West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-08-19
CALLED DOWN.
The Editors Of The Oakland Papers
Will Please Take Notice.


or in replying to the disgruntled
rawlings of lot Of sore heads, who
go around belly-aching like lot Of
kids, because they get beat all the
time, but the disgraceful aud lying
accounts of the ball game played
here between the star pick ups rep
resenting Oakland and our team on
Saturday July 31st, as published
in the O,kland papers Of the next
week. cannot be allowed to pass un-
noticed, and as the manager of the
Kingwood Base Ball Park and
Club. We deem it proper that we
give some plain facts in the case.
In the first place, we are not sur.
prised at the report Of the game in
the Oakland Journal, as the editor
OF that paper WAS too full during
the game to tell a fair ball from a
hay-stack or foul fly from u bal
loon ascension, but we are surprised
at the childish and foolishly false
account in the Oakland Republican.
as its editor was here and saw every
thing, and seemed to be sober. Be
sides this, he used TO gee his bread
and butter here, aud apare. rib, too.
for that matter, and frequently
visits here, and prior to this villain
Gus attack on the town, had many
friends here. AS for the Oakland
Democrat, it's editor was not along
and could know nothing Of the
matter, except as he got it from the
very sore and drunken rooters who
were here.
The whole truth of the matter is.
that the Oakland crowd came here
determined to have the game, and
bad gone to heavy expense to WIN,
sending away for crack players
from Cumberland, Frostburg, Pitts
burg, UniontoWn and other places,
and at a cost Of not less than
800. AS we had beaten them three
times before, they were determined
to turn the tide at any cost, and
were dead sure they had an irwin
chile aggregation and loudly Drag
ged of It, and quite a mum Der of
their sports lost money betting on
their "Invincibles." We played all
our own team except Llewellyn,
from MorgantowH, who was on
visit and played in place of Lon
Cobun, one of our very best play
ers, who was not here.
The Oakland players all com.
plain that they were robbed of the
game by the umpire, whose docis-
ions up to the fourth inning were
all right, Gas Oakland was getting
everything up to that time and our
boys hadn't smell YETI, but after
the fourth inning, when our team
got down to business and began to
play ball and win the game, the
umpire's decisions were "all rotten"
John Legge, the manager of the
Oakland club, picked the umpire
himself, and told us after the game
that he was perfectly satisfied and
that we had won fairly and were
entitled to the victory, and the
umpire was all right. If Mr.. Legge,
their manager, or Mr.. Bonney,
their captain, will GENE out in tho
papers and say they were robbed Of
the game, or badly treated, we Will
knock under and present each of
the Oakland editors with hand.
some chrome. And again, If they
will prove from the Official Base
Ball Guide, or any other competent
that a single decision Of
the umpire was wrong, we will pro-
sent them with SO each. Now,
put MP or shut up and quit belly
aching like lot Of kids and simply
acknowledge that you CANT play
ball, and that your rooters were
Deariy all drunk when they we're
here and should have been arrested
and fined
We treated the whole crowd IS
well as any crowd that Wos ever
here. We took lots Of trouble and |
pains to engage boarding for them |
at reduced rates, and also paid FOR
the dinners Of all the players, and T.
for moro men than we had with us
at Oakland, and did this all extra. /
Our contract with their manager F..
was to pay him SIS, and they pay
al their own expenses. Immedi-
atcly after the game We handed Mr.. /
Lcggo his g1j, aud then wont TO
The hotel and paid tho bill besides I
Tor thirteen men. The ReDub1icau
&c.,. fI..l a.