October 24, 1920, once again offers scant baseball news. W.O. M’Geehan once again makes the case that the fans are not coming back unless baseball cleans house. This time, he offers a quote of a fan, the quote supplied by one of the Yankees owners, Colonel T. L. Huston.

Huston, of the Yankees, asked a former college baseball star, a man whose name is a tradition at Yale, how he felt about baseball and the future of baseball. This man has been a regular attendant at the Polo Grounds. It seems to me that he epitomized what fans of all kinds are thinking. He said:

“My enthusiasm for professional baseball is dead. I do not think that I care to see any games next year, although I have been a player and a fan since I was a kid. There must be housecleaning and it must be done sincerely and thoroughly. All of you magnates have made mistakes. There is no confidence in the old powers that ruled professional baseball. They have been derelict in their duty. Then, above all, the magnates must stop their wrangling. If the housecleaning is accomplished and the fans see men at the head of baseball in whom they will trust then you will have your stands packed, but not immediately. It will take time for them to recover from the shock.”

New York Tribune

Baseball always seems to be in trouble with fans, but never so much trouble that the most dire predictions come true.