The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-27
CHARLESTON MANAGEMENT RE-
FUSES TO POST GUARANTEE
of GOOD FAITH.
SAVANNAH IS WILLING
TO POST HERS NOW.
IF FORFEIT IS NOT POSTED GAME
WILL NOT BE PLAYED.

Rule That Has Been Accepted by
All other Teams Has Been Refused
by the Charleston Management.
IntimatiOn That 1t Is an InsInua-
ton Against Their Honest Inten-
lions Savannah Offers S4OO
Guarantee for the Charleston
Team to Come Here-BeIieved That
Charleston Is Afraid.
AS matters stand now there will be
no football game in Charleston between
Savannah and Charleston on New
Years Day. the management Of the
Charleston team having refused to
make satisfactory agreements for
guarantee.
AS the time approached for the
game, Treasurer Frank McIntire, of
the Savannah Athletic Association,
wrote to Manager KEatte, of the
Charleston team, asking him to post
a certified check in one of the Charles
ton banks as a guarantee of good
faith. In his letter replying Manager
Klatte expressed the greatest surprise
that such a thing should have been
asked, and insinuated that he took
such a suggestion as an intimation
that it was not believed here that the
Charleston team would act in good
faith. He replied positively that no
such guarantee would be posted, and
if ne continues in this attitude there
will be no game.
Forfeit Rule Agreed on,
The Savannah team has found from
past experience that unless a rule re-
curing a guarantee is established it
would be the loser in many instances,
and accordingly such rule was made
a part of the bylaws of the Savannah
Athletic Association. Every team that
has come to Savannah during the past
season came under a $500 guarantee.
Certified checks were posted with the
teams weeks before the game, and the
visiting teams were certain of their
money before they got on the train to
come to Savannah.
1t has also been the custom of the
Athletic Association to ask a deposit
from the visiting team as a guarantee
of good faith. The University of
Georgia posted a check for $780, as did
Jacksonville and the Fort Mcpherson
team.
offered n Guarantee.
Mr. McIntire said yesterday that he
saw no reason why an exception should
be made in the case of Charleston, and
he so explained this in a letter to
Manager Klatte. After a consulta-
ton with the governing board of the
Athletic Association a telegram was
sent to Charleston announcing that
unless the guarantee was posted the
game could be considered off.
A telegram was also sent to the
Charleston team Offering guarantee
of $500 if they would come here and
play on New Years Day, provided it
does not rain, and $3.50 if it does rain.
Nothing has been received in answer
TO this. AS a guarantee of good
faith the association is willing to post
certified check for any amount of
money to carry out all Of it's obliga-
tions.
Since the organization of the Sa-
vannah Athletic Association all of the
arrangements for games have been
conducted on a strictly business basis,
and sentiment has been left entirely
out, and the attitude of the Charleston
management in assuming that there
has been an insinuation against the
honesty of it's intentions is a little
far fetched"
Relieved Charleston Is Afraid.
Since the contentious have arisen over
SuCH d SIIlcll HltbGcI VI Oeledl IL Is Ue-
lieved that Charleston is afraid of the
results of the New Years game, which
is to decide the championship of the
South. Savannah wants to play, and is
willing to post as much as $1,000, or
even more, that they will make their
appearance for the game if there are
no proVidential causes interfering.
The result of the game between the
Savannah and Fort Mcpherson teams
will hardly tend to sustain the conf
dence that has existed in Charleston
that victory was certain.
Wagers Have Been Made.
1t was reported here some days ago
that even money was being freely Of
fered that Charleston would win. A
party of Savannah gentlemen got to-
gether and sent $500 over to be wag-
cred on the result, stating that as much
more was forthcoming as could be COW
cred in Charleston. Only $3.50 of the
$500 had been covered up to yesterday.