The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04
Charleston Has No
Cause to Kick


the field the Charleston boys were
about to leave the park. They were
informed, however that if they did not
play out the game, they would not have
their expenses paid. Some of the men
were willing to lose their money rather
than continue the game, but it was
finally agreed to play, some of the men
needing the money for medical atten-
ton If for nothing else. The teams
then lined up again, Ted Miller taking
the place of Tom Ferguson as left
guard, and the game proceeded, the
Charleston boys simply letting the
game go to Savannah in order to Sc
cure the expense money.
THE troubles of the Charleston team
were not confined to the outrageous as
sault on the field. The team was to
have left Charleston at IL o'clock on
Wednesday night, but the train did not
pull out of the depot until 1870 o'clock.
The boys complain also of the misera-
BILE accommodations at the Forest City
Hotel, where they stopped. One man
said that the ceiling was so low that
the boys could not stand erect in their
rooms. They were given a poor break
fast, consisting of ham and hominy.
There were no attentions shown to
the Charleston team before the game,
After the game a disposition to extend
some of the common courtesies was evil
denced, but it was late in the day and
under conditions which the Charles
ton men were not desirous of accept
ing.
'"Fhe trip to Savannah will prove
memorable to every man who took
it in. and it was stated to-day that
yesterdays exhibition will end all COM
petitive athletic contests with Savan-
NAH"
AS a matter of fact Capt Sneed of
the Charleston team was struck by
Rossiter, of the Savannah team. No
one denies this fact and no one be-
lieves that Rossiter was right in his
conduct. 1t is also a fact that the
crowd rushed out on the field when the
scrimmage began, but it is a question
of whether any Charleston player was
struck by a spectator. The affair did
not last minute. and was more in
the shape of a sightseeing affair than
a battle. Not half dozen citizens
participated in the scrap, and if Capt.
Sneed and his men will admit the sit
uation. they will state that the fight
such as it was. was between him and
Rossiter, and that the interference of
others was a small consideration.
No sticks, clubs or stones were used.
This is shown from the fact that i'm
mediately after the men had exchang-
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hands and talked about the difficulty in
which the misunderstanding was
, Strengthened out. Rossiter admitting
that he had acted hastily. Sneed did
not complain of any one else striking
him. From that time on the game pro-
crossed harmoniously, and neither side
had cause to find fault, though the
game was rough throughout.
''As to the Charleston team threat
ening to leave the field it is all bosh"
said manager Michels, Of the Savannah
team "for If they did it was in thought
only, as they never expressed such an
idea. After the game we entertained
the visitors at the Turkish Baths and
the best of feeling prevailed between
both parties, the Charleston men admit
ting that they had been defeated fair
ly and squarely''
Another player suggested that the
faxed up trouble eminates from some
one, who dropped his money on the re-
suit of the game. There certainly was
no i'll feeling between the players said
he "as Capt. Sneed, Manager Klatte
and the members Of the Charleston
team will attest. The common court
esies' were INDUCED in heartily by the
visitors. They admitting fair defeat
No women yelled give it to Them and
the man who says so tells that which
is untrue. Savannah women are not
of that Glass;