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Philadelphia, May 25, 1912 REVOLT it Pfayers> *n Fancied Loyalty to Cobb and With Trifling Grikvarce* ^ou ^e a Demand for Instant Redress With a Threat to ke and Rashly Carry Out, For a Brief Time, Their Plan. ., May 16. that he had suspended Cobb© as a matter EW YORK, N. I -Cobb, of the of league discipline and be also said that Tyrus Raymond s, hails from from what he heard of ©the assault and Detroit American nceded to be Georgia, and is c player of all causes leading up to it he could well un a new role derstand Cobb©s feelings and personally time, appeared ii iile the High- did not blame him a bit. on the Hilltop yesterday, w 1 game of the landers were losing the fina ;ore of 8 to 4. Tigers Threaten a Strifct series to the visitors by a s reparing to go Philadelphia, Pa., May 18. Just Just as the Detroits were p r Cobb leaped to bat in the fourth innin; hastised a fan fore the Athletic-Detroit game yesterda into the grand stand and c . Tyrus was afternoon it was announced that thl who had called him names )etroit squad, players of the Detroit Club had madd by the entire I il Cobb had themselves the defenders of Ty jOobb © one interfered un ing. Some of that they had sent a communication to handed the fan a good thras graycoats fi- President Ban Johnson, requesting him President Farrell©s private ^he beaten fan to withdraw Cobb©s indefinite suspension nally broke up the scrap. 7ce to arrest and threatening a strike if the demands requested the park politic! he was led were not complied with. This was found Cobb, but they refused, ai% Davis, secre- to be true. It was stated that yesterday out of the stand by Thomaj. When Cobb morning the Detroit players held a meet tary of the New York Club face was dis- ing at Shibe Park, where they drew up, returned to the bench his^g immediately signed and sent the following telegram torted with anger. He w^pjre O©Lough- to President Johnson: put out of the game by UrJugh Jennings, "B. B. Johnson, Fisher Building, Chteajw. T«A- lin. After the incident tit over to the Ing Mr. Cobb is being done an injustice 1>T yonr action in suspending him, we, the undersigned, re the Detroit , wei*\^ntthe fan fuse to play in another cane after today until such press stand and explained TTWmHj action in adjusted to our satisfaction. He was folly had called "a half-nigger.© justified in his action, as no one could stand *uch nings said no Southerner would static personal abuse from any one. We want Mm rein such .an insult. "I heard the remark,© stated for tomorrow©s game, May 18, or there will be no game. If players cannot bars protect!** we most said Jennings, "but I knew it would be protect ourselves." useless to restrain Ty, as he would have got his tormenter sooner or later. When This telegram was signed by every Ty©s Southern blood is aroused he is a member of the Detroit team, except Cobb bad man to handle." According to the and Manager Jennings. Donovan and "American," the man whom Cobb as Gainor being at home, could not sign it. saulted, is Claude Lueker, secretary for Jennings was greatly disturbed over the Tom Fol©ey, formerly sheriff. He is a startling turn of affairs which threatens pressman by trade, but lost one hand and all sorts of grave complications. At the most of the other a little more than a Hotel Aldine last night he said: year ago while working on a morning "The suspension was not warranted. I an* hi the newspaper. Lueker iis quoted by the hands of my friends. If they refuse to play I will "American" as saying that he did not finish away down in the league race. I expert Mr. Johnson to reconsider the matter, fine Cobb, or an know why Cobb singled him out for at nounce definitely the length of Ms suspension. The tack, and that after Cobb knocked him players^of the Detroit team take the ground that the down he (Cobb) kicked Lueker and penalty^inflicted upon Cobb because he defended him self from an unwarranted attack by a rooter in spiked him in the side. New York was uncalled for and unjust. They con sidered at the worst Ty should have received only a fine. Under the rules of the Players© Protective- A^- As Cobb Explains It sociation all the players agree to stand together. This Philadelphia, Pa., May 17. When the is a case where the Detroit players consider that Tigers arrived in town yesterday morn they are called upon to stand up for the rights of a fellow member of the team. These facts are not ing, Ty Cobb was interviewed