The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-06-16
Many Warrants Issued Today
Against Ball Players.
Members Of the Bostt Ideal Opera
Company Also War
ranted.
LIVELY CONTEST PROMISED

Attorneys Bagby and Martin, who
are attorneys for the Good Govern
ment league, have started the fight
against Sunday baseball and Sunday
theatrical performance by having war
rants issued for every member of the
Paducah and Hopkinsville baseball
teams who played Sunday and also
against every member Of the Boston
Ideal Opera company and tine orohes-
ira for playing Bohemian Girl" Sun
day night at the Casino.
The committee appointed several
days ago to secure evidence against
both the baseball and show people are
out today securing names. Attorney
A. Y. Martin was unable to secure all
names yesterday when several of the
warrants were issued but is today look
ing up information and thinks he will
have every person warranted by night.
Those who are already warranted are
Perry, Hedges, Simcox, Edmons, Beck
err, LeCompte. Wilson, Clifford, Cir
ARD, Sweeny and Manager jackson, of
the Paducsh baseball team. Street,
Reed, Edwards, Farris, Morris, Watts,
Lynsky, Mullen, of Hopkinsville
team.
All names Of the Hopkinsville tea m
could not be secured as several of the
regular players were not in the game
Sunday. Those of the show company
who have been warranted so far are
will Epstein and Lee Hood, tick ct
seller and ticket taker, and the follow
ing members of the company; Ed Nc
Crumish, John Ravens, John Cantor,
Teddy Mccain, William Deal, Of the
orchestra,
Attorney Martin stated this morn.
ing that he would procure warrants
against every member Of the opera
company who participated in any way
in the presentation of the opera and
would further warrant all members Of
the orchestra. owe have been EN-.
ployed." he stated, "bY the Good Gov
eminent league to fight this Sunday
baseball and Sunday theater and will
put forth our best efforts to have 1t
stopped. We looked over the warrants
issued in smother magistrates court
and decided they did not fully cover
the field and have acted ourselves &C.
cording to instructions.
1t is estimated that by night 80 war
rants will be issued in all, counting
the members of the opera company,
orchestra and other employees and the
nineteen baseball men who partici-
pated in Sundays game including the
ticket sellers and ticket takers and
managers of both teams.
All the Good Government league
warrants have been taken out in Jus
tice J. II. Burnett's court and the tri-
al has been set for tomorrow afternoon
ct Q p. m. This trial will create much
interest.
Manager English stated this morn
ing that he yesterday afternoon plead
cd guilty to having conducted show
on the Sabbath and was fined % and
costs and paid it.
~ have been fined once and will
fight this other case to the end" he
stated to q Sun representative. 81
pleaded guilty with the understanding
that was wholly responsible and do
not think they can hold the orchestra
or any member Of the company respon-
sible. A"
IL is understood that under the con-
tracts the troupe and orchestra do not
receive pay for their Sunday work, 1t
being performed by them gratis. 1t
may be that this will cut considerable
figure in the outcome Of the trials.
The gentlemen getting out the war
rants against the ball players and
opera people have had a hard time
finding out the names of the players,
AS they have little to go by except the
score cards and programs, and these
are in several instances wrong, and
the score cards never have the Chris
tian names of the players. They have
learned quite a number of names,
however, and the warran issued were