Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-21
MANAGER SULLIVAN
THROW UP THE SPONGE AND RE-
.EusE TO FINISH THE PEN
sANT SERIES.
Manager Teddy Exploits His Fair
ness TO Himself In "a Letter
10 Colonel ward.

Fort worth has won the pennnnt in
the championship series, and the rest
of the ball games scheduled are de-
clared or. After the disastrous defeat
OF yesterday Ted Sullivan has con-
oluded he don't want to play in our
yard any more 30 he has taken his cat
tie back 10 Dallas, refusing to play
BAH here today. He assigns as rea-
son that his judgment was bad when
he agreed to play the game In Fort
Worth. and he has changed his mind.
He wrote letter to Manager Ward OF
the Fort Worth team In which he says
that his refusal TO play after lie had
made the agreement Is In keeping with
his reputation OF fairness TO himself
Nobody doubts this statement In the
least. Mr.. Sullivan should be credited
with candor thus far at least. but he
should have gone little further and
stated also that his action In this case
was In accordance with his conduct
throughout the entire series. His fair
ness 10 himself is evident on every oc-
cnsion. but to other people? by his
own admission he made the nstOund-
Ing discovery two days ngO that his
judgment had been ut fault In consents
ing TO play today's game here, sim
there was n chance for him TO win the
pennunt and he played the last two
games. Now, that he sees he n beaten
lie proposes to crawnsh out OF playing
the rest Of the series. and takes his
team back TO Dallas.
Colonel W, H. Ward, manager OF tho
Fort Worth Base Ball club, was seen
a a. ~ hts a Ia. D .ast
night. and in answer to Inquiries he
snid,
yes, everything Is of. Sullivan has
refused to play here tomorrow and the
pennant Is ours According to the
agreement In playing of the series of
games between Fort Worth and Dallas
saturday. September "a, Is scheduled to
be played at Fort Worth. ON account
OF rain Fort Worth failed In playing
one Of thelr games In Dallas and Sulli-
van agreed that II should be played In
Fort Worth ON account OF having two
Sunday games at Dallas. On Scptem-
her ~ sullivan admits II by writing
letter to me IN which he says! 4
tSullivRn stated / would play deferred
game In Dallas Mt Fort Worth, 10
morallzc on my promlae it / should say
on certain day 10 you that ON u GER
tain time 1 should drown myself. II
should change my mind on that act
fleet, giving you Saturdays game to
enable you TO win the pennant would
be parallel case. I am writing this
letter to you with no feeling Of lll-will
hut with all falrncsa and candor and
according TO my reputation for fair
ness TO myself
TED SULLIVAN
To-day, after being badly beaten.
he takes his team to Dallas stating he
would not keep his agreement. Seeing
defeat staring him Ia the face he re-
sorts TO this method to yet out OF play
ing the game originally scheduled and
mutually agreed upon to be played
here.
lie acknowledged the agreement
but discovered after II was settled that
Fort Worth would get eight games to
Dallas seven, and he backed out.
Having won seven out OF the thlr-
teen games played, we claim the cham
plonshlp OF Texas and we leave It to
tho public to Judge"