The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-09-01
PENNANT SERIES
ENDS IN SQUABBLE
WICHITA FALLS TEAM REFUSED
TO PLAY YESTERDAYS GAME
AT CLEBURNE.
AWARDED GAME TO ClEBURNE

| Umpire Bates Simpson Awards Re
naming Games to cleburne, as Pc
suit Of the Refusal OF Wichita Falls
to Play.
Cleburne, Texas, Sept. THE
championship games between the Gle
burne and Wichita Falls teams ended
in Il row. Wichita Falls, dissatisfied
with her portion of the receipts from
Wednesdays game here left yester-
day. presumably for home, refusing
to play yesterdays game here. The
Cleburnc team appeared in uniform
for the game and when Wichita failed
10 show up, Umpire Bates Simpson,
awarded the game to Cleburne, giving
this city the TeXas-Oklahoma league
pennant.
President j. T. Neighbors Of the
Cleburne team has issued the follow
ing statement:
In the spring of 1911 representa-
tiyes of eight cities in Texas and Okla
homa formed the TeXas-Oklahoma
baseball league, securing n charter
from the national association for
class u league. At the time of its
organization a schedule Of games was
arranged extending until Sept. 4, 1911.
Afterward. by reason Of the great lead
which the Wichita Falls team had
secured during the early part of the
season, and the fact that many of the
towns represented in the league were
| losing interest in the games and the
patronage was not sufficient to sup
J port the teams, ii was concluded to
| divide the season into two series,
which was done. with the unanimous
consent of all the clubs in the league,
and Wichita Falls declared the win
! ner of the first series, with the agree
ment that If one of the other teams
| should be the winner of the second
/ series that post season series of six
games should be played between the
two teams for the purpose of deter
mining who was entitled to the pen
uant During the second series the
I C.clurne team came up from the sec
/ Ond division and took the lead, which
] It has maintained practically through
/ out the series In the meantime, three
/ of the original clubs had surrendered
/ their franchises. and by reason of this
| fact and the financial conditians that
/ threatened some of the clubs, a meet
/ ing of the members of the league re-
naming was called by President ST.
/ Clair of Wichita Falls to meet at Fort
Worth, Aug. ~, at which time Pres j.
dent st. Clair and representatives of
all the clubs remaining in the league
We're present At this meeting il was
agreed that the second series should
be Officially ended Aug. % instead of
Sept I. as originally contemplated.
, and rs Cleburne then had certain
lead in the second series. that a post
season series of six games should be
played between Cleburne and Wichita
Falls, beginning with three games at
Wichita Falls, Aug. 2S and ending
with three games at Cleburnc, and
that in the event Of tie a seventh
tgdme should be played between the
two teams at some neutral point to
be thereafter agreed upon, and it was
also agreed between President St
Clair and the management OF the Gle
burne team that an exhibition series
OF four games would be played in
Cleburne, beginning Aug -.
After this meeting mad been held
and the arrangement above named
unanimously agreed to by all OF the
teams in the league, including Wichita
Falls, and after the Cleburne team
had gone to Wichita Falls for the
pursose OF playing four games of the
league series. President 81. Clair Of
Wichita Falls. without consulting the
Cleburne team or any Of the other
teams in the leaeue. and wholly with
out authority of any character and in
utter disregard of the Fort Worth
agreement. wired the president of the
Clrburue association that the post
season games would begin at Gle
hurne, Aug -. for three games and
at Wichita Falls, Aug. 2S, for three
games. ON receipt Of this message
the officers of the Clvburue asSocia-
ton called up President 81 Clair and
protested against this action as be
ing without authority. and insisted On
the games being PLAYED in accord
auCe with the Fort Worth agreement,
hut ha 1prIipp1 IN do 50 and St9ftZ