El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-19
CLIFTON RESENTS
CRIT ICISM Of
SUNDAY CAME
Umpire Allen Is Blamed for
Forfeiture of Contest.
McIlveen Upheld.
CBy L. r. Crawford.)

Clifton. Ariz, Aug. Considerable
resentment is felt among the local fans
over the scathing criticism Of the Cliff
ton management that appeared in an
other FL Paso paper of Monday and
Tuesday.
Clifton regrets the affair and the
public here hopes that the differences OF
the two clubs will be speedily and salts
factorily settled.
The fans realize that the action of
the team in FL Paso in forfeiting the
game put them in an unfavorable light
with the FL Paso fans and laid the
management open to criticism How
ever, there are two sides to every dis
pute and whether right or wrong each
is entitled to certain amount or con-
sideration.
Allen Is Blamed.
Clifton's defense is that the decisions
Of umpire Allen were decidedly raw
and against them, and that il was so
evident in Sundays game that Clifton
had not a ghost of 2 chance "a win As
only one or two local supporters accom-
panied the team to Ell Paso and wit
messed the game. Clifton does not at
tempt to criticize Mr.. Aliens work,
but they accept the statement of their
own players who all agree that Allen
gave them the worst deal they have
received this season and attach no
blame and have no fault TO find with
the mana cement for refusing to play
further The belief that Clifton had
strengthened by the receipt of several
letters from FL Paso men to friends
here expressing the belief that Ell Paso
was in the wrong
Mr.. Allen is given credit for his
knowledge of the game and for enforc-
ing certain decisions that other Cactus
umpires have been lax on 1t was his
general work against Clifton that the
players find fault with, and the final
question that precipitated the break.
while trivial in itself, was the last
straw.
Reputation Good.
The FL Paso fans as witnesses are in
a better position to judge the strength
of Cliftons argument, however, the
Clifton players have proved themselves
all over the league, TO be clean lot
of sports and surely no one can accuse
them of being poor losers after the
string of defeats they have had. Con-
sequently to the unbiased mind it looks
as IL there must have been something
badly wrong to make the team forfeit
as it is hardly possible to think of a
team laying down for no reason at all
The articles in the other FL Paso
paper are wholly uncalled for and more
severe than the occasion warrants. The
FL Paso management is lauded and the
Clifton management condemned for the
same thing. Sticking up for their
rights. There was an unpleasant ar
gument before the last game here and
Wolfe had packed his bats TO leave the
field. His statement in the Ell Paso
paper of that affair, is wholly contra
dictory to his statement here. The
fans were sore but refrained from
criticism in Difference to the FL Paso
players and the clean way they con-
Quoted themselves here. The local
papers did not even comment on 1t for
the same reason. Yet the affair was
practically the same as Clifton's action
| in Ell Paso Sunday.
Resentment Strong.
AS a consequence the bitter denun-
citation in the other Ell Paso paper is
strongly resented here especially as il
looks from this end that Clifton had
more grounds for a kick than FL Paso
had here. The Clifton directors have
enough confidence in McIlveens dis
erection to back up any action of his
on the field and approve of his action
! in fOrfeiting the game
| The game will probably not be pro
| tested The management will put the
matter up to the players themselves and
| it is hoped that they will not prolona
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