Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1911 — TOUGHS AT NEW YORK GAMES [ARTICLE]

TOUGHS AT NEW YORK GAMES

Spectators Are Annoyed by Rowdy* ism and'Police Will Be Asked to Preserve Order. CocMjaints of rowdyism Indulged in by spectators at the two opening games of the New York baseball sear son may result in the assignment of a large squad of policemen to keep order at the big league grounds hereafter. On both days the hoodlums were causing disturbances, according to the complaints received by the management. Many women were struck with paper balls bigger than their heads, or by baper clubs rolled thick. Their escorts, who tried to ward off the attacks while making slow progress toward reserved or empty seats, were beaten with these Improvised bludgeons until their hats were smashed and in some cases noses were bleeding. The spectacle afforded by a hundred or more men and boys pelting a woman and her escort with newspapers, peanut shells, cigar butts and tobacco quids is not relished by the management and steps will be taken, It is announced, to persuade the police to take a hand. The ball game crowds formerly were patrolled by regulan police, but these were withdrawn a year ago, owing to criticism of their assignment to this “private work," and special officers hired by the management were substituted. These special officers have been unable to cope with the rowdy element. Application will therefore be made for a return of the old system.