regarding R. COBB the fault of the players but of the spectators, who his trouble in New York on Wednesday. taunt them and really have a licking coming tx» Said he: The Detroitciub©s Star them. The clubs now place police officers in the "The man who attacked me in New York is the j r* i_i_ t. i. .» n©sent the central figure in the sensational Incidents stands and bleachers to prevent gambling and to game one who has made it unpleasant for me on Tyrus Raymond Cobb, who is at p precedented reT()lt of the Detroit players, is by see that balls are returned and I don©t see why these which culminated on May 18 in tne u tlt>naj p!ayer of the age Cobb was ^m ati officers should not have the authority to lead a other trips to that city, and he has continually rowdy spectator from the grounds. If a man onca picked me out as a target for his abuse. Last Sum common consent regarded as tne mosT sr , 8gg H(j commenced plarii,g professionally in mer- i remonstrated with him and advised him to Royston, Banks County. Ga,. bepwmDer .(h Atlantic League, but owing to lack of experience ejected endeavors to repeat his rowdy tactics let him pass me up that I was only, human and trying Jo 1994 with the Augusta Club, of tie ^Vnniston< Ala _ aub> ot tne Tennessee-Alabama- be barred from the grounds for good. Such a course and extreme youth was farm.ea o .l l * ©-ecaUed by Augusta and finished the season with would soon put an end to the bully-ragging of thst earn my living out there and I could see no justice players. I wired President Johnson yesterday not in his attacking me. His remarks then were insult League. In that league he >;» "" in 19*5 he started the season with Augusta; .237. being ill with malaria most of the tiM outaeiderg and fo^meri of the South Atlantic to take my action in the case until he had heard ing, but not obscene. As soon as this man got into went to the front at once as one of «e s^a, bltsman of that j e In August he was the evidence which we will present, this evidence the park yesterday, be got after me. He did not League, and finished the season as the lead* fl Jn ge^ember flnl9hlng the season in including a large number of affidavits of persons wait for the game to begin, but he started as soon who saw the entire affair. The ultimatum of the a«i we began batting practice. In order to avoid purchased by the Detroit Club, whose team e 1906 t(,, m by hish.clils& batting and fleld . the American League_and earning a pia^e impn>Tem,,nt ln an departments that he became Detroit players was wired to President Johnson to him 1 walked to the other side of the field and day. We understand that he is now on his way to tried not, to hear him. Bush asked him to stop, Ing. During the 190, season he showed suu._ H(j j, d Uje Jeague jn ^ting that year but it did no good. Finally 1 went to him and asked one of the great staxs of the American Leag. of t,)p penna]]t by 1^^^. ^^ that da, Cincinnati, and a telegram was sent to him in that to lay off. and when 1 spoke to him he cut and was one of the chief factors inJ0;"-*! tegjn . the greatest of players in the American city." ,., with a flow of the worst talk you ever heard, to this he has been the mainstay of the Uetroi genenttion; the wondcr ^ing that ne sh(>W8 In Jennings© statement he made men ©hen 1 lost m.v temper, jumped into the stand and League; and the most sensational performer or ^ nQ Ms buit and eudurance. t him have it. I am sorry for the effect which greater excellence each year, there beaig apparel tion of a Players© Protective Association. ich an incident has on the game and because of It is not known whether that has been r family. A ball player, however, should not be cpected to take everything, as we have some self- organized or is merely in prospect. If it «pert and we cannot endure more than human does exist, it has been secretly organized ia.t,ure will stand for. If » man insults another on When the Detroit team reached here | susp^on pending investigation of the among the players. They have been talk :he street, he ought to resent it. and while I am ing* of such a thing for three : or four sorry for what occurred, if it happened again I do yesterday Cobb revived notification fro^ case.Before leaving Boston on Thursday Hot see how I could help doing as I did, regardless PresideBt Ban Johnson of his indefinite for tfcinnati, Present Johnson stated Continued on the fourth page. «f the consequences." SPORTII LIFE

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