Letters

Experience has taught me that if I walk into a casino, at least the only money I'll lose is money that I've actually bet.
CHARLES T. PARKHURST, Phoenix

Chase for the Hall?
Ted Williams and Bob Feller should amend their petition to make Shoeless Joe Jackson eligible for the Hall of Fame (SCORECARD, Feb. 2) to include Hal Chase (right). Chase's credentials are impeccable. He was the game's best fielding first baseman in his day, and in 1916 he led the National League in batting (.339) and hits (184).

The knock on Chase has been that although he was never brought to trial, he was involved in the 1919 World Series scandal, but since Williams and Feller note that a jury cleared Jackson and his henchmen, Chase couldn't have fixed it. There was no fix. Furthermore, unlike Jackson, Chase never admitted to fixing a game, much less a Series. If Shoeless Joe should be eligible, how in the name of Judge Landis should Prince Hal not be too?
JOHN MCCORMACK, Dallas