▁on ▁strike ▁to ▁protest ▁the ▁susp ension ▁of ▁C obb ▁after ▁an ▁incident ▁involving ▁a ▁fan ▁in ▁the ▁stands ▁whom ▁C obb ▁assault ed , ▁Jenn ings , ▁who ▁also ▁sent ▁his ▁coach es ▁in ▁as ▁substitute ▁players , ▁came ▁to ▁bat ▁himself ▁once ▁as ▁a ▁pin ch ▁h itter . ▁According ▁to ▁one ▁source , ▁when ▁the ▁u mp ire ▁asked ▁him ▁for ▁whom ▁he ▁was ▁batt ing , ▁Jenn ings ▁answered , ▁" None ▁of ▁your ▁business ." ▁The ▁u mp ire ▁noted ▁on ▁his ▁line up ▁sheet , ▁" J enn ings -- b atted ▁for ▁exercise ." ▁ ▁While ▁Jenn ings ▁was ▁fier y , ▁hard - n osed , ▁color ful , ▁and ▁even ▁ecc ent ric , ▁he ▁ins isted ▁he ▁had ▁always ▁played ▁the ▁game ▁honest ly . ▁When ▁a ▁sc andal ▁arose ▁in ▁ ▁concerning ▁whether ▁Ty ▁C obb ▁and ▁Tr is ▁Spe aker ▁had ▁fixed ▁a ▁ ▁game ▁between ▁the ▁Detroit ▁and ▁the ▁Cleveland ▁Indians ▁while ▁Jenn ings ▁was ▁the ▁manager , ▁Jenn ings ▁initially ▁spoke ▁of ▁how ▁easy ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁to ▁fix ▁a ▁game ▁and ▁issued ▁a ▁" no ▁comment " ▁on ▁the ▁specific ▁game . ▁After ▁his ▁" no ▁comment " ▁drew ▁negative ▁public ity , ▁Jenn ings ▁issued ▁a ▁statement ▁to ▁the ▁press ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁den ying ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁matter ▁and ▁adding , ▁" My ▁sl ate ▁has ▁been ▁clean ▁base ▁ball ▁for ▁ 3 5 ▁years ... ▁Wh atever ▁I ▁have ▁done ▁in