Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-12
TWILIGHT ROWD|ES
SHOULD Be CURBED
Attacks on Umpires at Recent
Game Demand Immediate
Attention
PROTEST FROM HlLLDALE
BY WILLIAM s. DALLAS

pOWDi1SM and unsportsmanlike
~ conduct among fans in recent twi
light games played in this city IL likely
to result in serious trouble unless meas
urcs are taken to prevent the same in
the future.
! Several serious cascs have recently
come to light and on each occasion the
visiting team was lIiIldalc. colored
team. known nationally from coast to
coast for it's playing ability.
The treatment accorded the llilldales
/ by the home management and home
players has been all that could be de-
sired. but the rabidncss of the fans has
been such that unless preventive
measures are taken, the Philadelphia
| Baseball Association may soon have Il
serious subject to consider.
! This organization is injected into the
discussion for ne reason that the teams
involved were members and the stua-
| ti'n has reached such a point that
Manager Ed. Boldcn refuses to pay
| any moro games with his opponents ut
their home grounds unless the matter is
| rcmCdicd.
ROwdy EOOters
The trouble originates with the fans.
! There has been a certain element at
| tending that delights in getting after the
umpirc and handing him rnsping "raws =
| berry" Another local team. the South
! Philly Hebrews. has been the target vt
| verbal abuse in games at times and 1t ~
! happens that the managers of these
clubs. Ed Bolden. of Hilldale. and Ed
ward Gottiieb. of the Sphas. are among
! the most efficient and squarcst Of pilots
| of independent teams.
Manager Bolden. OF the Dnrbvites. in
discussing the subject said: "Rascbai II
! is great sport and tho square circle
also affords Il healthy pastime. when
| conducted under favorable conditions.
bur when the patrons Of q ball park &c
| to the game with the sole intent of brow =
beating the officials and opposing teams
! nv sinister methods to secure victory
! for the home team. regardless of tai.
| play and personal injury. ii is nbou;
time that the Promoters see that ther'
is adequate police protection to insure
| the title Of lnw-abiding citizen and
! furnish the opposition for those who
would exhibit their pugilistic wares and
seek to sew the seed that often termi-
mates in mob violence.
adequate police protection to cope
with the mob that has on two distin".
was exhibiting is the lacking element. y
Umpire Assaulted
At one Of the games in question.
manager Bo,den recalls that the um-
pirc was knocked unconscious after the
| game in srufflc. but the evidence in
the Phila. Baseball Association later
was that il was more Of a personal fcud
rather than an attack on the official
for his decisions.
Bolden also says: again last week
at ,hn same park the umpire was as
sailed and only for the prompt action
Of two police who were the only ones in
sight. the umpire would have been
beaten by the mob. II was necessary
TO load the official in handy taxicab
! in order to cvadc the rufians.
''On both occasions and the one
prior. our players have been subjected
| TO Vie rpithetS hurled nt them by the
belligcrcnt fans. Missiles have also been
thrown ana several players struck. I'm.
| less we have assurance that corrective
measures will be taken we must cease
to play games with the club in question
| IN the future. Only spark is needed
to create a serious outbreak when llill .
dale is playing there and two or three
officers are powegless among ten thouS-
and fans. Clean sport is our motto and
We have played every first class sem! L.
pro club within Il radius ot hundreds of
miles, but protection we must have and
II stitch in time often saves Il whole
| garment.