Jewish influences in American life : $b volume III of the International Jew, the world's foremost problem : being a reprint of a third selection from articles appearing in the Dearborn Independent — John Shaqi
Jewish influences in American life : $b volume III of the International Jew, the world's foremost problem : being a reprint of a third selection from articles appearing in the Dearborn IndependentFord, Henry
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Jewish influences in American life : $b volume III of the International Jew, the world's foremost problem : being a reprint of a third selection from articles appearing in the Dearborn Independent
Ford, Henry
Antisemitic literature; Jews -- United States; United States -- Ethnic relations
Then, after naming Abe Attell and Bennie Kauff, who also enjoy
exceptional privileges around the New York club, Mr. Fullerton makes his
plea for the exclusion of “sport spoilers” from every ground where sport
is promoted.
Then there is Charles A. Comiskey, who is one of the most impressive
examples in the country today of a good Irishman being entirely eclipsed
by a Jew. Comiskey was one of the staunchest supporters of honest
baseball in this country and he gave great assistance in erecting the
major league game to the position it occupied just before the scandal.
He used his best endeavors, also, to get the truth about the “throwing”
of the World Series by his men. But his efforts were thwarted and even
he, perhaps, has not the ghost of a suspicion how it was done.
So that, instead of Mr. Comiskey, we look at the Jew behind him who is
Harry Grabiner. With Comiskey in failing health, Grabiner is in charge
at Comiskey Park. More than that, he appears to be in charge of Comiskey
himself, preventing him from making public statements and otherwise
dictating to him—pushing himself forward in a manner that has indelibly
and unpleasantly impressed nearly every sport writer in America.
Chicago’s support of the White Sox began to slump even before the
scandal and it was helped on by the unpopularity of Grabiner’s methods
which were wholly characteristic of what the Americanized Jew calls the
“kikes.” As secretary of the club, Grabiner has grabbed the headship,
and if Comiskey had power enough to unseat him he would do more than the
courts have done to purge the White Sox from its most serious remaining
blemish.
There are shady spots at Chicago that neither the grand jury nor the
court trial brought out, one of which is now related:
At all ball parks in the American League, and in the National, for that
matter, officials of the “home club”—that is, of the club in whose home
city the game is being played—“take the gate.” To “take the gate” is to
collect the tickets and render a report of the attendance. Tickets are
designed and numbered for the different gates—box gate, pass gate, grand
stand gate, bleacher gate, and the rest. The accounts are made up
showing the number of people who passed through each gate. When all the
reports are in, it can be seen at a glance what the paid attendance is,
and the shares of the contesting clubs.
In former times it was the custom for the visiting club to assign a
secretary to watch the gates and thus insure an honest count, but years
ago the “honor system” was adopted, leaving the entire accounting to the
“home club,” and this “honor system” was strictly observed. No one
suspected cheating. The count was made during the sixth and seventh
innings of each day’s game, the officials of the home club visiting all
the gates, taking the turnstile count, and making the record. Three
slips were then prepared showing the home club’s share, the visiting
club’s share and the grand total.
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