Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 236, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1918 — GREAT STICKLERS FOR ORDER [ARTICLE]

GREAT STICKLERS FOR ORDER

It Would “Set Bad Precedent” to Permit Sweltering Fane to Enter Grand Stand. Baseball magnates are great sticklers for the old order. At a recent game a major league city that need not be named, there were some 50 fans in the bleachers and the thermometer tq the shade showed over 100 degrees. “Why. not let those fellows in the bleachers In the grandstand T* was suggested. The answer of the club president was that it couldn’t be done, because it would “set a bad precedent ” Can you beat that? There'll be a lot of precedents set before parks open again, * c * *