The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-18
CL0uDED IN DOUBT.
Responsibility for Saturdays Fight
Is Hard to Place.

The fracas at the ball grounds on Sat
urday afternoon between the teams from
Blacksburg ssand Lexington is still the
subject of much discussion ond the causes
that led up TO the trouble, now that the
smoke has rolled away from the battle
field, may possibly be seen little closer.
1t is claimed by many that the guying
INDUCED in by the V. p. l. men after
they scored their two runs called forth
the first kicking from the V. NJ. I. rooters
and it may be true; but the sQuabbling
commenced when the man came homo at
the time the third man was put out at
third and was not scored. AS to the
trouble on first base there are many opin-
ions. Persons standing near said that
Treadwell did not trip Shipp, but that
the latter tried to spike the first ba~eman
There are others who claim that all
through the game Trea,lwell was block
ing runners and almost always lifted the
foot he had OH the bag in such way as
to Interfere. The Blacksburg men say
that this lisa habit of Treadwell's in catch
ing the ball. Certain it is, however, that
the blame for the fight must hinge upon
whether Treadwell purposely nterfered
with Sh!pp while running. If he did the
V. t. L. is to blame; if not, and Ship in
tentionally ran against him the fault is
With Y. NJ. Though it must be taken
into consideration that Treadwell at first
base, whether menningly or not, kept his
foot in the middle of The bag when he was
not entitled TO more than enough to rest
his heel upon it and often stood in the
path of The runner, and that Shipp had
the right of way. 1t is eaid by many
that Treadwell does not play clean
game and has interfered in the sane way
ut other games during the season The
game was not square one or one that
either team should he proud Of The
putting of man ut the bat out of turn
anu the holding of an extra ball bv one
of the SHIRT stops were things that are
not straight. AS for the guying that the
Blacksburg boys did it was no more or
one half as much as n few of their own
men were going through over on the
right. Guyng is Il thing that goes with
every college game and must be taken in
the proper spirit. The treatment the "
L. |. boys got in Stauntou Mt the loot
ball game played there year or two ago
would over6alance anything they may
have done here in the way of retaliation.
Ii is still very evident though that little
or nothing was done TO stop the fight.
The chief of police and his assistants were
big enough and strong enough, with the
aid of those supposed to be in authority
from either school, to have taken the lead
ers i'll the fracas and pitched them over
the fence or ducked them in the river
Pulling men apart and letting them go
again is shout as sensible rs drawing
back rubber band and expecting it to
stay there. No one cares whether the
matter was brought up in police court or
not. 1t could have been settled and che
game finished il the prime movers in the
fight had been put out Of The grounds or
locked up.
Who is in charge of the oewer cleaning
that is INDUCED in on the corner OF
Eighth avenue md jefferson street s. W.?
Whoever it is he must get good deal
of satisfaction out of it, presumably, for