Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-08-09
THE CHILD Is FATHER TO THE
MAN.

EDITOR INDEPENDENT:
The Times-R Review OF August 9TH,
referring to the answer made by the
Tuscarrs Baseball Club to the
charges made by the Elko Baseball
Club in the INDEPENDENT Of August
lst. candidly confesses that the II
swer does not fully meet expectations
But 1t did meet perfectly the ex-
pectatione OF the Elko boys. Know
ing as we did that tue two main
charges made by us were unanswer-
able, We rightly expected Il con-
geries OF falsehood and a puerile,
~nauseatrng attempt TO be witty.
To the charge that the agreement
under which Elko yer to Tuscarora
WIS wantonly violated no attempt at
a reply was made. HAPPIER well
knew that il he denied it we wonld
give him the lie by publishing his
whole correspondence. Neither was
there any attempt made to answer
the charge that the whole Elko team
was c~rassly iusulted when their
manager was informed Thy Il person
authorized by the Tuscarora manage
ment to say it, that unless E!ko
would torsake the agreement aud
allow Tuscarora to violate it. the
Tuscarora team would not play.
! This charge was not denied because
it is Il fact too wei. known, and one
to which there were too many
witnesses to admit OF a denial. Even
after receiving this brazen insult we
had sufficient compassion on HAPPIER
to play the game for his sake; aud
after the game he came and told
some OF the Elko boys that nu
couldn't thank them too much for
their kindness in playing in order to
amci:"rntc his position, and tha; il
they Y e wanted n favor which he
could give, no, to hesitate to ask it
81 him, and he would do all he could
for them. This is the man who now
dares To publish the letter which APP
peared in the INDEPENDENT OF
August 9Th.
Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
Thou dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot"
We must say at this point that We
are very sorry that we cannot debate
this affair in public before Il mixed
audience OF Tuscarorans aid EIkoites
The Elko Captain faced the whole
Tuscarora nine at one uf their meet
, inZs i'll Tuscarora and put the case
SO clearly before them that theil
Manager acknowledged repeatedly
III the presence OF all that the ElkC
boys were right, and he was man
enough, be it said to his credit. Il
try and persuade his boys to play
according to the agreement: Dut
with all their boastcd manliuess. they
were not meD enough To stand 10y
HIM and play according to the agree.
ui'hN "iilNh nv 0ouih w tftN WIZ
expliculy entered into.
HAPPIER denies That he aniI about
Miller what was attributed Ia him
But he did say it, and it is not
necessary to quote his letter Ia Elkn's
Manager. because what he faid in
that letter has already been published
Furthermore, listen, ye lovers oI
truth! HAPPIER says i'll the INDEPES.
DENT that miller returned To Cali
fornia from this section last fall and
about tive weeks before the letter
was published in the lNDEPEHDEH1
he returned tc T~uscarora. Now in {
letter to our manager. from HAPPIER
dated July nth, the letter says
MILLER ia here again from White
Rock!" Can it be that this Miller il
ubiquitous? Hear what Howard
Riddle says OF lum in II letter tc
Elko's manager dated July Eth:
"Thore a Il pitcher named Mill el
that came in last evening from
White Rock. lie has been in this
vicinity for several years. What
write is the TRUTH" Poor Miller,
hns the same thing eve been said oi
yon twice by yonr iriendsY And oh.
Charlie HAPPIER, when you know thnt
we poor little children wouIG read
what you wrote, could you not, for
the sake OF setting us q good example
deviate just Il little less iron. the
truth or mt least be IA little more
clever about it 80 that we from your
good example might grow up to he
George Washiugton's instond Of
Charlie kaplersY
Now We come to that y hich de-.
termined us to make this reply. In.
asmuch rs the writer's ~ the Tusra.
rora replies necessarily failed com.
pletely to answer our ~principal
charges, it WIS our intention to o
sign the results Of their efforts 10
thor proper place-tlip wIstc basket.
But when they intimated that we
had tried to induce NcBirncy. or
Hennessy and Tronburtb to emuru
in Elko.and play with us. mud added.
Deny it, youngsters. IL Won dnrc."
this wRs too much. And il thoy had
not made this foolish blunder it
would have saved them from this
expose.
Fir't M to TrenhortI. He applied
to our manager, wishing to plaT with