The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1898-06-01
Opponents II
CENTRES RECORD
Total IS
Opponents 81
n Forfeited

Thus In seven games, each has lost
only one. True one more game has
been forfeited to G. o., but We have
great satisfaction in knowing that we
have beaten two of these colleges once
each whilst Centre has two forfeited
games from Georgetown, a college
that she has not yet met and one of the
only two that could score against Gen.
trail University! So Centre has no
advantage there. To judge the relative
strength of the teams, compare the to-
tails: G. US college rivals have made
only One-siXth as many scores as her.
self, whilst Centres made exactly 81 to
6S or one-halfl
Where, then, has Centre College any
earthly right to claim the champion
ship? Because one more game was fer
feited to us? Certainly not on that
fiimsy excuse, when she nor X. U.
could score against US! 1t is Centres
old way, which is saying sufficient.
Her cOwardIce and her inordinate
love of iIl-gotten booty is here demon
strated: After our defeat at Danville,
which Danville citizens and some of
the players themselves admitted; was
unfairly accomplished, and, too, our
Captain was too ill to play, our Mana
ger, Mr.. r. E. Adams, positively ar
ranged for decisive game between the
two colleges to be played on Saturday
last at either Versailles or Nicholas
vile. With this clear understanding
We returned home confident, then as
now, that we could defeat Centre with
our full team on neutral ground. Ad-
ANS WAS to receive word the Monday
following from Manager Sulser, arrang-
ing the details of the final game. Mr..
Adams impatiently awaited, but no let
ter came. Adams wrote two letters
and telephoned to Danville, but to
avail, except that Sulser agreed to tele-
phone Adams at 10 o'clock last Friday.
Adams was on hand at the telephone
office here, and remained from $50
until noon, and still no Sulser! Dis
gusted at his silence our people urged
Adams to go in person to DanIville,
which he did on Saturday. and there
in the presence of Mr.. John r. Gibson,
of this city, Sulser explained thus:
"Danville's state league games begin
SO soon, and as some OF our players
will be in that league they will not
have time to play"-(and yet Centre
is to play KY University next Satur-
dayD Continuing Mr.. Vichywater
Seller said it was distasteful to Centre
to play at Lexington, Versailles or
Nicholasville, and thinking to bluff
Adams, said Lebanon would suit them.
Adams replied that Lebanon was a h.
OF long way irora Foxtown. but he
agreed to meet Centre even there, on the
classic banks of Jordan" This took
Seltzerwater's breath and he called n
the willy Captain, Anderson, who be-
thought himself of this scheme of
avoidance. Said he "Our Faculty OBJ
jets to our leaving home any more"
"Well," said Bob Adams, in -dispair,
"We will play you in Danville, Boyle
county, Kentucky" Both the Dam
vile champions, standing aghast, re-
luctantly admitted this was fair, but
asked for four hours consultation.
Returning in FIVE minutes, all smiles,
they reported unanimously that Gen.
tres men were out of condition, the gay
cites of commencement were at hand,
Hindman was at Somerset. the Revenue
Office had just come to town, and Capt.
Jim Shackelford had everybody SO
completely under hack that they were
Obliged to claim the championship
Whereupon Manager Adams re-
turned home TO find in next mornings
paper the explanation of the whole
thing: The picture of Centres team in
the Courier-Journal with the announce
ment, "College Champions of Ken
lucky" With this unearned title pre-
maturely published before the world
they could not afford to have the mask
of their cowarGice and false pretenses
torn from their faces, as they fear, as
they know. it would be by standing up
and playing ike men instead of do lying
like a Spaniard- Verify, as dog re-
turns To his yomit. so dotb f,enfra,o
team return to their dark tricks of
other. and we had hoped, forgotten
years. G. E. w.
CHALLENGE.
We. representing Central Univer.
sity's base bali team. do hereby chal- |
lenge Centre College for 4 decisive