The Washington times., 1912-06-06
sBAN JOHNSON TO
INVESTIGATE ABUSE
AT MOUND CITY
Desires No Repetition of Ty
Cobb Case In His
... League.
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN
AT WHITE SOX PARK
Griffith and Kahoe Continue Vigi
lance for Couple Of Good
Pitchers.
By SENATOR"

CHICAGO. June 6-The complaint Of
the Nationals regarding abusive treat
ment from the stand in st. Louis has
reached the ears of Ban Johnson, presi-
dent of the American League. He has
promised to make an investigation Of
conditions in the Mound City, and, II
the necessity appears, will take action
for the better protection of the players
on the field. He wants no repetition Of
the Cobb case, counting himself we'll
out of that trouble. 1t is expected that
Colonel Hedges, owner of the Browns,
will be given peremptory orders to
abolish such conditions by placing plain
clothes men in the grandstand, with in
structions to eVict all fans heard vile1y
abusing the players of either team.
At the White Sox park here there are
a number of large signs, warning the
fans against using bad language to the
players under threat of expulsion from
the grounds.
Manager Griffith is keeping the wires
= hot in his search for couple Of
pitchers, and Scout Kahoe is expected
at any moment. One Of the Milwaukee
twirling staff has caught his eagle eye,
and negotiations with Manager Duffy,
of the Brewers, have commenced. Grif-
fifth believes the presence of two re-
liable pitchers, experienced enough to
take their turns on the rubber, would
be sufficient to keep the Nationals in
the first division, and he is determined
to remain among the first four by hook
or crook.
- CHICAGO, June 5.-Unless Col. Bob
Hedges, owner of the st. Louis Browns,
investigates conditions at his park AMI
then undertakes to correct abuses ex-
listing there another incident similar to
Ty Cobb's wild gallop into the bleach
ers in New York may be the result.
The lowest form of personal abuse OF
visiting players is allowed in St LOUIS
. and the Nationals were the object of
= these vile epithets throughout their stay
in the Mound City.
John Henry, the Nationals crack
young backstop, was the principal tar
get for the abuse of the spectators IN
full player who plays ball jill the time
: and minds his own business and 1t Is
astounding that he should have been
selected to endure the volume of filtl
mediately behind the Nationals dugout
= But he had to take 1t just the same
Manager Griffith counseling him to keer
quiet and let the matter take its course
Herman Schaefer, who coached fror1
third base throughout the series in all
his original manner which offends nc
one but is usually an attraction worth
seeing on any field, came in for his share
OF ITlS dDuSe, Dul IL "db iiOt oO VIC ~
his case. Furthermore, Schaefcr gen.
erallv had some amusing reply TO hurI
. hack at the stand which kept the fans
in a moro or less good humor.
Henry is one of the mildest tempered
:. players on the Nationals and he made
complaint, thinking the abusive far
would quit of his own accord and
also that the policeman on the field
rwould hear him and escort him from the
. park. 1t might be we'll for Ban John:
son to fling one of his fiery personal
edicts at the head of Robert Lee Hedges
and demand protection for the visiting
players before some maddened athlete
climbs into the grandstand and repeats
'. the Cobb performance.
:, "Chick" Gandil in the eight games he
- has played at frst base for the Nation
ais has thoroughly demonstrated his ef-
, fectiveness at the bat and his all-around
usefulness in the field. He has plugged
D.. up the weakest place in the inf1eld, and
Griffith does not think any first base
: man in the league, barring Chase, is
his equal