Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-04-22
SCURRILOUS ATTACK ANSWERED.
The Following taken from the "Student" Will be
of Interest to all Who Like to See
Fair Play.

asked that some of these difficulties
be obviated. But his remonstrances
were met by a flat refusal. Still
out boys went on against those diff /
ficulties, put up hard game, were
beaten, and best of all took their
defeat manfully. They felt that of
necessity the home team had an adj
vantage in playing on its own
grounds, but they did not use that
fact to belittle their opponents or
minimize their victory.
Furthermore, the Murdoch used
bad taste in assuming that because
Coach Wilkinson refused to play
another game that that refusal
amounted to an admission that he
had stolen the one played. The as
sumption is simply ridiculous. No
return game had been agreed upon;
in fact it was plainly stipulated be-
fore this game was played that |
there should be no return game
this season, because the season was
already late and our men were
needed on the campus to prepare
for track work. That was the
agreement and we lived up to it.
j Another complaint in the articles
referred to is that Mr.. Cory, the
umpire, misnamed certain breach
of basket ball propriety, calling it
"Clothes-b burns" instead of its more
;, dignified name. Now by that Mr..
Cory really did lay himself open
: at least in the opinion of the very
: fastidious- to the charge of being
: either unfamiliar with the calls or
to temporary lapse of memory.
: But as soon as he made himself
clear in regard to the matter, he
: was found to be in the right. Mr..
: Cory certainly cannot be charged
: with not understanding the rules,
Y as he has played basket ball for
: years and has always taken de-
: light in the game. Their chief COM
S plant against him, however, was
: that he cheered from the side lines
s an one or two occasions. Now, we,
= ourselves, did not consider that in
S keeping with his official position.
# We deprecate that fact. But we
II could not help it. What were We
IS to do? The absolute control of the
It game lay in the hands of Referee
/, Jones, the Murdoch Coach, and he
n should have seen to those matters
N and remedied any breaches of de
corum there on the spot instead Of
lie whining around after he returned
ID home. In no way, however, die
IS Mr.. Corry's decisions prejudice The
lie chances of the visiting team. A
al the conclusion of the first half the
IN Murdoch players were rather pain
at fully surprised to find that Refere,
to Jones had called seven fouls on Ou
is men to Mr.. Corry's six on theirs.
Mr.. Wilkinson and Mr.. Barton
to are also condemned and charge,
of with interfering with the progress
he of the game by haggling with tn
he referee. But both these men-th
Murdoch reports to the contrary
es notwithstanding not once en-
es ter the court to discuss rules, ex
w cept on invitation of the referee
re Mr.. Wilkinson did, once or twice
thoughtlessly yell from the sid
n lines, once giving the signal, an
ke could have been penalized by Ret
ur cree Jones; but the latter evidentl
ct did not feel justified in penalizin
ct Mr.. Wilkinson for the reason tia
"a he, himself, repeatedly coached HI
e. own team, besides refereeing tn
lr- game.
if The truth of the whole matter
at that our boys out-played the Mul
ed dock team, and our visiting FRIEND
NJ were not manly enough, or gene
he GUS enough, to admit it on their r.
X turn home Immediately after tt
he game, Referee Jones admitted thi
ID, our team was the stronger, attribu
ur ing our success to the splendid wol
.er done by our guards. And we ayr,
IN chat his judgment was corec
re, FaWcett and Dalton in their pos
re, tons were simply invincible ar
yas outclassed their Murdoch opponen
mt at every stage of the game. B
in. sides, while Fawcett did exceptio
he al work from the foul-line, Snol
we the Murdoch center, missed near
rts every basket he threw. Mr.. JON
he admitted further that his tea
he played the rougher. Nor did it r
ext quire coach to appreciate TIL
&c foo+ In tho cae( n 4 F0lf tha Mn