The Detroit times., 1915-05-14
Hughey Says Club Is
Not Getting Support
1t Should
CHEERING BIG
AID TO TEAM
Nothing Like 1t to Help
Bring In Runs, AS
serts Pilot
BY HAROLD Y. WILCOX.

Hughey Jennings Ia calling for
help. In the same breath he Is
stronuously ohjecting TO pohte pat
ter OF palms az a means OF cheering
4 major league baseball club on 20
q pcnnant In other words. the IL
ser potentate Is not at all pleased
with the support which his club Is
getting from the grandstand and
bleachers.
Hughey IL not charging the popn
lace with lack OF interest He just.
thinks they have fallen into evil
ways.
Maybe its because we've got
fine park now and fans can 40 out
now and sit In boxes. They prob
ably have come 10 believe that they
must be conservative under such
conditions--that they would be
frowned upon II they should yell oc-
casionally when the game gets
tight and the boys need some runs.
Detroit fans used 10 be the noisi-
cot around the circuit. Now Chi
cago, and 81. Louis. and even staid
ola Boston make lots more noise
than Detroit. When we go TO those
cities, we are sure TO have the
crowd on us from the batting prac-
tice until the game Is over, and
everything the home boys do is
greeted with a yell. And II helps,
too.
Ball players are just as human
a. anybody else. They like 10 BE-
encouraged. And the way TO en-
courage the ball player is 10 make a
big noise when he has done some
thing or has an opportunity 10 do
something. II doesn't make much
difference what sort OF noise IL Is,
as long as he knows IL is a boost
for him and that II comes spontane-
ously. There Is real psychology in
the effect vociferous support OF
fans has upon the players. Some
way II gives them confidence, the
most valuable thing In the game,
next to ability--and II surely has its
effect In speeding up play and bring
Ing hits That's why put so much
energy in my coaching that at the
end Of the game ] am much more
exhausted than II were out there
tossing the ball Noise gets results
In baseball.
THE Detroit fans have come
through rs they should for a pen
nant contender just once all season.
That was in the game with Chicago
when we made 10 runs. There IS
no question In my mind but that the
yelling OF the crowd had as big a
part In that unusual inning as any
other one thing. probably more.
II don't know why IL is that the
fans here aren't roofing az they
used TO. Maybe II Is because they
are overawed by the big park and
think noise Is out OF place there.
But they're wrong there. II is the
inalienable right OF every American
TO make all the noise he pleases at
. ball park. I'm a lawyer and
know. And know this too: II the
Detroit fans Will accord the players
the roofing they should during this
eastern series. we will get a lot
more runs than we otherwise would.
Support from the stands that the
players can understand, Is some
thing more than polite approval and
will be Q positive factor In winning
games. II r. In other cities and the
same thing will be true here. And
II 10 certain that II the Detroit fans
don't help US here, we won't get any.
for nobody else wants 70 see US
win"
There you are. fans. A call 20
arms from Bughey Jennings. the
manager who Practices what he
breaches and who not on-v~
given Detroit three pennants. but
has put team that was an outside
choice NJ the best into the position
OF favorite In the flag race within
a month after the season had start.
ed The Saturday game With Bos.
ton. and the series With New York
starting with Bill Donovan day. VIII