The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-03
INTER-COLLEGE ATHLE TICS.
A Letter from tn Principal OF HOT
nerss school to Captain of W.sst
Forest Ease Bali Team which sPesA~s
for itself,
oxford, ". c.. March -.

Oxford, n. c.. March ~
Editor Messenger:
Dear Sir: In the interest ct pure
athletics. we wish TO stir up some fea-
ing in the matter before our adjourned
meeting takes place. VIII you then
kindly publish the following letter.
Yours truly.
]. c. HoRNER-
oxford. y. c.. March .. 1909
Mr.. G. A. Footte. Captain Wake For
est College Base Ball Team:
Dear Sir: Your favor received. More
than two months ago the schedule OF
our games was fixed. giving Wake For
est two games. one of them On the
most important date Of the season.
Easter Monday. with the largest guar
antee offered to any institution. Wake
Forest accepted. knowing who was our
battery. Some weeks after / learned
that Mr.. Hobgood had found out the
strength OF our and advised
Wake Forest TO cancel dates with Hor-
ner TO avoid defeat. / went to see Mr..
Hcbgood about Ii and at once wrote
TO your manager. giving the facts On
March eth he replied. asking for the
names OF our players and Offering 10
give the names OF his. I replied by re-
turn mail, giving the names. Later L
learned h Professor Hobgood. a
- - - 49, $3.50 h@
special trip TO Wake Forest to break
up our games. because he thought it
would injure his alma mater to be peat
by a preparatory school. To play only
il you are sure to win is narrow mind
ed and unmanly. 1t took two to make
the bargain; Ii ought to require the
consent OF both to break IL. Yet as
late as March oath, the day after Hor-
ner shut out Trinity, Wake Forest
peremptorily cancels her dates. Civ
- - a.
ulty." 1t is now too late for us To
patch UP our broker schedule, as all
other teams have filled their dates. IL
such a spirit dominates Wake Forest,
her trustees. her faculty n her stu
dent body. we d9n't want any Of that
spirit brought here.
We know tina Wake Forests in
duced" battery left on account OF a
fight. We know that she tried to get
one of our induced" men. In this
particular Wake Forest Is 10 better
than the rest. she has only been un-
fortunate. She has played induced
men against us in the past and defeat
ed us, but when defeat faces her she
backs down.
Horner Schoo is fighting for pure
athletics. over a year ago, by circu-
lar letter. she invited other institutions
to rule out all except bona fide stu
dents. They would not agree to this.
and then Horner gave notice thai she
would drive them to this by beating
them at their own game. We are do
ing that now, openly and above
board, with the announcement to ev-
erybody that we are using three "in-
duced" men. Everybody is taking the
medicine gracefully, except Wake For
est, who disgracefully breaks her en-
gagements and backs down. Horner
has had large experience with boys
who have their fun until it comes TO
a licking, and hen desert and run
away. She knows that such are not
made of good stuff.
The Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege took two months to consider and
then declined to play, saying her
dates were filled.
The answer of the faculty of the
University was: w don't like il, but
we are in the business and will keen
u engagement" Trinity answered
u~nreservedly: Yes. we will play you
And now she is anxious for another
game, which she shall have. Herner
wishes to repeat hat she admires the
advance of Trinity to the front along
all lines. She likes her grit and Hor-
ner wants a Trinity man on her fac
ulty- Yours truly.
j. G.. HORNER.