The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-26
president I. \. kent
SHOWS PATTERSON Up.
Superior Baseball Manager Accused Of MsHamqeent. and Deception
B Northern League President He Failed 10 Make The $500
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Cash GlaraneeFaled 70 Pay His Players Rail-
... road and Hotel Bills Owes LEAGUE $500

The following communication was
received from eX-President f. H. Kent
OF the Northern Baseball league. 1t
was written to the Superior Evening
Telegram of Superior, Wis, in reply
to criticisms of Mr.. Kent and the man
agement of the league. A copy of the
communication was kindly mailed to
The Evening Times by Mr.. Kent and
is given space. The letter is self-ex-
planatory:
70 with the Evening Telegram" SUPERIOR.
,aI Dear Is Sir E, I am in RECEIPT Of recent
forwarded to me with a marked article
on vt the e. ! Northern Baseball league. !
the writer is. but in Justice to the
paper and the eeadefs of
is Incumbent upon me to make a reply.
To begin with, desire to say that the
Thomas Patterss s cham neh nb base6 ons
bunco steerer, and IL Mr.. Patterson did
not write the article it is my opinion
ter therefor. $500
Will not attempt in this communica-
ton to cover the entire article, but will
refer only to such portions as Interest
states that Superior and Mr.. Patterson
Unless sa Kent to DO With baseball
mated, and goes on to say that Superior
DID not have fair showing last season,
etc; 80 Tar as !. personally. am con-
II - have been in newspaper work, poll
Tics es, and ,a baseball 80 long that an ordi-
on gooa %e5sy
a sna Is N.Y. 3 aae F geh
a ~ S4ncer \ he is: believe capable Of
own free moral agent. and in his behalf
o have m, nothing to say except that I.
aave hal aawia Gyna found M him gentleman
that the statement made about him in
your article is untrue So much for the
Rer ad Rnase OF the proposition, and
10 no FEELING OF resentment.
~ T Ct take ker1 Up the statement rejecting
s. something that i can speak Of by
the card and. therefore, know exactly
whereof speak Instead Of the state
Site is true The record Of the sea manage 1Pge
ment Of the Superior ball team last
year year with the Northern league is SUCH
give It prdn as pHG asS
OF your progressive city WIFI hang their
z neadS In shame when they know that
members Of the board Of control Of the
Northern League had to go down in
their pockets and give up their money
to not only pay the salaries of your ball
paying your railway fare and hotel
The record Of this man Patterson as
46aseball manager Is one monstrous
and colossal lie from beginning to end,
which VIII is inseparably Connected with
and on file in the presidents Office. sub
ject, I feel certain, to inspection by
every newspaper in the circuit.
AZ the meeting Of the board Of con-
peared he made statements and repre-
carnations that were never carried out
Notwithstanding his promise to make
his deposit, which every other city In
which It was understood he would do
when that meeting adjourned, he failed
responsibility Of waving the deposit,
dorsement Of my action later On BY the
league: Therefore, he never put In one
red cent to begin with. Later on, when
ne took charge Of the team at Grand
Forks. he did not even have money to
Furnished him the money to buy those
tickets. From that time on, right
straight through the season 1t was one
continuous drain on the leagues finances
to keep his team going, and at one time
when. your team was at Grand Forks,
I had TO pay your players something
Ike $500 In order to get them to agree
to continue. Finally. In order to pro-
your team and run It as league Or
sanization, paying all of the bills, and
II my memory serves me right the
league books today show balance due