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Posted By: William Heitman

Hal Chase was a lifelong friend of my grandfather, who became a dentist right at the turn of the 19th century to the 20th. I remember my grandfather's eyes swelling with tears as he spoke of Hal. No matter what he might have said, I believe Chase was permanently banned from baseball by Judge Landis at the urging of Christy Mathewson shortly after the Black Sox 8 were banned. He was actually indicted along the the Black Sox by the grand jury. The old timers committee will never consider him for the Hall of Fame.