Evening star., 1903-08-03
SIXTH MAKES PROTEST.
Players Do Not Think They Have Been
Fairly Treated.

George w. Evans has written the follow
ing to The Star in behalf of the Sixth
Presbyterian Church base ball team:
At the commencement of the season we
were dubbed the "Mutes," because had
decided to make no protest or complaint on
any account against any other team. and
up to the present time the Sixth is the only
one which has not protested a lost game
on one pretense or another. We have. how
ever reached the limit of patience and have
decided not only to speak. but act.
On July 20 the Sixth defeated the Gun
tons by the score II to 4. This was pro
tested by the Guntons because one of the
Sixth's team played under assumed
| name. There is no charge of substitution
of a good player under name of a poor one,
but only that bona-fide member of the
! team desired, for reasons of his own. not
to have his name published as a ball player
This worked well that the Fourth Pres
byterian has just protested and had the
game played July II. which won by the
Sixth. thrown out. and the Temple BAPTIST
following suit, has secured the cancellation
Of the game won by the Sixth on July -
on another pretext The game scheduled
for May ~, between Sixth and Temple
Baptist. could not be played. because, being
a holiday, the players failed to show up
1t was agreed to play exhibition game
outsiders We're substituted Temple won and
the game counted for them. The
Fourth of July game between Gunton and
Fourth Presbyterian was, however, de-
clared off because it a holiday. On
June I'D the Sixth and Wesley played un-
der the same circumstances as the Both of
May game tOnly it was not a holiday and
the Sixth won but it was not counted
The other teams have professional players
(sO-calledJ and incognitos. but games lost
by the Sixth Presbyterian team stay re-
corded and counted Our players are de-
liberately "butted. spiked and disabled
by players the other teams. but no no.
tice is taken of that, either Anything to
beat the Sixth is the gentlemanly policy of
the board" Under these circumstances it
appears the proper course for the Sixth to
follow is to quietly withdraw from the
contest. where it has to win two or three
games to count one.
GEORE w. EVANS,
Sixth Presbyterian
August l. 1903
NOTICE.
The Sixth Presbyterian team is very
much aggreved over the action Of the
board of directors of the league in throw
Ing out, on various I,retexts, the games won
by the Sixth from Temple Baptist on July
%, from Gunton Temple July % and from
the Fourth Presbyterian July Il. The
players individual batting and fielding
averages are seriously affected by this &C
ton of the board. which is looked uIon
an unjust discrimination against the Sixth,
and they contemplate refusing to play fur
ther games unless this action is rescinded
They also claim that In other ways par
TALLY has been shown other teams "A their
expense. This may prevent the playing of
the game scheduled for this evening be-
tween the Sixth and Fourth. 1t Is to be
hoped that the matter will be fairly ad
justed. The Sixth have played gentlemanly
ball. made protests, been on time and
played short handed and deserve fair and
impartial trea atment.
GEORGE w. EVANS