"When, in 1928, the scrappy Yankees fielder Bob Meusel objected to one of Rennie's columns and tried to punch him in a hotel lobby, Rennie's fellow writers of the various New York newspapers came to their colleague's rescue in person, separating them, and in print, they "put the chill" on Meusel, repeating rumors that management had plans to trade Meusel out of New York.Meusel's contract was sold to the Cincinnati Reds after the 1929 season.