The San Francisco call., 1896-10-27
THE THREE CHAMPIONS.
Pertinent Comments by Nevada
Papers About the Interstate
Baseball MANAGEMENT.

There are now three clubs remaining
undefeated and champions, of their re-
spective States. They are the Monograms
of Oregon, the Stars of Nevada and the
Tufts Lyons of California.
Two of these clubs at least are chafng
under gross injustice visited upon them.
The Tufts Lyons, as already published,
show how an injustice was done them
when Harvey was disqualified from assum-
ing the box without first having been
given hearing as to his right to pitch
last Sunday in the game against the Mon
ograms. In addition to this they are char
ing under the arbitrary rule or order given
by the Examiner to close the days play
with tie game when, after twelve innings,
the Monograms were permitted to go to
bat in the beginning of the thirteenth and
have one man-Dunovan-put out at first.
The Stars likewise are angered, and
behind them voicing their grievance is the
press OF Nevada. A few comments made
on the methods used during this series Of
Daily Territorial Enterprise of Virginia,
New, and are reproduced here under the
original caption:
THE FAKER'S POLICY.
STILL TRYING TO BULLDozE THE STARS INTO
The edition of the monarch of the takers to
reach us yesterday contains two columns of
fine type and some pictures calculated to be
funny, the subject OF which is its jobbed base
ball tournament. The Examiner evidently
believes that by its slurs and caricatures it
can drive the Stars to play the winning team
OF next Sundays game, but the Stars are made
of different stuff They will not recognize the
Tufts-Lyons ombination as champ pions in the
monarch tournament, but will play the Los
Angeles team for purse or gate receipts.
Should the Monograms win, then the Stars
will play them game for the final champion
ship, provided they could get some guarantee
that they would be treated fairly by the Ex-
amlner.
The boys have small faith in any promises
the schemers of the Examiner may hold forth
and will probably demand some satisfactory
guarantee of fair play. The Examiner jobbers
who have the baseball tournament in charge
evidently do notknow what "fair play means.
The Examiner to reach US yesterday says:
This contest is the final one for the trophy in
the great championship tournament-that is
If the Nevada Stars adhere to their determina-
tion TO rest where they are Los Angeles is
sending the champion band OF this State to
m eet the spell binders of Oregon, and the win
ners OF this game will keep open house for the
Stars, provided those Indians conclude to
leave the reseryatl on for another ghost dance
at Central Park.
The Winnemucca Silver State says: The
Nevada Stars Baseball Club. has returned
home, having declined 10 play the Los
Angeles team to decide the California-Nevada
champ pionshlp. 1t is fair sample of California
unfairness for the Examiner TO require the
when but one could be champion of Califor-
fornia The Examiner evidently intends 70
keep the trophy in California If possible. The
action taken by the Stars, OF course, lets them
out of the fight for the championship but they
have proven that they know how to play ball
better than CALIFORNIA; best, and would have
en- excellent show for the coast championship
but for the unsportsmanlike stand taken by
the Examiner.
The Oregon champions are to meet the Los
Angeles team at San Francisco next Sunday
If the Oregon boys win we predict that they
will be compelled to meet the defeated Alerts,
as the programme is to give California two
chances for the prize where any other State
has only one.