simply can't take any chance.- of pulling off dirty work.-A for the -tries. thlt; p'a\rrs wir or lose about $2,000 extra apm t depending •: the final outcome. You’d Ifor $ S e players.
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Muscatine Journal
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Mon, Oct 11, 1926
Page 3
Full Page
Clipped by
Michael W.
NA, 16 Aug 2023
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