The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-06-03
Harper Brings Disgrace on Team Mates
by AssauItine Umpire GOyheneix
(Bisbee Review

After all its howl about rowdy ball
tactics on the part of Louie Lamar
and every other member of the Ma
rooms, which it has consistently
bruited abroad in its newspapers con-
tinuousIy for week, Douglas had the
proposition violently brought to their
va door in that exhibition game,
which resulted in Centerielder Bill
H trper being led from the park by
Constable Frank Clark under arrest,
and he is now out under bond for
striking Umpire Jack GoyheneiX.
And it was all over a called strike
that famed him, first up in the eighth
inning. Gray, the big right-hauder
of the Ell Paso Mavericks, had three
and two on him. A ball came sailing
over the corner of the pan, between
the knee and waist. Harper let it go
by.
'Strike three" shouted Goyheneix.
NWhat's that?" hawled Harper, who
thought it should have been the
fourth ball.
throwing his bat at the umpi;e.
Then he ran out on the field and,
despite the efforts of his team mates,
who state Harper was entirely in the
wrong, deliberately slugged Goyhe-
neix. Constable Frank Clark rushed
onto the diamond and placed Harper
under arrest, escorting him from the
diamond. He is now out under bond
on an assault charge.
O'Donovan and members ofthe Doug
las team are loud in their condemna-
tiou of Harper's conduct, and it is
probable that heavy penalty by the
club will be inflicted upon him.
1t gives the ReYiew or no other
paper any satisfaction to gloat over a
disgraceful affair of this kind, but in
view of the action of the Douglas
press in devoting about a quarter
column a day, all last week, in roast
ing Bisbee. her players, her fans and
management for rowdyism that
absolutely did not occur, we cannot
but come out and reply:
| "Swallow your own medicine. how
do you like it,"
Douglas papers have jumped Harry
Graham, one of the most quiet, gentle
manly players that every graced a
ball field. There was some excuse in
commenting upon Lamar's action, but
this pales into insigni6cance wher
compared with the rowdy-rowdy act
of Bill Harper player with expert
ence enough to know better. Slug
ging an umpire oyer single called
strike, and first man up in an inning.
Why, bless our hopes of high
heaven, if we all went in to dispute
balls and strikes in this disgusting
fashion every time one of them didn't
look good to us, there wouldn't be
enough umpires in the world, stand
ing in line, to replace those who
would be put out of commission,
inning after inning, i'll the Cactus
league alone. Balls and strikes are
constantly disputed Umpires don't
pretend to call them all exact, but
Just as they see them. In last Sun.
days game here there were bum
strikes and bum balls called on both
sides, but nobody made any consistent
howl, beyond few remarks, Pretty
low Jack" or "What you giving us
However. the Dispatch had to swal-
) low a bitter, bitter pill when they
came out and announced the Hdr
oerism Two days ago they ran {
!, paragraph which stated that wher
;. Bisb.e again visited in Douglas pre-
CAUTIONS would be taken to see that
the rowdy tactics of players anc
rooters would not be repeated. They
gave O'Donovan as partial minority
for the statement. When O'DJnOvar
. was up here last Wednesday h
! showed his true sportsmanship by
:, the following
;. 81 want Bisbee to understand tina
- [ have had absolutely no hand in tn,
,, remarks passed about the Dougla
fans who attended Sundays gam,
here. l was not present and therefor
not qualified to pass n opinion. In
for clean sport first last and all tn
=. time. Regarding the rooters, 1 hav
nothing to say against them
Rooter's clubs are one of the bigges
;. boosts to the game that you can find.
= In vetw of the work of the Bisbe
boosters at a recent game in Douglas
= especially those occupying the frs
/ base bleachers this sounds fai
= enough. There was no attempt t
;. interfere with the roofing aud th
:. - fans did as they pleased, keeping bacI
of the required line however, all tn
- time.
Oh you Douglas rooters and calam
= ity howlers. Bisbee does not furnis
all the rowdies i'll existence! Gu
turn now and be who grins lastly ha
the loudest crow coming.
E. Chamberlain's Stomach and Live
n. Tablets will brace up the nerves
- Danish sick headache, prevent de
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