Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-28
NEBRASKA CITH'S BALL TEAM
Manager Allen Talks Of the Trouble Over
Sunday Games.
WILL CARRY MATTER TO SUPREME COURT

Agitation Of Law and order League
and the Mayors Orders VIII Not
BE Allowed to Stop
Future Games.
About noon Sunday a special train Of
seven cars pulled into the Webster Street
depot over the Missouri Pacific road. On
the exterior OF one Of those cars was a
broad banner labeled: THE Argos! Driven
from Homei" within the cars was the
Nebraska City ball team Of that name and
257 excursionists, each Of whom wore a
ribbon on which was printed Sunday OBJ
servance League" Most of the "leaguers
came to see the Argos defeat the Originals
Of Omaha, which they did, 4 to 2, with
Buck Keith umpiring. Some Of them, how
ever, came only to see the town, and
the result was that Omahans failing to
turn out the total Of paid admissions was
only $50.
When the train stopped at Weeping
Water a sympathetic old gentleman read
the banner, looked at the boys in the car
and shook his head sorrowfully.
B all them young men Argos7" he
asked.
YES" somebody answered. they are
all Argos"
'shucks. It's a shame to send as likely
a lot as them from home. Where are
they bein' shipped TOT"
ITO Omaha"
ITO Omaha? Jerusalem! They won't be
no better of there. Omaha amt much NOR
aler than Nebraska Cityi"
For the benefit Of the sympathetic gem
tleman and whoever else may not know,
a. r.ov ~ avrIot,.d tbnA A. Aprae al
legged offenders against the peace and dig
nifty and Sunday maps of their native town.
They are the ones who have been in court
twice as a result OF Sunday ball playing
and who have a prospect Of going again
several times before the end of the strug-
gle with the Law and order league Of
the city.
On the Side of the Team.
D. L. Allen, who has been manager Of
the team, was with 1t at the Dellone yes
terday and in an interview presented the
teams side Of the story. He said:
Yesterday Mayor Bartling repeated his
order OF May 20 that there shall be no
more Sunday ball inside the city limits
and as to put the diamond outside the
city limits would be be to place 1t be-
yond the reach Of patrons, the order will
bNhA b0 oaa ~ -
test of strength. Business men held a
mass meeting Tuesday night and pledged
$500 for our support, so that now we are
prepared to carry the case clear into the
supreme court and we mean to do 1t II
necessary. There is no city ordinance pro-
hibiting Sunday ball, so the mayor will
have to reach us through the state law
and we believe we can beat him on that.
TITS unfortunate for him that he has
allowed himself to be drawn into the fight
by misleading conditions. 1t has been
vaguely reported that somebody has been
intruding on Rev. e. NJ. Shepherds prem
ises at night to villify the divine and the
mayor resented 1t as an act Of the fans. No
ball man, however, had anything to do
with 1t, so far as I can learn, although
Rev. Shepherd Is the leader OF the cru
SADIE against US. as he was the leader
also OF the similar crusade in Lincoln
some years ago, which resulted In Judge
Maxwell's well remembered sermon from
the bench This Methodist preacher and
Ave others, with one business man., con-
stitute the Law and Order league which
is doing the agitating. Last year 1t
scared several teams away by threatening
them with arrest IL they came to Ne
braska City to play. but finally a team
from Lincoln made the venture and after
that the threats, lost effect and we played
until August.
League Means Business.
But this season the league went after
us right at the start. A week ago last
Sunday while we were playing the Lee
Glass-Andreesen team from Omaha the
chief Of police and two oficers showed
up at the gates and we had barely time
TO smuggle the visitors out to safety
through a side gate. The chief arrested
our nine men, marched them before Police
Judge Hill and they were bound over for
hearing July 81 under bond Of S25 each,
which some business men provided. Last
Sunday the Crescents of Omaha were to
have come, but failed to show up and
SO we started a game with a picked nine.
In the fourth inning we again had callers
This time It was Sheriff Shrader and two
DEPUTIES who arrested two players OF
each team and took them before Justice
Lee, who bound them over to July 81
like the previous squad, but under f1t
bond.
When the court preliminary was over
the players, having given bond, started
directly home, but a crowd OF boys and
loafers followed Rev. Shepherd on his wa
home and one threw a stone and STRUCK
him in the back. He wasn't hurt, bu'
he was scared. and sprinted for home
This amused the crowd and 1t sprintec
after him, making considerable noise.
suppose. For ali this the base ball players
we're blamed. when the truth was that no
a player or any Of those directly inter
ested in the games was In that crowd
We had stayed away from the courtroom
fearing that something like that might hap
pen and we be blamed for It, II seem'
we are TO be held responsible for al
things anyhow even these night disturb
ances at Rev. Shepherds house, so we arr
going to push ahead. playing every Sun
day and carrying the matter finally to tn
highest courts II 1t be necessary.
BicycIe Records Smashed.
NEWARK. N. j., July A.-Probably tn
most sensational bicycle racing ever seel
in this country was witnessed by aeou
5000 people at the Vailsburg track TO-DAY
Worlds records went by the board IN Dot
the amateur and professional races.
Probably the most remarkable race o
the day came In the ten-mile protesslona'
- Ena ~ nFTn n nnH IN