The chronicle=news., 1912-11-07
WORLDS SERIES OF 1912 MAY
HAVE DONE MORE
HARM THAN GOOD

I
not do more harm han good.
Certainly II uimased the causc ot
the American league in .3oston. the
grcatest baseball hotbed In the
country, IN spite OF the fact that the
city culture has been xraced by u
~orld's championship pennant. bns-
ton has sourcd ou the exccutiv. Of Its
pcnnant winners. and Tor good rea-
son. The roo;ers threaten a boycott
because OF the utter Indifference Of
the management to the patrons who
stGoG by the clamniuII through the
thick OF the American league strife
aud the OPENING battle Of tn. greater
compcii,Iou.
During the first six days Of :hc
worlds series loyal band OF Red
3ox enthusiasts followed the fortunes
OF their idols AZ spectators TO the
games. Al great trouble reScrva; IONS
wore secured at the Pol" grounds aud
every trip to >sw YORK this i"val
legion made. paying thci- own sx-
penses cheerfully In order to enc 3Lr-
axe Stahis men on foreign field.
Provided with pcnnanis. colors. music
and In many Instances. costnin. q.
they proved one OF the pictures. .ue
iet:mrcs Of the serici aad nndoub'rd-
~ great encouragement To ne
Speed Boys.
HOxton was proud OF the spirit
ltypified OF this faithful following.
Th" club. officially. too. seemed graft
filed with such an sypcssion OF 10y
alty. For the first three games In
the Hub" every courtesy was SHOWN
the Royal Boosters \ section oi
III. general admission seats were re-
fcrved daily. hut on Tuesday. tho
seventh game OF tho s-r..s and what
was to Boston tn. greatest day OF all
Up to that time the money y-mad man-
axemcnt entirely disr-sardci all
claims Of fcaliy and sold out to the
,ahbl- thronx tn" seat which up to
that line had been reserved Tor the
real enthusiasts. When the Royal
Honsf.rs." headed by their brass band
ma rchcd On to tho field with Gus
tomary display y few minute. before
I the gam. they found thcir places al
ircady usur-pcd. They made i demon
stration to stand on the playing
ueld. but were herded like 10 many
eattl. within the temporary snclos-
ur.. Here they had TO stand, or
rather squat. for those IN their plac-
sx insisted that .hc root.rs keep
down lower than the first row OF
stats-throushout the dr.ary after
noon. Naturally enough those men
who had so chceiiiy gone to great eX-
, pensc for the glory of Boston felt =
great revulsion Of spirit. not once did
r the band pluy "ressi.." the battle
slogan. and what cheering they did
was done for the Giants. After the
game the Royal Boosters" marched
Red Sox management.
But they did more. They circul-
atcd among friends and created ouch
u feeling OF an,asonisIu tina, til.
eighth game drew scarcely half the
ordinzfy patronage. Why the Bos-
ton management ever could have
been so near sighted Is beyond all
conjecture. II may have been simply
an oversight. hut II looked and It was
bad:- very. very bad. |, had every
appearance of in.ratituic As II the
Boston club said to itself: The ser
les will end today. Th. rootcrs will
come anyhow. What II they are in
convcnienced some? They will for
get u before next spring. Let us sell
their seats and make so much more
money"
n tsI 81 1,
espoused the cause OF the rooters.
and demands the dismissal OF Sccre-
tary-Trcasurcr Robert McRoy. So
another and apparently serious scan
dal has developed from baseball au-
'umn classic. The rough treatment
of the clubs staunchcst allies has
started tongues to waggirs In other
ways. In Bosom public confidence in
the national pastime has been sound
ly shaken. On every hand one could
hear in the cl,y of culture murmurs
OF doubt as to the integrity of base
bail.
This series is fixed" was the uni
versal cry. "McAleer is trying to
pay for his new park ut the price Of
us. Such Is no new cry In baseball. \
II was sprung In Pittsburg and De-
troit in the seriesOf 1910. II has
often been repeated since. No one, nt
all posted in baseball. could loubt the
integrity OF the national pastimc. Yet
such trend OF public opinion /, |
bound to shake the organization &c |
It's very foundations II the promoters
insist on giving lecway for such in |
situations. Boston surely pulled the |
prize bone" Of worlds series his
tory. That town is not likely to for
get. And II George Stallings can nut |
The Boston Nationals in the first di.
vision in 1913 tho American league
is very likely to lose out in one OF its /