The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-04-28
LOCAL AND STATE NEWS.
From Saturdays Daiiy.l


That Has Hall Match.
wtS characteristic meSIaciiy, Bonn
bastes Fariso of the 7iRe- I<riec -'cou-
SILENTLY" misstates the facts in his
eonaaentS upon the match game at
baseball which tack place here last
Monday. He says all masser OF
eaarts were made by outsiders, to cause
tho TGs-RraLa boys to lose" The only
parties Ee kso~ 81 being engaged in
arg soeh an attempt was he school
boys. constituting the ElkO nine, and in
which effort they would undoubtedly
have Soen sxccessful. lad not = pnny
little 100 pound member of the Tus.
cararas, just at the critical juncture a.
the close close Of the sixth inning,
when hs side ura5 three behiud, created
\ r~E lF assaiiing Peto Epnsar, the
smallest. sad ono Of the oldest mes in
town by means Of which his side adj
rmsoed from the rcar-wLece &. o1her-
wise would. in ell human yrabxLiIi,y,
have raiSs aimed to che cic&e-s1oring
sAevcn during tho tumult which follow
od' their men walking 40 tic icme
plate without apISoxnar. The Cham
pioA constructor Of epo,stie works Of
fiction" also alludes t. tho dislolicaI
attempts on Ia part OF those
dresdful ElLr school boys To "bull-
doxe" the meek cad iSxty Tuscaroras,
when II is a web known fact that
from the first to the iast, no word Of
dti ectian 10 ~ sthiug thai occurred was
even 1teuiptcd Is L. offered by II single
Inenshex az 6e Elko c,Gb. The inter-
po.iIoIn OF Sheriff SeitI, referred TO.
was s~Nliytor tue restoration of the
peace 6s:2rb"l as previously stated,
ans wont "a" tNTtl "a than the discharge
OF his dnty asa i-eaco officer required.
Again tho Energetic Con-" etc.
comes down with the voluntary asser.
tiun Chat AL the PLAYERS. and n good
mspg Of che Eikoites themselves. con.
dem enc action of Sheriff S~eitz," which
Is qune as foundationless ~ the pre-
NoSs assertions. In some other re-
Epon.s says this veracious chronicler,
the Tdscafornns feel that they were
n"t accorded the usual civilities ex-
teahfcd to visitors"
The freedom of the City, gracefully
rendered by "A select committee Of our
p~rominincnt citizens, world have been
a. proper recognition OF tho wcighty Oh.
lig"tions due tho Captain OF 80 angus.
n company. We cheerfully admit: but at
the time Of the arrival. u majority of
our c~itiZciis being occupied vIth their
usual ny0cutIous, the iuca 81 throwing
their whole soul, as it were. into ii
movement uf thiI character, diln'.
happen to enter their minds. aud thus
the opportunity To confer deserving
IA upon 80 distinguished a person.
s ns tue Captain OF the ''imuiurtaI
MI was lost. we fear. forever. The
'champion constructor" Ctn., further
observes that cdr. Huntington made IA
good umpire. but the Elko people gou-
orally condemn him III letting tho Tus-
cnrOras win"
Nov, We know no more about baso-
ball than OF many other profound sub
jocts upon which We are involved in
darkness, and therefore acknowledge
our incompetcncy to pronounce upon
tho Doctors abilities III that line; but
with respect To the last cluuso Of the
paragraph, We have no hesitation in
~pronOuncing u "a deliberate attempt To
insult the people Of Elko by an after
per"crsion VI all the facts Ia the case.
The mess of ~senselcss twaddlc in The
last issue Of tho Times ReCicr. is lust
what It vas predicted here that il
would he. and if anything had been
needed 10 prove tho eligibility Of the
doughty Captain 10 the exalted title of
E2ui I'hiuS. recently bestowed upon
hin by the journal Of which no is part
owner. the deficiency is now fully sup.
piled.