Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-04
h OTHER SIDE.
..s,,lu, Gives His Version
of # the Affair

Of the hh"
c,utras.s and What Comes Of
s EN- Who is Wrong
n,,t,s. TAX, Aug. s. ISL
y ., = late lst issues of THE GA
!, appeared illusions to the
d,tierences existing be-
" p.llas aud Fort Worth base
, members OF the Texas State
.so,,e association, growing
~. known as the Crawford
clubs claiming him as a
" " order that the people Of
4 and Dallas, and the base
~, Of Texas, may know
, ..,,op of affairs, and mas
Wv small amount Of Mr.
'nh has been made pub
ns ao,Tdd to make the fol-
,tment: ,.. rax.s
A, shout mainly by my per-
s \, About one year ago,
.ss ~, q nlansger OF the Dallas
sings Of last year, in the
Manager John Il Hogan in
q sns mining district, | re-
,,,sr from Albuquerque, New
~ ~, signature to which l have
~ ~, s' which letter 1 afterwards
vs written by George w.
y nnder an assumed name.
SslIcacy In signing fiisreal
, r recommending HIM
hsIl Mayer. That letter
IA four ball players TO the
AVN Stockings, who were
10 gel further east and play
soed club, that they might
,sIop into professionals. The
sommended were George @,
Somss w. Murray, Milton
4 and George w. Crawford
mai time playing with
\ Diamonds club. The
s,ore thus started finally
h the Brown Stockings Sc
4. plsyers named, but only
,b,m could reach here al
ihs club needed them,
dhsving gone up TO Denver
n Al the time the Brown
vers starting out on theil
~ tour. Whitehead conse
srtr came here, but final,
s.. Louis, where no is nov
Ihoft-stop for the st. Loui'
The champion club of tx
ISOLATION, Later on TIL
.ockings secured John +
Patsy Carroll") from Sal
to take the place intended
head. 1t is a matter Of has
~, the success and notoriet
ID Dallas Brown Stocking
club, and rs George w
took so conspicuous a part i
he should feel proud Of II
this late day do u wrong &C
ow come to Mr.. Crawford
onnection with the Dalla
oCkiDgs Of this year flor tina
their name In the TeXa
When he desired last sprin
In professional ball-playin
him an engagement with tn
club In the MOI thwester
did the correspondence wit
Hunter, secured the contrat
biz advance money. Whe
went North in April last
lbly the last person in Dalls
n hsvas departing on tn
We Union depot, when "
- nd said good-by, Craw
Isked:
", I'm sorry to leave you. T
lA frtendship that hiss eNistt
ANIL l don't stick through u
tsofthwestern League, and Dd
saorganized and you are mana
want me, III return and pill
SMr Crawford reached IL
ifiendly correspondent
betwcen us, which was COZ
y the past July. Much
pondence consisted in neg
his return to Dallas to pls
had been released by til
ub, and a part of the tin
an engagement. The mo-
aTexas league was on foe
Easton Of Galveston al
ng Its principal promoter
las would have a club in ii
as l was managing Il
p the city, / was eudeayo
re one or more good playe
zen 1t up, and naturally n
nth my warm person
wford, and the result W
lilly agreed to play In Dali,
was agreed upon a
purchased a ticket In CI
arted for Dallas, but
hocus.pocus work "
pr at Denison and we
PIT Worth, destroying t
Ticket between Denis on o
viii publish the portions
felerring TO playing ball
ucn OF the letters were
elgn to ball playing. cor
character, and which
nlair to him to put In priI
eor May the 9th, writ
I, ILL.,, he says:
.Sp MAc.--I wrote you 40
VIZ IN ~. Paul, and have u,
d. mss, IRON you, and hope
~ " when You rccsive tsis.
''0ns AZ far as Peoria, as J
Y, saning a long account
.us features about the
nu MIS- connection with q
" Crawford continues:
- all satisfied with the slt
~ q chance elsewh here /
Meli. Mac, II you can organ
shSss.ocsing =. and can max . 10
an ,ist me know and l '
y Of May 20. writing IF,
~ .c-l have written Won two
'Ies my advent in.o the b
cp sul AS you have had v
sllss.ness, OF course, did
~ iii 4, en.ll You got back fr
u have ,n ANY not surprise you