The Detroit times., 1912-06-05
AFTER THIS CALLAHAN
MUSS, WOULD JOHNSON
Be SAFE IN DETROIT?
His Action in Illuminating west
ervelt Instead of Callahan
Looks Raw
BOSTON HERE FOR FOUR
They Still Play Baseball in Spite
of President Like
Johnson
BOSTON HERE FOR FOUR
RY RALPH y. YONKER.

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important fourgame So les here Win
the TIsers, a series that VIII nave d
great deal of influence in the pennaht
race, Ban b. Johnson had better open
Ia series of explanations, series that
will have lot OF influence IN MS re-
kgaining. or, perhaps better, achieving
popularity.
The workings OF the mind of this
mister Johnson. president OF the
kAmerican league, are mysterious. IN
his career as American league car
kthus far he has done many strange
fittings, but he has got away Win
them. So Il was naturally concluded
that there must have been inside
stun now 10 support him in his action
In the Callahan w stervelt case he
had better spill IL quick. Either ne
had better explain and explain quick
Nv or make Detroit one of the beauu-
Iful cities at which he shall not stop
FIN the future. If Johnson doesn't
come across with a satisfactory ex-
lphnal.on for allowing Callahan to
lplay at Chicago after ne had insulted
ian umpire and had melted riot and
Flor sending the umpire away, his
kpeace CT mind wiz kafdly be safe IN
Lour fair city.
As nearly as can be seen from this
distance the facts that lead up to
Johnson's latest baseball crime, are
AS fol ows: At Chicago, Monday. with
1.-THE Athletics leading the Sex to 2
in the eighth inning, the Galatians
got TO plank and sent IN two ruls on
four hits. Benz was on second and
Rath Oh first with two out. LORD
/ Al Harry who
could have thrown out Harry at first
hut instead he tossed to Collins at
second to force Rath Rath slid and,
according to Chicago critics. beat the
ball to the bag. Westeivelt called
him out and the Sox rally was over.
Callahan who was next al bat pro-
tested 50 loud and long that he was
expelled. But he refused to leave the
game and grabbed for eight minutes
BY actual timing at the umpire.
When he did go finally he conducted
himself in such a way as TO arouse
the anger of the fans against Wester-
Welt. ,sh no had to be escorted from the
groun1s by a squad of policemen.
Even then he was not safe but was
attacked while on a street car
Now the Sox players have sent
protest to Johnson asking for WesteE
velts removal because of incompet
ence.
r1ith the precedent set by the dras-
tic action taken with Cobb in the New
York case. Callahan was, Of course,
to be fined and suspended for 10 days
or two weeks with a severe reprimand
for liz conduct
The idea of refusing 30 obey an UNI
pire. All umpire, appointed by me,
Bancroft B. Johnson, mogul of the
American league! The unthinkable
Ibrazenness OF a player in daring TO
Iincite to riot crowd that have said
mus not be allowed 10 indulge in
irowdyism!
Shall Ban b. Johnson let that go
unpunlshed? Per-r-rish the thought,
With Callahan's suspension the only
lconcll sion ever even dreamed of, Bun
johnson transfers the umpire to an
other city and lets Callahan play. II
there was ever reversal of methods
lthis Is il.
The only punishment Johnson met
led out was the suspension OF Russell
Blackburne, bench warmer who is
has much good to the Sox just now as
La peanut yender and who is needed
saboat as much.
or all the apparent farces that have
ever been put over a good-natured
land nHfable baseball public this one OF
lJohnson's is the greatest.
It can be easily imagined how Cobb
feels about this. Made to suffer sus-
pension and humiliation for rash
deed, done on the spur OF the moment
after being personally insulted he
sees Callahan get away with actually
melting a crowd TO mob an umpire
Worse, the umpire himself is made to
suffer humiliation by being removed
to another city.
IL may be that the friendship known
/ TO exist between Johnson and Comis-
key, owner Of the Sox. may have had
nothing to do with this action. but
fans will look hard and long az the
facts as they appear before accepting
this stateemnt
II has often been said that a bad
ruler Is good thing for country,
provided he is bad enough; for then
the people get rid of him and his
kind II may be that your conduct
lately, Mr. Johnson is a good thing
for the American league They may
be more than a possibility that 1912
is your last year.
Action such as Johnson has taken
is almost enough TO disgust one with
BASEBALL III you can get over your