Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-08
POLICE THE PARKS
AND HELP PLAYERS,
SAYS H. JENNINGS
Detectives Should Be in
Stands and Eject Abusive
Fans, Ayers Hughey
BOOSTS sox AND YANKs

Hughey Jennings, grizzied by the sun
of the diamond and the strain Of one
sizzling campaign after another, allowed
his frank blue eyes TO roam about the lobby
of the Aldlne, wherein were sprawled, In the
lazy lull after lunch, the husky sun-burnt
figures Of his peppery ball team.
They're a great bunch of boys" said
Hughey, by way of introduction.
The patrons OF the game apparently
haven't kept pace with the game itself" he
said, in kindly tone, more Characteristic
of q Harvard professor Of English than the
popular conception of the sole patentee OF
the famous "E-yah (three spears Of grassy
Atta-boy, Ty Hit er out, Sami"
Hughey was answering question;
question as to why magnates in the field OF
organized baseball allowed loud-mouthed
boisterous fans TO Insult ball players by
allowing them to slather their profane COM
ments through the Rrandstand and two-bit
section without taking adequate means to
guard It.
Doesn't Object to Riding"
Not that Hughey objects to having fan
ride a contract slave. Not at all
stop fan from yelling and making
noise and you take the color from the
game" quoth he, his blue eyes twinkling.
"Often after the opposing team makes a
rally, somebody will yell from the stand,
How do you like that, chr and all can
do Ia to try to come back.
What object to Is this: A fan will get
up and deliberately shout an insulting
epithet at a bail player--a personal epithet
that has nothing to do with his playing
ability or any act of his on the ball field.
This can and must be stopped. Ban John
son probably has done more to put the
game on the basis where you can take your
wife, sister or sweetheart to the game
knowing that she will be perfectly safe
there than anybody else. The players
have done their share. But some OF the
patrons haven't done their part.
They use language, directed at the
players, that is not fit for any person to
hear"
Whereupon Mister Hugh Jennings, of De.
trolt and Scranton, unfolded his plan By
which baseball can be purged of rowdies
in the stand just as II is being cleansed
gradually of rowdy players.
THE evil could be checked readily IL the
owners wanted to do II. do not know
the pay the policemen get who are stationed
there, but / feel sure that II would not
cost much more to have several plain
clothes men in the grandstand and bleach
ers."
Eject the Rowdies
Then" continued the old co-star of
Willie Keeler, Muggsy McGraw and wilbert
Robertson, and the man who piloted the
Bengals to three pennants, when a man
said something Objectionable he would be
spotted Immediately by the detective and
escorted to the street, with a return of his
admission money. Let the papers give pub
licity to such an election, II II should be
put into effect, and the fans soon would
come to realize that there Is a difference
between riding a man and openly in
sulting him.
"Profane language drives away women
from the game. we'll as many men, and
1t would be to the interest of the public, as
we'll as the player to have the thing stopped
for once and ALL"
Incidentally, Hughey placed the blame Of
the Tigers present position on the
crumbling of the offensIve--the famous
offensive that put the Tigers in the same
class with the picturesque Giants and the
old Cub machine as one of the greatest
road teams in drawing the fans to tho
parks. Although the pitching stafr OF Jen-
nfngs' club was the thing that worried him
when the season opened, Hughey said that
now II was lack OF punch with the war
clubs and not poor pitching that caused the
Tigers to fall back into second division
after repeated recent losses with the on
rushing White Sox and the humble Browns.
Crawford Still There
Bobby Veach is due to sweep up beyond
the 800 mark soon," continued the dla.
mond-tanned veteran. "Slumps worry him
more than they should. Sam Crawford
through? Not on your life The old boy
Is good for three or four years yet and
then some IN this way: George Burns is a
good hitter, but when he doesn't get a hit
for several days he worries about II too,
just like Veach Now when this happens
/ can put Sam on first, and he's q rafting
good first baseman, and keep Burns on
the bench for couple OF days. II SO hap
pens that George is the kind OF fellow
/ can keep on the bench when he slumps
and then when he does get back In the
fray he can slam the pill with as much
force as ever
MY pitching isn't worrying me. I've got
seven men ready to start on the mound
now. CoveleslSie Dubuc, Dauss Cunning
ham and the others. Dauss isn't seriously
injured never was. Just happened that he
was near Youngstown and thought he'd
see Bonesetter Reese. Funny how much
Christian Science there is in baseball. The
longer I'm in the game, the more 1 real.