The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-19
TIGERS FACE
HEAVY PENALTY


tion which We Insist should have been
made Before be took any action what
ever
More conservative men feel that when
Mr.. johnson and Mr.. Nayin set here to-
morrsW the warning factions win get
together even II they have 70 make
concessions A night TO the end along
the lines mapped out to-day would be
a tremendous blow TO the American
League
| The Detroit players headed BY Cobb.
appeared at the players entrancs 70
shibe Park at $50 this afternoon.
Under Instructions from Ban Johnson
! The great crowd in the grand stand
stood np and yelled like mad. Cobb
turned toward The gate to 60 out and the
whole team followed. all save Delehanty,
who Is said to have fathered the strike
With hts hands IN his pockets Delehanty
crossed over to the Athletics bench and
offered 70 bet 5000 that not one Of the
eighteen men would play until Cobb was
reinstated
This was heard by spectators near BY
and quickly passed through the stand.
Cheers arose as the news was repeated
Then Delehanty turned and followed the
others through the players gate.
Another crowd Outside.
Outside there vas another crowd that
had waited to see what the outcome was
Ioing 10 be. When they saw the players
nling out they took the cheer. n any
moral support from fandom was neces-
sary to stlffen the back5ones OF the
striking players they received II both
inside and outside the park
stick It outs' shouted the crowd.
With the players OF The Detroit team
gone. the crowds In the stand were anx-
ious 10 see what sort OF a makeshift
club Manager Hughey Jennings would
put into the Geld in place Of the. veterans
who had walked out because OF what
they deem the unfair treatment OF Cobb.
The Detroit team walked around ana
went in the gate and took seats in the
grandstand. A few minutes later Jim
MCGUIRE, the old Cleveland manager, and
Joe Sugden, the old Cincinnati catcher.
aid team composed mostly Of members
OF the nine Of ST. Joseph's College, went
out on the field
The Athletics came out. smiled. |
waved their hands TO the players in |
the stand. ana Hughey jennings went |
on the side lines. Cobb ana the eight |
cen others sat composediy in the stand 1
and laughed as the game went on. The |
game was looked on as joke.
Can for Extra Police.
The nrst inning the Athletics made
three runs. and when the game was
ended the score was "a 10 2. The attf-
tude of the crowd as the game pro-
crossed caused cali for seventy-hve
additional police. The number Of fans
who believed they had been defrauded
Of their money grew large and became
unruly. The extra police were lined
up along the bieachers and around the
box once, where the fans were de- /
their money back.
Several times during the game there
were delegations of spectators about the
ticket once dem landing their admission
money. Manager Jennings YVES around
all. morning looking worried. q
The attitude OF Ban johnson was made
plain TO Jennings early in the day. The
president OF the American League wired
rom Cincinnati to-day that Cobb was
70 stay on the field and that he must
stay there until every angle OF the case
mad been investigated. He further In (
iormed Jennings that he must have a
cam on the field.
President Navin wired Jennings to
lave a team on the field II Il cost $4,000.
With the players sore and fans telling
hem they were right, with Ban John
on determined and Navin insistent. 4
ennings whose sympathies personally
re with Cobb. was half crazy. He did /
what ne could all morning. He had per- {
ons interested in the game tell the I
layers the story of the old break /,
gainst the league In the days Of Denny /
nd Glasscock and Rowe. and 20 come ]
own to later days. the old brotherhood I
CIV and the punishments that followed {
he PLAYERS. however, refused to listen
o any arguments. is