Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1914 — REFUSES BOX SEAT AT GAME [ARTICLE]

REFUSES BOX SEAT AT GAME

President Lannln of Boston Red Sox Likes to Get,Among Real Fans * and Hear Their Comments.

“Sit in a box?” queried Joseph J. Lannin, sole owner of the Boston Red Sox at Cleveland the other day. "I should say not. I like so get out among the real fans and hear what the supporters of the game think about my team. Some days I go out in the bleachers and sit among those who know all the players by their first names. "How did I happen to break into baseball as a magnate? Because 1 have wanted to own a baseball club ever since I was a bellboy in Boston. I used to sneak. Into the games then every chance I got, and if one of the players let me carry his bat I was the happiest little Irish kid in all Boston, and there were a lot of happy Irish lads there at that. After I got in a position to buy a club I announced that I was in the market First I tried to buy the Phillies, but Fogel placed such an exorbitant price on his outfit that I passed it up. Then came’ the trouble at Boston and I bought in. Now I own every share of stock, and that is the only way a ball club should be owned. "Do I enthuse? Well, you bet I do, but not as much as when I used to pay my 50 or 75 cents or |l. Then I would yell my head off. Now I am more subdued. My hat smashing days are over, but I- enjoy a game just as much.”