The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-07


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When the Clinton coach-whom
the umpire should have kept upon the
bench in accordance with the rules
"wild with anger, ''rushed towards
Newberry's first baseman," accusing
him Of playing ''dirty ball." Of
course tie first baseman took steps
to defend himself, as any man natur-
ally would, since the umpire showed
no disposition to protect him.
AS to the difficulty precipltated by
l. B. Dillard-who had been an lrrl-
tating cause Of mpleasantness
throughout the whole gane-the facts
are these: The game had been re
newed, and everything was going on
smoothly when he came across from
the Clinton bench in violation OF the
rules, and after having been request
ed to remain away the NeWberry
PLAYERS bench, on which were sitting
the Newberry coach and the faculty
representative. In moment, billiard,
who had broom in his hand, began
to vilely curse Mr.. Boozer, Newber-
rvs coach, saying among other things
that he was ''going to maui hell out
Of him." Mr.. Boozer got up and
started towards him; billiard stepped
back a couple of steps, and struck
Mr.. Boozer on the head with the
broom; and then the riot began. If
the Newbery players engaged in it,
they had to do it in self-defence, as
neither the police nor the umpire
showed any disposition to protect
, them. As to the aspersions which the
article endeavors to cast upon Mr..
Boozer, depicting him as a regular
roWdy, no one who knows him will
believe them, for there is nowhere a
more genial or better disposed young
man than ''Tench' Boozer
. The statement that Mr.. Boozcr
"forced his team to leave the field >
is untrue. He told the umpire that
he WAS ready to play as soon as the
umpire should clear the field, in spite
Of our own advice, under the circum-
stances, to discontinue the game. That
he was entirely right in doing this is
shown by rule II in "Spaldlng's
Guide":
! Rule IT. Every club shall furnish
sufficient police force to preserve or
der upon its own grounds, and IN the
event of a crowd entering the field
during the progress of a game, and
interfering with the play IN any
manner, the visiting club may refuse
10 play until the 1ield be cleared. II
the field be not cleared within 10
minutes thereafter, the visiting club
may claim and shall be entitled to
the game by a score of nine to none
(no matter what number Of innings
has been played.)
! The umpire seems to have been en-
tirely ignorant Of this rule, for he
failed to clear the field Of specta-
tors; there are good men-spectators
of the game-who will make afidav-
it that they themselves remained on
the diamond during all this time until
the game was called.
The article, after saying,
that Vice President Spencer
"stated after the game that
the Newberry team would not play
again on this diamond" further re-
marks that "doubtless the faculty Of
! Newberry college will be humillated
and ashamed of their teams co21se
and endorse this proposed action OF
, the Presbyterian faculty." The under
signed, who are members Of the New
berry college faculty, have only the
highest regard for Prof. Spencer,
however much we regret that he
; should have uttered the above sentl-
ment, especially for publication; yet
we do not hesitate to say that We are
not "humiliated and ashamed' in the
! least because Of the action Of our
team; for, as much as We regret the
unfortunate occurrence, @e are con-
fident that the NeWberry team was
not to blame for it. Of course we do
not question the right Of the Presby-
terian faculty to determine what
games shall be played on their dia-
mond.
| Jno. C. Goggans, Jr.