Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24
INTERCOLLEGIATE BASE BALL.
The Furman.c Clemson Game Did Not Material.
Ize Last Wednesday.

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faculty of Clemson refused to allow
their team to play the Furman giants
on grounds of technicality.
The Furman Club left Greenville
in the morning at 1875 o'clock,
accompanied by about seventy five
students and outside supporters of
the team, who expected to witness
what doubtless would have been one
of the best games of the season.
After the Greenville boys reached
Clemson the Clemson team refused
to play Furman with Lanham as a
member of the team, claiming that he
was receiving money for his services.
This was proved to be untrue, and
still the Clemson team refused to
play.
DIR. MONTAGUE TALKS.
President A. p. Montague, of Fur
man University, made the following
statement:
81 wrote to the President of Glenn
son in reply to letter from him,
stating that the team was jail right.
deem it very poor compliment to
my word that they should have acted
as they did"
CAPT. RICE's VIEW OF IT.
Capt. Blair Rice, of the Furman
team, said:
"rhe only reason ! can give for
Clemson not playing our team is that
they were afraid of us, and in order
to avoid contest, they go, out Of it
on technical grounds.
"Manager Hill, of the Clemson
team, was in Greenville Tuesday and
entered kick against two of our
players, McTecr and Everett, claim
ing that they had entered college too
late for the ball season, according to
the rules of the South Carolina Inter-
collegiate Athletic Association. This
objection was removed and Mr.. Hill
was satisfied and willing to play.
Before returning to Clemson, Tues
day afternoon, Mr.. Hill said, III you
do not hear from me by o'clock in
the morning come
"Next morning no telegram came
and the team naturally supposed that
everything was all right, and began
preparations for the trip. Upon ar
irving at Easley the following tcle-
gram was received from Clemson
Impossible TO play. Take LIS train
at Easley or Liberty for Grcenvillc.'
The team, however, decided to 90
on to Clemson and find out the trom-
Bile.
"Aftcr we had been on the grounds
for some time, the Clemson team, as
last resort, objected to Lanham, on
the grounds that he was receiving
money for his services as base ball
player at Furman. This objection
was altogether groundlcss and very
childlike, as it is positively not true
that Lanham is receiving money.
The Clemson team was told this, but
still they refused to play. They
very kindly offered, however, to play
us if we would remove Lanham from
the team, but this, we refused to do,
as by his removal our team would
have been materially crippled.
"ro sum up the entire affair.""
said Capt. Rice, "thc object of the
Clemson team seemed to be to cripple
our team and then jump on us with
spikes in their heels and with their
hired players make an effort to
defeat u.s."
CLEMSoN's SIDE OF TIE MATTER.
The following statement is Glenn.
sons side of the affair given by Man
agcr Hill:
"According to the rules of the S.
G. /. A. A. a man who has played
ball for money, unless in college, can
not play on the college team, nor can
man who enters college thirty days
of the opening play in intercollegiate
games. The Furman team could not
comply with these regulations; there
fore Clemson, being q member of The
Association, could not play her. The
authorities at Clemson did not know
whether the Furman team could com.
ply with these requirements or not,
until the team arrived. In fact, since
the Furman authorities had been
notified by President IIartzog that
the game could not be played unless
these conditions were complied With,
it was taken for granted that the
team would not come unless it was
intended to comply with these rules.
Clemson was anxious to play the
game, but could not do so without
violating her pledge to the associa
ton"
a CONFLICT OF VIEWS.
Clemson College, April l7.-Thc
Clcmson.Furman game was called