The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-06-13
WionemucCa Clubs Offer to
Play Is Accepted BY
lOveIOCk
GAME ON THEIR GROUNDS
on Sunday, July 5th, for 81, 900
aside Money
Ready

The sporty ball tossers OF Lovelock
meant it when they said it; they
want to play Winnemucca, and the
rculy of Capt Dunn to the letter of
the 9Th was entirely satisfactory to
them. They agreed to every sugges-
ton, only asking for a slight change
in the matter of the selection of an
umpire, or rather the umpires, since
there are to be two.
Howard n. Riddle, the secretary of
the Lovelock organization, on yester-
day forwarded the clubs reply to
Capt. Dunn. The following is a copy
OF the letter:
Loyelock, New, June Il. 1903.
Wnnemucca Baseball Club. J. T.
Dunn, Captain Dear Sir:-The reply
o. your club under date the 10th inst,
to our letter of the 9th, reached US on
No. 8 last evening. and the Lovelock
club has authorized me to reply to
same.
Before going TO the heart of the
matter in hand. | am instructed by
the club to say to you that we had no
desire to do Mr.. Windle an injustice
in what was said in reference to the
article in The Standard of the 18th
inst, and, in support of our position,
| beg leave to direct your attention
to a comparison of that article with
the first paragraph of your letter OF
the 10th. The article reads: We
have been requested by several bust
ness men to announce the following
challenge" and it in no manner con-
yeys the information that it consti-
tuted an official utterance on the part
OF your club; while the first paragraph
of your letter says that the article
was requested and authorized by your
club. no other person or persons haV-
ing interested themselves" The word
ing and tenor, therefore, of the
Standard article made our inference
but natural A challenge from your
club, direct and in good faith, should
properly have come to US by official
communication and not through news
papers columns, at least unless over
the signature of your club or some
member in authority. Furthermore,
il appears to us that, making such
challenge through the medium OF the
press, it would have been only fair
to also have given the terms TO your
other town paper, the Silver State
However, this is immaterial, and,
instead of spilling words until the
game would have to be played with
sEowballs, let US get to business
am instructed to say that the Love
lock club accepts your offer to play
a game for 81 900 a side at either
Wlnnemucca or Lovelock, on any
other day than July 4th. 1908, ana
that we name Sunday. July 5th, lso5'
as the day on which said game Is 10
take place; the game to be playeo
on the Lovelock diamond, beginning
at o'clock D. m. all arrangements
for same. except as TO the aooNe
change of date from July 4th 10 July
5th, 1903. to be made in compliance
with our letter of the 9Th inst "hion
you have in hand, with this conditioh
In the matter of umpires TO be adaeu'
viz: In case at the time of posting
forfeit, the two clubs cannot muluaiiS
agree upon the two umpires, theh
each club is to select one umpire "no
shall be familiar with the game anu
Conversant with the National league
rules for 1903, the two umplfes "
alternate at the ball and bases, eaeh
team to provide for the expenses OF
the umpire selected by 1t.
Now, Dunn, there is nothing uhlaii
alout the conditions named In ours
or the 9Th. The advantages are equal
for both teams. The ethics or the
betting game are usually that the
challenger post his forfeit, which is
covered by the acceptor of the chal-
ienge. The challenge was made by
you, as you state in yours of the 10th,
through the Standard. and it appears
TO us that in order to substantiate 1t.
IL is now your ante. We are bona
hde in the matter. and will cover the
forfeit when posted in compliance