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Show WOULD PUT STOP TO I ROWDYISM ON FIELD President Heydlcr Would Stamo Out Umpire Baiting.. Considers His Group of Arbiters Effl-clent Effl-clent Men and Intends to Back Them to Limit Players Are Given Warning. President Heydlcr of tho Natlopul ,caguu In an Interview announced that he would not stand for umplru bnltlug or rowdyism on tho ball Hold. He tit tended a game between the Cardinals HHl nnd Giants on the Polo grounds, where HBi It Is claimed certain Cardinal player HBl behaved -In n dlsgracoful manner. Hey- HB iller HBl "liaseball Is ton groat a game Ui per- HB ult such tactics as certain players HBi Imvu employed In recent games tu HBl show their dlssntlsfacllon over leel- HBl slons by umiilros. I do n.)t cotitond BVJ that the umpires always urn correct HH It would bo humanly Impossible for BVJ thorn always to givu tho right decisions. BVJ But It Lisnfo to say they are rlg-t nine- ,HB ty-nlno times out of n hundred. Even HBs If ii player differs with nn umpire over HBi a decision It behoove him to recngnlzo HB the authority of tho olllclnl Instvud of BVJ Indulging In disorderly conduct. jVAl "Basvball Is n clean gam. Spirit L1 ssoutlitl, of course. Itlvatry makes JHHJ H, ,) fjmmrs s&f President Heydler. for faster competition. But spirit and HH rivalry must not bo mistaken for gut HH tcrsnlpo tactics such as throwing hand- HH fuls of dirt at umpires and cursing, as some players have done. The fans In HH tho stands that Is, n big majority of HH them certainly do not approve of mN- HH conduct such ns that. "I consider the National league urn- HH plres n group of cfllctcnt men, and In HH tend to bnck them to the limit. Play HH ers who persist In breaking the rules HH by misconduct on tho field will bo so- HH vorely dealt with. Let this servo ns a HH warning to them." |