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Show GOOD EFFECTS' WILL FOLLOW COBB TROUBLE 1 fpUE prompt settlement of tho Detroit players strike was a good thing for baseball. Ty was reinstated, and the entlro matter Is now history, so far as the Incident Itself Is concerned, but It Is bcllovod that good effects will follow fol-low the trouble. Already notices have been posted In all American leaguo parks that hereafter here-after any demonstration by tho fans against either tho home or visiting plavers will bo followed by expulsion from tho park nnd thnt boisterous rooting of any kind will not bo tolerated. toler-ated. This Is a movo In tho right direction di-rection and one that wilt be appreciated appre-ciated not alono by tho players, but by the followers of the sport who like to enjoy a good game of ball, but find It difficult to tolerate the scnsolc3s jells and howls put up by a fow distracted tans who lose all control of themselves tho moment thoy hear an umpire call "Play ball" Such trouble as occurred In New York and which lod up to tho strlko would be impossible In Pittsburgh, whero tho players are protected from the fans and the fans from tho players At Forbes field the moment a spectator becomes rabid and unreasonable In his rooting he Is led from the stand by an officer. Is handed back hla admission money and is told to vamoose. This rule Is followed closely and has becomo so woll known that there aro very few offenders. Of course It is hard to enforce any kind of discipline in cities whero tho municipal police aro not allowed within with-in the park. In Now York policemen cannot even bo hired for ball park service. The city authority who would order bluecoats to the park, even If tho city were paid, would bo guilty of a penal offense New York holds that the police aro only to bo called In caso of trouble Their real mission should be to prevent trouble, and that Is tho basis on which thoy work In Pittsburgh, Pitts-burgh, whore tho club officials annually contribute several thousand dollars to the city treasury for tho police service they obtnln It is likely thnt the recent uprising In New York will result In reforms In the laws thero which will permit the commissioner of police to send his offi-cors offi-cors to tho parks to prevent trouble The Tigers strike resulted In a revival re-vival of tho talk of a ball players' union but tho likelihood Is thnt nothing noth-ing but talk will como of It. Such things have been tried boforo, but havo never succeeded There Is no valid reason, of courao. why the players should not combine If they want to, U but It I3 doubtful If a majority of them r K would consent to go Into any such an organization. It must be romembered Xl that mo3t ball plajcrs believe they are U always fairly treated by their employ- 11 ors and that tho rules of organlzod U baseball protect them cufflclcntly from y any employer who might endeavor to 1ft doprivo them of any of their rights. It |