Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-14
AUSTIN CORRESPONDENTS.


The Austin Base Ball Club De-
mands q Fair Hearing.
EDrroR SENTINEL In your local col
umns Of to-day's SENTINEL, in speaking Of
the base ball performances ct Battle Noun
tain recently, you say "the Eureka Club
knocked the Battle Mountain Club out of
time, and hardly left a grease spot of the
Austin nine." This statement would look
as if the Austins had suffered most at the
hands OF the Eurekas. As the SENTINEL
has a standing good record in this vicinity
for truth and square up-and-up statements,
I will endeavor to set you right in this con-
nection. The Battle Mountain Club beat
the Eureka Club in their first m~atch-that
is, they were allowed to beat. This set the
Battle Mountain boys boiling over with
joy, and they Immediately claimed the
champion belts and the State champion
ship, while on the other hand the Eureka
boys, after giving the Battle Mountains
the game, never once thought about the
belts or championship. or, If they did think
of it, they believed they had another
chance for it. However, when the Messen-
ger came out on Saturday, the Eurekas
were painfully aware of the fact that after
they 1.-THE Eurekas) had given Battle Noun
tain the game, the Battle Mountain Club
claimed the belts and the State champion
ship, and besides, the Messenger turned
loose and gave the Eurekas ftss claiming
they couldn't begin to play the Bonanzas,
etc. 1t is evident tina the B~onanzas led
the Eurekas to believe that by giving away
the game they would make . big thing,
while at the same time, the Bonanzas were
chuckling to themselves and slyly laying
back ready to spring on to the belts and
championship the moment the game was
decided in their favor. On the next day
Sunday the Eurekas played the Austin
nine. and, although they had been in
formed that the Austins, to use a slang
phrase, "were n. g." yet they found them
selves tackling a pretty lively game, and
only won by a scratch at the end Of Is in
nlngs. Then the Eurekas, after playing
this hard fought game Of 10 innings, turned
round and played the so-called champions
the Bonanzas, of Battle Mountain-and
warmed them too good; beating them by q
score of % to 10, and only played seven in
nings. And this, too, after the Eurekas
were played out from their previous long
game. No n will for q moment doubt
that the Eureka Club was the best
club at the tournament, but u great many
regrets have been expressed that they did
not play to beat everything, as they should
have done. This giving away business
the Austin nine made a much better show
ing fhan the Battle Mountain Club, from
the fact that they with the Eurekas were
the participants in the finest game ever
played in this State. And l have no doubt
that Captain Crawford and the members of
the Eureka Club will bear me out in the
statement that the Eurekas nave been
fully convinced that the Amity Club of
Austin is made up OF something consider
ably more animated than grease spots.
Now l will crave your indulgence for a
little more space. / have just been shown
the Eureka Leader of the 9th, in which its
local shows his true disposition. Look at
his local article and the way he goes for
Austin. Let any n read that article at
the top of the local page, and then COM
pare it with the full account at the bottom
of the same page, as telegraphed from
Battle Mountain. The Geographic account
is fair and honest, while the local is hardly
true in a single particular. The local item
says nine innings were played between the
Bonanzas and the Eurekas, in which the
Eurekas won by q score of % to 10. This
is not so; there were only seven innings
played in that game. Then, again, the
20 to / on the Eurekas after the fifth in
ming. This is not SO. In the thirteenth in
ming Mahoney, of Battle Mountain, offered
to bet $40 to 81 on Eureka, and young
Egan, of Austin, offered to give him a dol
lar-that's all there was of that PROPOSE
ton. There was no proposition made
the Antilles to play for money with
the Eurekas. and the Antilles have never
claimed to have been, or to be a better
club than the Eurekas. The Nevada Gen.
trail train was not held to carry any news
to Austin, neither was the telegraph office
closed. The train was detained so as to
allow the Austin boys to return home after
the game. Furthermore, the boys aston
ished themselves as mnch as they did
everyone else by playing SO fine a game as
they did in their 13-inning game with the
Eurekas. The Leader doesn't seem to be
aware Of the fact that the Bonanzas, Of
Battle Mountain claim the championship.
There were only three persons from Aus
tin outside Of the Club at Battle Mountain
when the Eurekas and Antilles played; all
the rest had gone home the day before, and
those who were present did not offer to bet
IN Austin, for the reason that they be-
lieved that Austin would never be allowed
to win, no matter how the thing stood.
In conclusion, I can only say that the local
item in the Leader is a tissue Of malicious
misrepresentation, and a mean display of
bitter and uncalled for p~rejudices. At any
rate, I can't say that the Leader has that
good record for truthfulness which the
SENTINEL has in this community, and
therefore it is not 80 very surprising, after
all, that it should contradict itself so
openly in two articlesson the same subject
on the same page. The Geographic ac-
count, headed sThe Tournament" is q
fair. honest account, and I presume came
from the pen Of Mr.. F. o. German, who I
believe is the manager of the Eurekas.
The local item, headed "Base Ball" from
the pen of the Leaders local, is, as I said
before, scarcely true in any single particu-
lar. Let any one compare the two items,
and see what they think of a paper that
will so recklessly sacrifice truth and hon.
nesty of expression to appease a sordid
prejudice. FAIR PLAY.
Austin, Nevada, August 10, 1880.