The evening world., 1911-07-13
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When Fans Go TO Ball Games
They Want to See Them Per.
form on the Diamond-Not
Fight.
Copyright. 1911. ny The Pra Publishing 90.
The Now York World.

rThe New York World.
- must be tho hot weather that
causes all the trouble between UNI
1 pires and ball players this week.
Such things always como In punches,
Gust like suicides. No doubt some SINH
lar underlying cause can account for
the whole thing. Umpires are probably
no more abusive this week than they
are any other week. and ball players
are no more hot tempered. unless the
weather has something TO do with the
general state OF irritation.
The sooner the weather cools and the
players and officials get control OF their
various states Of temper the better II will
be for the great American game.
think that most people view the
smuggling ball players and umpires Just
a. I do myself. When I 60 to . ball
ground I want 20 sec q good game OF
ball. When ] sec . ball player in uni
form ] want to see him work at his
trade. II I want to sec a fsht I'll go to
q boxing club and see evenly matched
men do tho hammering. II two fighters
stepped into a ring and began playing
catch with a basketball ia feel like
'h'o"ink n N""'
ToS so::!e' "aen '"c men "hese PRO
fession Is baseball go TO s~Iuggins--ou
with them! They ought 10 De thcahhed
to the outermost goa precincts OF base
balloon n kept there.
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"ens' nau co"'pe''"'
Much houce mas Dec. gwen MIC anu
Harvard's athletic prowess IN the Ne"
York papers put whyF LOOK NJ Cor
nelrs record IN TINS past year.
i VIII ADMIT mat they were weak IN
football. whioh Is due to the coaching
system. but nave they NOT won tho IN
tercollegiafe championship IN hockey
'hrst year they were ADMITTED 10 tho
Lacquer haven't they won the inter
collegiate rowing championship on the
HUDSON. the cross country
snip, the intercoiiegiate track meet ana
finished among the leaders IN the race
Tor the intercollegiate baseball nam
pionship. the outcome or which Is stll
IN DOUBT LOOK over THIS record ana
then please compare 1t with Yale's,
Harvard's, Princeton's and Penn's' Then
give me your opinion as to which col
lege stsnds without a peer In athletics
to-day. very truly yours H. C. M
SEE that another M race AZ
Brighton track Is being planned.
THIS time II Is a 500 mile event be-
tween Ray Harroun ana Ralph Milford.
ior a purse OF %hoV ana side bets thnt
would make me whole 'ndncement some
'n'ns IKE si"'"" 70 the drivers ana man
"tac'ureVs' OF the winning car
NOT having an intimate personal a.
duaintanco with these W gentlemen 7
doet know what their value a. citizens
may De but pronably they are pretty
good men. and 1t would he n shame To
have them killed. The promoters par
sist In giving us races at Brighton. IN
spite OF the unbroken record OF fatalities
at every meet.
Brighton track In UNIT for auto racing.
The numerous killings in auto races
held there prove that statement.
In what other sport mot backed nv
the influence OF such money as there is
behind the manufacture OF automobiles
would the authorities stand for sport
Ing events Invariably resulting in kill
ing and manning OF contestants or spec
tators. or both?
Suppose mat AT every boxing show AT