Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1909-07-15
cRITTtNDtN COUNTY. KENTUCKY. JULY IS 1909

games also wrote the wild-eyed article
of last week, headed "what kind of
dope" Only person capable of call.
ing that game "featureless" could have
described our article as "a rickety
structure of calumny the cracks filled
with fanciful statements. ETC." Mercy!
Whatever the dope" we have, it isn't
half as strong as the kind Morganfield
dispenses. The latter caused this fan
to go back into ancient history and
drag out all the sins Marion ever COM
mitted, including being winner of
tournament, being burnt out, and other
events years old-but which it seems
our fair neighboring city has not for
given us. But when we remember that
we have beaten Morganfeld five base
ball games in the last six we can get
over not being forgiven. We started
out to talk about baseball, anyhow, and
may be we had better stick to the sub
ject. IL wasn't our distorted imagi-
nation" that got Off it anyhow-must
have been that of "Mr. Fam" No,
Marion does not claim to be the unequal
ed and unrivaled baseball team and city
in all Of kentucky-not bit of it.
There are several towns which so far
have the advantage over us-but Nor
garfield is not among them. We have
beaten Morganfeld fairly and squarely,
and that fact, and not dope, accounts.
we suspect, for the wordy "joy-ride"
of this fan. You know how dog will
howl when you step on his tail? Here
is the record of the last season and so
far this:
Won Lost PERCENTAGE
Marion --.--5 | 833
Morganfielk II 8 167
There is something Mr.. Fan, that
perhaps you would like to call 'calumny
but it is only the plain truth. Does
Morganfeld want 10 know our complete
record for this season. 1t is seven won.
five lost. Is theirs as good. Seems
to us that wehave heard otherwise so
many of their games have been too
lacking in features" to be even men,
toned by the Sun, but to the best of
our knowledge they have won about
three and lost about eight. What is
your record. anyhow, Mr.. Fan? Let's
have il.
And he says we raved about those
games! Yet here on the same page are
three columns of glowing account OF
a game with jacksonville which seems
to be pretty fair duplicate of the sec
oNd one with us, Morganfield playing
the part of Marion and jacksonville that
of Morganfield. There is no official
score published, but as nearly as we
can gather from the account. Madison
vile made about as many errors as did
Morganfield in our game. and the score
was the same, 10 to l. yet it seemed to
have been very interesting to Nor
garfield three columns worth. Seems
that Morganfield likes loose games
where they go their way, doesn't
Mr.. Fan? Why didn't yon report il
this way:
"Morganfield won a game of ball
from jacksonville Tuesday. The
game was so one sided 90 to ~
as TO be uninteresting 10 the fans,
and considerable disappointment
was expressed over the poor showing
made by Madisonville. The only
feature was the size of Butch Tay-
lor's wheat crop, which made it
necessary to import Hancock, of
Waverly, to pitch. He did very
well, only SIX hits being made off
him. We hope to have a better
game to report next time"
Over around Morganfield they raise
great crops of wheat, so great that
their best players get lost in the wheat
fields every time the team loses, and
have to be dragged out for the next
game, and then maybe lose again.
Over here on these hills we can't raise
so much wheat or fuss, but we do raise
bali players; we have raised two teams
that have made Morganfield take the
small end of the argument five OF OF
six times in two years. Don't forget
that. Mr.. Fan. No doubt you would
like to, but please don't. We have
raised a pitcher named Gossage who
has made Morganfeld afraid of him