Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1911 — QUAKER FANS ARE CENSURED [ARTICLE]

QUAKER FANS ARE CENSURED

Washington Player Complains That Champion Athletic Team Is Often Roasted Without Cause. According to the views of some of the players on the Washington team, the fans in Philadelphia are the most inconsiderate in their treatment of their own players to be found anywhere in the country, with the fans of St. Louis a close second. “There’s some excuse for the fans In St. Louis to feel that the price they pay for tickets gives them the right to get after a team that is so persistently in last place, but what explanation can the Philadelphia fans make for such conduct?” asked one of MeAleer’s boys. “When we went over to Philadelphia to play last month the people in that city were getting their first chance to see the Athletics since that team set all fandom aflame by winning the world’s championship. "Did the fans rise up and give Mack’s champions the greeting they deserved? They did not They sat in their seats snarling and barking at Connie’s men for every little slip they made, actually hooting and Jeering at a team that had only six months before defeated the supposedly invincible Cubs. "Of course, everybody knows that the fans in Philadelphia are famous the world over for giving up early in the struggle if a visiting team gets in the lead, but who would believe that at the beginning of the season they would roast the players who had brought so much glory to that city?”