The Washington times., 1915-09-25

the pennant from the Athletics in 1919
by 'pegging" at batters The players
boast even yet that their pitchers peat
the Athletics in this way.
ground all the time" declared one Of
"As soon as they would get up, ".
would knock them down
keep throwing the ball at the heads OF
the Philadelphia players. especially the
two stars. SO that they would have
to drop flat to avoid being hit. en-
sm in ha this e Ssy to Ths afsf Res os
pitchers always aim at the best players
on the, opposing team. Any time you
the chorus from the bench:
Dust him off there!'
BY this they are urging the pitcher
to shoot fast ones so close to the bat
ter that the ball dusts him off. There
10 no excuse for this, unless hitter
our 'fas batters do "' The efi Red % son hit more
batters and peg" at moro than any
other team In the league. 1t is Carri-
gan's policy. and they boast Of It,
The Detroit club has fought the Red
Sox all the way this season. and clean
ly. The Boston boys tr, to ride" a
team all the time. In the last two
series we played with Carrigan's CLUB
them from the bench, This got the
goats" OF a fsw of them. The old
Athletics were never a gang to do much
riding" and. for this reason. the Red
Mack's strong club to beat. The Red
Sox started after Manager Jennings
last year. We have gone back after
them every time the team has been
in Detroit this season. I see the Bos,
know the two reporters who are so
pa rtisan to Boston began preparing the
town for our reception as soon as the
Red Sox returned from the West. They
(the reporters and players!. all realized
that the last series with the Tigers
would be the critical one, and would
probably decide the pennant race.
hold these two reporters personally
responsible for the whole city OF Boston
losing its reputation for fairness and
| for the attack on me BY few fans
| stirred by the newspaper articles they
wrote. Except for the quick work of
| the police the result might have been
| very serious. I should think the two
reporters would regret their articles
now,
As a result Of this hot preliminary
| newspaper campaign against the Tigers
| we all felt the adverse atmosphere as
soon as we arrived in Boston for the big
playing before rowdies. Boston Is gen.
orally fair. can't make that too strong.
There are manv fair fans. but all the
followers Of the game lost their reputa-
the few who. aroused by the newspaper
articles. started the riot. The reception
certainly surprised us.
Since have been in baseball, have
| never seen an owner become so work.
ed up as does JOseph Lannin, the own.
er of the Boston Red S0x. Winning
this pennant was life and death with
him. 1 passed his box at the park
! after that first game was over In
which the fans tried to mob me, and
| his attitude toward me was astOund-
Ing. Many of Mr.. Lannin's players
have "knOcked" him to me In the
past. never believed this stuff until
that last series In BOstOn. Now, be.
Iieve 1t In all true.> He certainly lOse'
hard when things go against him.
| Neither the Boston public nor the Bos
ton players nor the reporters need thinl
that any team or any individual players
"beaning'' tactics. Any big leaguer'
with a spark of gameness about then
are going to fight back all the harder
as result Of these tactics. The re-
sponsibility for the ensuing trouble II
this series rests on the reporters and
We had been counting on the five,
| game series between the Red Sox anC
White Sox in Boston just before We ar
rived to help the Detroit club to wir
the championship. The Chicago team
Is strong one. and we felt sure II
would win at least two or three games
Of the five. But am reliably told thai
| the Red Sox :.sed the same tactic.
against Rowland's club In that impor
;tant series that they employed against
us, They were so successful and go
| Weaver's goat" SO effectively that h'
had to be taken out of the lineup be
fore the end of the series. The crowd
led by the opinions Of the newspaper
reporters. roasted Weaver so hard tina
he was finally put on the bench.
Players on other American League
clubs do not like the Red Sox. I'll be
ksvery other team In the league wa
pulling for US to win the championship
over Boston or course, they all die
their best against us in the games IL
the last series we played in Cleveland
on the way East, five Cleveland player.
came to the club house afterwards an,
told me they were sorry we had lost
tough game against their club.
| "Of course. we had to put all we haC
into it," declared one man, bat ",
hated to beat you" The fight i'm tn,
subway to the club house between
Cleveland and Boston players some tim,
aso is still remembered in Cleveland