Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-26

any personal objection offered by
either the players or the directors.
George Reed was chosen to succeed
Blue simply because the men would
, not play their best ball with the tall
/ fellow holding the reins. The ques-
ton seems to have arisen whether or
not Blue held the reins at all. He is
a clever fellow. a perfect gentleman,
on or off the field, but could not make
!, the men play ball. With George
Reed. an old, experienced man, at the
helm, things begin to look brighter
for the Lumbermen, and the fans at
home have not lost faith in their abil-
ity to win the pennant
The Natchez franchise was sold ont
fright and the management and owner
.Iship of the team has been taken en-
tirely from George Blackburn, who
formerly owned the largest share in
the franchise The trouble at Nat
'i' ~ '''' ( Detll entlfelN per-
sollal between the players and the
manager and the difficulty was not
confined 10 one PLAYER alone hut
all ana mad even taken hold of the
directors of the team. For tbic 20.
son. the only way to do was to oat rid
o' blackburn by buying him out. Con
HARLOW, part owner of the francbiso
has ben appointed manager. and tbn
people at Natchez hope for cleaner
ball, If not better ball.
Another team that was badly bandi.
'"ppeo was the Greenville team, and
the same reason applies to this team
Ro1hermcl and some of his mon did
not agree, but the difficulty seems 10
nave been remedied by releasing the
men ana not the manager. With soy.
ei ai new men in position Greenville
mas done better during the week and
begins to have a look in on the non.
hant race for the first time this sea.
SON
Monroe was the seXt to suffer not
because of trouble between man.oa,
i-eldy and the players. but among
the players themselves. and one occa-
sion Smink and Leidy had to senarate
'"o men on the same team because
their wordy war led to blows Inst
now far the trouble between the mon
''as gone has never been fully brought
to light, but it is known to have
damaging effect on the team work of
Monroe
batoh Rouge has confined her trou-
hles principally to the umpires and
Judging from the daily s.roasts" in tho
papers, not an umpire in the Cotton
Sates League has given satisfaction
IN the louisiana town which boasts nj
beng the capital of the state Ar
some OF the games the crowd has gone
out ON the field after the man with
tue Indicator, and every time the
nome team loses howl goes up that
the Jump" robbed them.
b'ily Earle and his Nicllsburg bunch
are the only ones in the league who
nave not had troubles of a sevious ma.
1tre, and as result the team stands
at the top of the heap with several
games to spare. Not q team in tho
league has made Il good showino
against Nicllsburg, simply because the
team work is good and the men all
neip each other while the umpire is
treated larry by the several mem
hers of the team. and pndeayors TO
give fair deal in return.
No league in the United States can
long stand such miNups as the Cotton
States league has had to deal with
IN the last two weeks, and the trou-
bic is already cutting big holes in the
gate receipts. because the attendance
all round the circuit has dropped off ar
an alarming rate. Fights between
players on the same team. troubles
between manager and player on the
field, the benching of obstreperous
players and the mobbing of the UNI
pire by the crowd all teud to weaken
the interest felt by the majority of
people in the national game and to
bring the game into tiisrepute.
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