Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-06
HOLY CROSS MANAGER
HAS SOME OBJECTIONS.

To the Sporting Editor Of the Evening Star:
In the interest of fair play, l wish to
protest against the one-sided report
of the National Turner-Holy Cross
game played on the Turner's court. Al
though appearing under the head Sure
Shot," l am quite sure this report was
written by a Turner partisan. as It Is
not at all fair to the Harrisonians.
There were two timekcepers and GER
tainly the word of one was as good as
the word of another, but according to
the report, the Holy Cross timer was.
of course, wrong" and the Turner
timekt eper ~undeniably In the right"
The time was g matter of the word OF
the two timers. and I fail to sec where
anybody, the referee included, could
dtcide which was right. The report
also casts reflections on the Holy Cross
%rooters. stating that they we're de-
lighted with the alleged rough house"
with which the turner's are not famil-
lar. This childish re mark is unworthy
of notice, excepting to state that the
Turner's were playing on their HON
court, before their own crowd and with
their own referee officiating. The state
ment that Corrigan did all the work
for Holy Cross Is leughable in the ex-
treme. Corrigan is a tirst-rate player,
but whoever heard Of a good player
playing up TO form with q poor team
in back Of him? Regarding the weight,
would advise that there is not more
than five pounds difference per man
between the teams Ina our players
we're not much heavier than the
Turner's. The last statement, that the
Turner's made ''monkeys'' of the visit
ors. is a "cry-baby yell" and shows
that somebody 10 sore. II the Turner's
were so proficient at making mon
keys Of my team why didn't the score
show Il? The final score was Ii 70 9
in favor OF Holy Cross. 1 am not
sore, have endeavored to be fair and
am only answering an unwarranted at
tack on the reputation of my team. and
hope you will give this letter the Inn
portance you gave the Turner's press
agent. Very truly yours,
HUGH MacINNES,
Manager Holy Cross.
First Of all, the man who wrote the
story is employed by the STAR. Near
ly all who witnessed the game called
1t rough house, and not basketball.
We stated Corrigan did practically all
the work for Holy Crossl He made
three Of his teams four goals and tall
lied a trio of free throws. thus tally
ing 9 Of his teams II points.
Had the Holy Cross boys played the
game the way the Turner's are used to
the score may have been q different
one. We will admit that the Turner's
were not gentle. but 10 compare them
70 Holy Cross would be talking "fun-
ny"
Furthermore, in our estimation, your
team Is heavier than the Turner's.
Just compare the Reimer brothers
ind Burch with S'nmpt, Corrigan and
Monaghan. Add their weights and see
f Holy Cross docs not outweigh the
Turner team by more than five pounds.
Yes, al times they did make mon
keys out Of your team in the line OF
RAISING. Furthermore. the crowd root
ing for the Holy Cross team inter
fered with the boys in shooting the
bah. When Referee Bertsch ordered
them to stop their screaming they SIM
My continued. We are not trying to
knock" your team in any way. but
simply stating the true facts.-Ed