The daily sentinel., 1908-08-05

! we regret exceedingly that we d1d
not take opportunity at the time the
/ first article was penned to give Mr..
Metz all that was his due, owing to
what information we have since OBJ
tanned.
The writer of the article states in
the concluding paragraph that he
was sorry that he did not have time
to call on the editor of The Sentinel
and 'ask him just in all frankness
what he meant in attempting to pull
down his own city, and at the same
time ask him If he understood Just
what the local fans thought of his
attitude"
The regret that Mr. Kenworthy did
not have opportunity to call at this
office is indeed mutual. We should
have hailed the opportunity with de-
light to have had little private talk
with Mr.. Kenworthy and see if it was
possible for us to agree upon what
constituted the actions of a gentle
man on the ball field. Mr. Ken
worthy could have found ample time,
we believe, had he greatly desired to
meet The Sentinel's editor Our re-
gret indeed is much because of our
failure to meet.
us review the actions of Captain
Metz. to see if he is as much of a
gentleman as his manager claims.
In one of the innings Metz fielded
ball at the pitchers box. He ran
to the base line, upon which the man
was running, leaned far forward and
struck the man with the ball in his
hand such a blow that it nearly
knocked him down and then laughed
idiotically, as if his act was good
joke. He did this, because he was
a NJ or of hn ,,, ,,,l, tal, L.
was being batted in that particular
inning and had plainly shown his
anger to the grand stand. ere that
incident. The crowd of ladies' and
gentlemen in the grand stand saw
the cowardly blow and after that
'balled out" Mr.. Metz at every op-
portunity and hissed him, he being
the first man who mad ever been
| hissed on the Grand Junction field
Now for the actions that called
forth The Sentinels criticism. Metz
came to the bat. He was undoubted-
| ly very angry, because his every ac-
ton showed that re was. The men
and women in the grand stand began
to ball him out and hiss him
| When Metz deliberately turned about
in the box at the home plate and put
ting his hands to his nose. wiggled
them defiantly and disgustingly at
the men and women in the grand
stand. There were several hundred
women in the grand stand and it was
deliberate and ingracious insult to
every gentleman and lady occupying
seats in that stand. AT the moment
and soon as he had given expression
to the nasty insinuation, conveyed
by his hands the grand stand broke
out INTO calls of coward cur,
dog" mo gentleman" and univer-
sally hissed him.
And this is the action and the man
that the very dilletante Mr.. Ken
worthy defends. He furtherm ore
states that no action of Mr.. Metz S
would shock THE most demure young
lady" We do not know the stand
ard of womanhood by which Mr.
kenkorthy gauges hls estimate of
what might and might not shock
Young womanhood, but we know
that every man in that grand stand
felt the disgrace of the situation even
If MIR. kenworthy did not. If. Mr..
Kenworthy needs any proof of the
actions of Metz, whose gentility he
defends ii can be forthcoming at
once. Indeed it is questionable the
attitude Mr.. Kenworthy takes in the
matter, if he knew what Captain
| Metz's actions were before the peo-
/ pie.
Upon the statements made in de-
fense of Griffin and Richter, we
hardly think ii is necessary TO ans
wer Mr.. Kenworthy The best evil
dence of the unfaithfulness. disloy-
atty and general unworthiness of
these men comes from the men who
have been the directors of the ball
organization itself in this city From
the seats OF the grand stand they
were charged with all kinds of re-
missness, which for the necessities of
this article need not be repeated
here. Both these men. in their ev-
cry action in this city gave the ball
team the worst end of the game and
were largely the cause for the lack
of interest, because of no dependence
being placed on them. So pertinent
is this fact that we do not need to
discuss this matter with the people
of this city. who have taken any in
terest whatever in ball. They were
rarely II ever fit to play in game in
this city, because of their personal
habits. and we hardly think we need
go deeper into an explanation OF
what those habits were. Their condi-
| ton was so apparent many times that
1t was generally known that they
were not fit to play. They were
given ample opportunity to be de-
cent, but their innate nature was
strictly against any act of decency
or fairness with the associa ton. Mr..
kenworthy and his standard of man
hood to the contrary, notwithstand-
| ing.
ball aggregation that cannot
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