, 1907-10-23
THE ATTACK
ON HEAVEY
AN EXPLANATION THAT Elk
PLAINS MORE BETWEEN THE
LINES THAN IN THEM.
An Unfair Report Sent from This City
and An UnexpIanatpry Explanation
BY the Paper Using lt-No Show
Ing As To Why State Paper Should
Oppose the University.

The Cheyenne Leader Of yesterday
makes the following explanation" vi
its attack, through its Laramie CORE
spondent, upon Captain Heavey, the
military instructor Of the University
Of Wyoming and referee of the football
game between the team from Fort ID
A. Russell and that from the univer
sity. The paper gives no reason why
its sympatnies Should incline to the
Fort Russell team" as against the uni
versity team, The members of the For,
Russell team being n of them citi-
zens Of the state and only temporary
residents thereof, and hen on a mil,
tary reservation, every member of the
university team being a citizen Of the
state. Its further assertion that we
had no means of verifying the report
as sent US that evening does not fit
In with the statement the correspond.
ent here made to Captain Heavey that
his report was %"doctored" after reach
ing the Leader Office. The correspond
ent stated in ,ne presence of witnesses
that the report sent from here by him
did not warrant any such ~interpreta.
ton as that which appeared in the
Leader.
Can Be Accounted For.
The explanation" probably lies in
the fact that the Leader, under It's
present management, can see no good
in the university Dr. anything else that
is moi its kind of democracy and the
asserted fact that the correspondent
here had money wagered on the result
of the game and was not on the win
ming end of the wager. The Leader
says:
Papers Idea of square Deal"
"a mutual friend of the Leader and
Of Captain Heavey, military instruc
tor at the university, writes from Lar.
annie, that the Leader report of the
football game, played at Laramie be,
tween the university and Fort Russell
teams, did the captain a great injus-
tlce, in ascribing the defeat Of the
Fort Russell team to his so-called un-
just. decisions.
THE Leader believes in a square
deal and would not knowingly mis-
represent the facts in a baseball con.
test by giving a biased, one-sided view.
Naturally the sympathies Of the Lead,
er would incline to the Fort Russell
team, but getting our dispatch as we
did from Laramie sources we believed
it to be correct.
Comes Back al Correspondent.
I'VE had no means Of verifying the
report as sent US that evening, ano
know nothing about football practice
or usages, but on reading the matter
over, it seems to Us it was unduly per
sonal and unfair to Captain Heavey.
He was selected presumably by
both sides to umpire the game and
whatever the decisions, they should
take their medicine. q
Kick Against Heavey.
I'VE believe it was a mistake to Sc
lect the captain for that position. His
sympathy was unquestionably with the
university team, bit we do not believe
that he Intentionally made unfair de
cisions.
1.-The Leader makes this statement al
a matter of justice, believing that Cap
tain Heavey as an officer and a gen
tleman was honest in his decisions
whether they were right or wrong
AS to right or wrong there will Away.
be the opposing opinions Of the two
teams