New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
Ev HENRY l.. FARR ELL
(NEA Service Sports Editor)

(NEA Service Sports Editor) Philadelphia. Aug. 9.-Art Shires, baseball's freshest rookie. strolled out from the visitors bench at Shibc park dragging his bat behind him. Tho White Sox were getting ready to play the Athletics and the bell had rung giving the SoX the field for bat ting practice.
 Shires strollcd to first base and gave the stands q good once over and he was given a big hand by the crowd. He reached into one of his rear pockets and extracted fresh sack of scrap catin' tobacco. He damned the whole sack in one side of his face and went behind the bat ting cage.
 The Philadelphia players were in the shade of their dugout ducklns the rays of the summers hottest sun. Only Mickey Cochrane, Jimmy Dykes and Eddie Rommcl were viSl- blc. They were at ease on the top step of the dusout where a flock of bats were spread out in military order.
 Passing the Razz
 The three of them were giving the berry to Shires. It must have been good-natured berry because they were all laughing. Cochranc was do- ing most of the talking and 1t de- yeloped that he was telling Shircs he didn't have enough tobacco in his | face.
 | Shires went over in front of the Athletic dugout and squattod on his bat. Peals of laughter poured from the Philadelphia bench and Shlres stood up. The fans stood also to sec what was to occur
 Shires pulled another fresh pack of scrap from his other hind pocket an damned it in the other side Of his face. And the act went over great.
 It was demonstration that John McGraw classes and rcsepts as fra ternizing. He dcpIores evidence that the new breed of ball player iS soft ening up. He harks back to the ole days when visiting ball clubs had tC ride 10 the park amid shower ot bricks and antique eggs and toma- toes.
 IIacks Attitude
 What do you think of fraternia ing on the ball field" we asked tn, venerable Connie Mack. manager o the As.
 'I like it." he answered. "Ther' is room for gentlemen in any pro fession and baseball is my profcs sion. l don't know of many game that have been won by rowdy tactics 1 will not permit my ball players tC engage in any rough jockey work, a' they call it.
 "Thcrc always is an exchange O good -natured joGhing before an' during a ball game. Tho avcrag player is a good -naturcd boy and practical jokcr I'm sure that il your office you will find a lot O good -naunred joking. It wouldn't b a successful establishment if ever, one carried a grouCh.
 Bars Personalities
 But l have told my boys tha there never can be anything person al or malicious shouted at our op pOncnts. We face the possibility O a charge that we are timid but always will insist as long as | al the manager of the club that m boys be gentlemen. They may Ri back and forth, but l will not tolrr ate profanity, obscene language 0 personal insults from my bench"
 This was interesting 10 me mas much as an umpire in the leagu told me earlier in the season that tn greatest improvement in the Ath lctics team this year was the rcsu of a moro aggressive spirit, l There talking back this year." h said. Last veal they never said l WOrd"
 Be Firm. But Gent" . From d source very close to tn . club we understand that the A 3 started out this season to do som very serious jockeying. They resent