Show cco OF BASEBALL PLAYERS t AX JOHNSON Jt HEAD AND SHOULDERS of the American A league is BAN B doing doh dobi some valiant work in end a to stamp out ut among players in the aggregations under his direction Shugart shortstop fi for the th Chicago nine has ha been bean expelled for striking an aI umpire and andt it t I iii 18 that hm nt as severe as this has not been resorted to in 1 twenty years Two other players with similar offenses scored up against are ate being Investigated and It Is possible that they may follow Mr Shugart Into permanent retirement Commenting on the prevalence of or of this sort at baseball games and the th effo elro effot t that are being bein made to suppress it the New York Sun says saysA A game never passes without some player arguing with Ith the umpire as asto asto asto to the correctness of nf hi hl opinion the argument varying from words to blows Such disputes which are aie forbidden absolutely by the rules are arc tolerated t everywhere and notoriously encouraged by tha tho th league magnates Disorder must be at the bottom of any game so conducted for once a aj j player layer Is permitted to open his mouth in protest the habit spreads like fire T and even ven the spectators are inflamed n amed and a nd corrupted More power therefore to Air Mr lr Johnsons elbow Some day he will strike at the root and make ke dis disputes dIspute 0 with tho umpire now no the real curse of the ball baIl field a thing u There There to 16 14 not a lover ov r of oC baseball th at will not indorse this view and those wh ho have attended the games in Salt Lake during the season will vIII wish ear earnestly earnestly nestly that some orne edition of Mr Johnson might make his appearance be before before beT T fore another an Cher yea rolls around Many of the best games have been marred I ry ly y the riotous bickering of the players against the umpires decisions To every over lover of true sport aport such much displays display s of roy are disgusting and no management can an n be too rigorous In n enforcing the rules roles against indecorum of X this sort |