Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-18

earning my livelihood and that there was
no sense in his getting after me. l told
him that he had better stop.
"As soon as this man came into the
park Wednesday he got after me. He
didn't wait for the game TO begin, but
during batting practise he started to
warm up. As soon as the game began
he cut loose for fair.
I'm order to avoid the man | walked
to the right side of the field toward the
New York Clubs bench in coming off
the field. Still the rooter kept Hp his
TRADE. Bush asked the fellow to keep
quiet, but it did no good. Finally I went
to the man and told him to Jay off. As
soou as / spoke the man cut loose with
a flow of bad language. Then lost my
temper ard jumped into the stand and
punched him three or four times.
Il am sorry ! did this, but l simply
could not help myself. ] am sorry for
the effect such an incident has upon the
game and because of my family. A ball
player. though, should not be expected to
take everything. We have some self
respect. and human nature will not stand
for everything. If a man insults another
man when he is walking on the street
that man is supposed to resent the insult.
OF course ball players are expected to
self-restraint and not take the
law into their hands, but well.
I'm sorry It happened
NEW YORK. May 1s.-Claude Tucker
the man assaulted by Ty Cobb. comes
from Georgia. his home town being neaT
that of the Detroit player. He is secre-
tary for former Sheriff Tom Foley. The
trouble, according to Tucker, really began
the day before. Tucker, who Is a press
man by trade. lost all of one hand and
most of the other a year ago while work
on a morning newspaper.
With others he has been a Yankee
%rooter. and sat behind the visitors bench
on a line with third base mos. of the
days this season.
Tucker says that on the day before,
when n shout of d~erision went up ut a
poor play by Cobb. the latter singled him
out for attack, and made a remark re
iecting on the family of Tucker. The
next day Tucker says Obj was at first
base when some one shouted: "oh, you
dope" He returned to the visitors seat
and turning to Lueker exclaimed:
yes, I'm dopey again, and you know
what made me ~dopey-the same thing
that made me dopey yesterday
There was an exchange of epithets, and
Cobb, with the Detroit team at his back,
climbed into the seats and struck Lue-
ker.
Some one shouted that Tucker had no
hands. and Cobb retorted: II wouldn't
care IL he had no feet" After he had
Tucker down. Tucker says he
kicked and spiked him in the side.
Others In Sympathy.
Members of the New York and
American League teams are in
sympathy with "Ty'' Cobb and the play
ers of the Detroit club in the matter of
the indefinite suspension of Tyrus Cobb
for his attack ON a spectator at a recent
Detroit York game.
TITS part of the game for ball players
to submit to personal abuse by specta-
TORS says Harry Wolverton, manager of
the New York club. IT'S hard to keep
temper under such trying circum-
stances. Certain fans believe that be-
cause they pay to get into a ball park
they have the right to Insult players and
umpires. The best way to square ac-
counts Is TO pick out the tormentors and
nail them outside the grounds. IL Ii
were possible to print some of the things
said to players the public would not con
denim a man like Cobb for his recent as
sault. But as 1t is, there is no way TO
show how players must bear the coward
ly insults heaped upon them by their in
feriors."