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Show I American Players Strike I On Account of Ty Cobb Tigers May Not Play Today and Other Clubs Are Likely to Join in Crusade to Modify Sentence. By International News Service. t HILADELPHIA, May 17. It is rumored here tonight that the r Philadelphia players have sided in with the Tigers. Every American league team is being appealed- to join in the crusade to have Cobb's sentence modified. If the Detroit team fails to play today it is liable to a fine of S5000 or the forfeiture of its franchise. A strike of the entire Detroit baseball team will take place tomorrow to-morrow unless President Johnson cancels .the order indefinitely suspending sus-pending Ty Cobb for attacking a spectator in the grand stand during the Tiger-Yankee game 'in New York last Wednesday. The fact that players of the Detroit team have sent a telegram to President Johnson declaring their intention to mutiny was verified by Manager Jennings of the Tigers, who said that the telegram had bee signed by all the members of the team except Cobb and himself. Jennings added: I"Tbr plovers of t be Detroit, team lake Hie ground t liaL the penalty flii-toil upon Cobb becnuye he defended himself from an unwarranted attn'k b a rooter in New Vurls. was uncalled for and unjust. "Tlu consider a) 'the worst J'y hould have received only :i fine. Under Un-der the rules of the Player ' Protective Protec-tive association, all the players aarce to stand together. This is a case where the Detroit players consider that they r railed upon" to stand for the rights of a fellow member of Ihe tea"'-'l tea"'-'l wired President Johnson yesterday yester-day not to take any action in the ease until ho had heard the evidence whieh no will present, this evidence includ-' inir a larre number of aflidavits of persons who saw the entire flair. The ulfimaium of the Detroit player.s was wired lo 1'residnit Johnson today. We understand tint L he is now on his way to Cincinnati and a telegram was scut to him in that city." The iiiut.inv "of the Ticers asainsl the authority of Ban .Johruion is one of the hiire'est sensations iu baseball in recent vcare-. Never before has a learn of ball players dared to question the ntitliorit or judgment of President lolmson. For that matter even the elub owners have been very chary of riticising the American league execu-ti execu-ti It is not considered likely that Mr. Johnson will accede to tho wishes of the Tjf'Ts. The fact that Cobb has been pre-ented pre-ented from playing in a faeries here was certain to cause a drop in the attendance. at-tendance. A record crowd was looked for tomorrow, and if there is no game ihere will be about 2o,0U0 disappointed fans. ( olib tonight :t liis version of the a flair: "The w Vork rooter who got after af-ter mo Wednesday i- the. same man who made it unpleasant for me on other oth-er trips. ITo hns continually picked me out as the object, of his insulting remarks. Une rlav last an miner 1 ro-moustratod ro-moustratod with the man. T pointed out to him that, r was out there on tb' field earning niv livelihood aud that there was no seuee in his getting after inc. I told him that he had better lav off. "As soon as this man came into the nark Wednesday he got after me. Ho didn't wait for the game to begin, but during batting practice he started to warm up. As sqqj) us the game, began be-gan he cut loose for fair. Tn order to avoid the man walked to the right side of the fiold. toward tho New Vork club's beueh in eomiug off the i Held. Stul the rooter kept up his tirade. ti-rade. Hush asked the fellow to .koop on let . but it did no good. Finally T went lo the. man and told nim to lay off. Ah soon as T. spoke the fejlow c.nt looo with a flow of bad language. Then T lost mv temper nnd jumped into the stand and punched him three or four limes. |