Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-05-01 | Page 10 | Rowdy Fan Has No Place in Baseball Playes Are to be Protected from Abuse

ROWDY FAN HAS NO PLACE IN BASEBALL PRESIDENT JOHNSON SPONSORS LATEST REFORM , PLAYERS ARE TO BE PROTECTED FROM ABUSE loaa-ue hu already taken the Initiative. It la understood that tha park and rea ular police will cooperate with the umpire um-pire In remedying tha evil. If prose nt pinna carry, it te the Intention to have some official whm duty will ba to spot tha offenders. They will first be politely po-litely aaked to dealnt If they refUei, the management will tender Lbem their admission fe. with a requaat that they vacate. Has ball la not a parlor snort. It caJla for wild rooting, .aartleen cheering, crlt telem when dner.d and applaue when merit However. It haa not place for tha enthusiast who aeeka to profit through pereonahtlee and sometime through atronger abuae, Buch Individ-uala Individ-uala are to gl the gate. President Johnson of tha American league, who haa aponaored practically every worthwhile re forme In baaabaU, la not content to rest on hla laurala, Tha American league Intends to an force a rule this year that will meat with tha approval of every falrmlnded fan. Incidentally, women patrona at Uv gama will aay "amen The rulea of baaeball ordain that no spectator shall have the rtsrht to abuse either tha home or visiting playera. Such a tirade la always annoying to tha fans who stand fur fair play. Nothing Is more tiresome to the real fan tha fellow who la there four or five daya a week than tha botateroua, trouhleeome fan. who aa a rule geta very personal. In both major leagues last aeaaon then wer certain cities which suffered greatly from euca a nuisance. In two or three of tha cities tha abuaa waa uaually fired at toe visiting team, often soma thliu skinned player would ba tha target for a lot of personal abuse, with a hvwa that hla play would be affected. A number of playera In both major laaguea have seriously object e to the treatment accorded them In certain cities. Thy have Ineleted that eome conaia. ration be given their objections. It Is understood that both major leagu will aee that the boisterous, personal fan will soon ba extinct. The American