The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-25
ROTTEN SPORT.

If the city of Weiser desires a
season of good, clean baseball sport,
she should organize on a different
basis Weiser is certainly a baseball
city. There is no city in the north
west whose business men take great
er pride in baseball than Weiser, but
they desire to see the national game
played on the square. 1t may be
that within the cities of Emmett,
Caldwell, Nampa and Mountainhome
there are honest sportsman, but if so,
they are kept so hopelessly in the
background that their influence is
never felt. No honest sportsman
will deny that the action of the
sports of Emmett. Caldwell, Nam
pa and Mountainhome. during the
latter half of the season has been
rotten and without the slightest re-
semblance to organized baseball or
honest sport. The Weiser team was
composed of bunch of fine young
men whose habits were such that
they were welcome visitors into any
household. perfect gentlemen everyr
one of them, and apparently for this
reason the big four" started in I'd
down them, and when fair means
failed, then by foul and unsports-
manlike methods. The Weiser team
has repeatedly defeated every team
in the league and has also defeated
every imaginable combination of the
best players of the league and can
do so again. But what honor or
glory is there in playing with bunch
of polecats? Better by far go in with
such cities as La Grande, Pendleton.
Baker City cities that know honest
sport when they see it. Then place
themselves under the protection Of
the National Association and let En-
NETT, Caldwell, Nampa and Noun
tainhome form little hades of their
own where they can play rotten ball
TO their hearts content. -Welser
Signal
Yes; if the city of Weiser desires
season Of good, clean baseball sport,
she should organize on a different
basis. AS a starter, we would sug-
gest that all irrigating bitches be
filled up within at least one mile of
the bail grounds, so all temptation
may be removed from the manage
nent to flood the diamond whenever
{ suits her will and pleasure to post i
oone game.
In the second place, she should
.ause diligent search to be made a
the town in an effort to 4
ind AN umpire who will have the I
tan.ila and manhood to refuse 10 d
De an act omplice to the dishonest y
md dishonorable tactics employed at
Neiser during the closing games of
he season.
In the third place, she should if all o
Ter good instincts have not already II
'een completely corrupted and stitled n
" herinsane desire forrevenge. culti- L
ate those gentle traits of character e
which prompt courtesy to the guest e
within her gates and betoken the n
rue gentleman. e
As climax, this holier than thou 81
unch of ball players, together with St
ne driqeling editor of the Signal. b
Mould spend that s2500(?) won from n
lountainhome for a job lot of golden
owns and siKer-tipped wings, Y
lace the. aggregation on a pedesta v
} high the common herd cannot Z
efile them and command everybody
} bow down and worship them. C
Purity, thy name is O'Foolel In -
ocence, thou are not in 1t with "A
loulton! Honesty and Uprightness
wel!eth only in Cleryl And the
ssence of all that is lovely and III
yeet amelling is contained in the
geiser baseball conglomeration! Is