The Washington times., 1916-07-18
Probable Lineup.
Game at 4 o'clock.
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

Hughey Jennings Is the latest to
come forward with a verbal castiga-
ton of the rougn-necks who have been
making nuisances of themselves this
season at major league baseball parks.
He counsels expulsion with return
OF ticket money for every fan found
bothering others in his near vicinity.
stop a fan from yelling and making
noise" Hughey told the New York
color from the game. Ofl,n after. the
opposing team makes rally somebody
Will yell from the stand: How do you
like that and all l can do is try to
come back.
What l object to is this: A fan will
get up and deliberately shout an insult
ing epithet at ball player-a personal
epithet that has nothing to do with his
sSe ba 1S say Ths an" can act and Of mus. Ss
stopped. Ban Johnson probaly has
done more to put the game on the basis
where you can take your wife. sister.
that she will be perfectly safe there.
than anybody else. The players have
uone their share. But some of the pa
irons haven't, done their part,
THEY use language. directed at the
players that is not tit for any person
to hear. -.
knew tse tSs no Ge H. 40
are stationed there, but feel sure that
It would not cost much more to have
several plain clothes men in the grand
stand and bleachers.
Then" continued Jennings. when a
man said something Objectionable he
would be spotted Immediately by the
detective and escorted to the street, with
return of his admission money. Let
as p3p". 'licity to such an
aJection. TX it $40 .'l De put into effect,
and the ians -oon would come to realize
hat there Is a difference between rid
.lg man and openly insulting him.
fFloI~pr .enguaga drives away wom-
4er rum tha Ftra IS well as many
men. ana it would =. to the interest Of
the pubic as well as the player to
have the thing stopped for once and
Manager Griffith today expressed HIM
self as thoroughly In accord with the
leader of the Bengal Tigers.
Good. honest roofing Is the life OF
baseball" commented Griff. without
roofing. baseball would become as dead
as cricket. And. believe me. the play
ers like roofing behind them, or even
against them.
''If the roofing is with the team. the
players get sort Of excited and are
spurred on TO Guido themselves on many
occasions.
III the roofing is against them. the
players simply dig In To show those
same fans that roofing won't stop them.
The result in either case is better and
faster baseball. That's all the fans
want, anyway
"But the stream of insults that some.
times NAV he heard on The fieid should
he stonned and anv nrnfance ar indecsn,
iang,,nre In The stanSa NJ, navtlions
ShnnId he stonned STATUS VI p"''''o"A
.or,'a Wtia. ,,,, a.. 4.
. iuH Masn,nstoh G,upi lor ono. y
n,mrs ;,pU ~ aii1mins any rous
stuIl at lts pau PARK recently we mao
a man arrested for such an offense
ana we stand ready 10 continue TINS
practice until all the rowdies-and there
are only few OF them here-stay away
or learn to behave themselves.
"As a matter OF fact. Washington does
not suffer from rowdyism at all In com.
big leagues. The average Washingtor
fan is a decent citizen who goes to the
ball mark TO enjoy himself. We don't ex.
meet any trouble.''
Tomorrow there will he n double-head
ar nj Georgia avenue between the Grify
men and The White Soy The Chica
goans are TO-DAY in PbiIadelnhia anr
should arrive In The canitai In te ton,ght
co,ng 10 The Rnleiab tbetr old atamnIns
sunnnd Manacar pon,io "a rs twap,v
t,,'o ia ,,tt, NJ, a ,, nas ~ ~
TWO players win MIN ana I'VE war cor