White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-30
Organization Disrupted Over
the Row Which Occurred at
MCGill Two Weeks Ago
M'G|lL WILL PLAY At HOME
COPPER FLAT AND ELY TO CON-
TINUE THE SERIES THROUGH
THE SEASON, AND NEW Or
GANIZATION POSSIBLE.

The Steptoe valley baSeDali
League is league no longer. 1t has
been unjointed, disillusioned, dis
connected and discontinued. May
be, under new conditions which have
arisen a reorganization may be pos
sible, but at the present time the
players, with regard to McGill are
wide apart, and Copper Flat and Ely
will finish the series at Ely and Cop
per Flat, while McGill will play ball
at home.
The inquest on the league was
held on last Friday night at meet
ing of the directors. There were
present President James Watson,
Royal Matthias, representing the Ely
team; Billy Dunham. representing
Copper Flat and Fred Butler, Nc
Gill's director The resignation of
Manager Barnes of the McGill ball
players was presented and accepted.
and announcement was made that
w. E. Middaugh had been named
as the new manager. Then the event
of the evening took place.
The meeting had been called
primarily to discuss the decision of
President Watson on the game play
ed at McGill between McGill and
Ely two weeks ago. 1t will be re-
membered that Mr.. Watson stopped
the game in the first half of the
eighth inning. giving as his reason
that the umpiring of the two men
from Copper Flat was unsatisfactory.
Umpire-in-chief McCroskey declar-
ed the game forfeited to Ely and
fined McGill $25. On the following
day President Watson issued a let
ter to the managers of the three
teams declaring the game mo
game" and calling off the fine.
Manager Durkee of the Ely team
made immediate protest and ap-
pealed to the directors. Watson
took the stand that there was no
appeal from his decision, and
finally the meeting of Friday night
was called to thresh out the dis
1t was very spirited meeting
from all accounts, not untinged with
acrimony. President Watson re-
fused to recede from his position,
and the meeting was where it had
started, in fact, was where it was
before it started. Director Butler
lined up with the president and Dir
ectors Dunham and Matthias took
the other side. Spalding and Reach's
rules were quoted but all to no pur-
pose. Watson stood pat and But
Ter was Jerry to the job. Durham
and Matthias said: What's the
use?" and let it go at that. 1t was
decided that as the men couldn't
get together that they might as well
get wider apart. Then they got down
to the question of finances. and 1t
was decided to cut up the treasury
in three parts.
How much there was in the
treasury is the secret of those
present, but the amount there now
is no secret There is no treasury.
Mr. Watson announced that Nc
Gill would withdraw from the lea
que and play its games in the in
ter-city league of McGill. There
was no necessity OF withdrawal for
the matter of that. for all three di-
rectors were of the same mind.
They simply quit, disorganized. threw
up the sponge and split the league.
The standing of the teams for the
series of 1911 up to date is all off.
But Ely and Copper Flat announced
that they would continue the games
throughout the season, and that the
game of today between Ely and Cop
per Flat would be played as
scheduled.