The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-13
GET DIRTY DEAL
FROM SPRINGFIELD
HEAD or WASHINGTON COUNTY
SCHOOL SHOWS HE rs SMALL
POTATo-STANFORD WINS
MANY MEDALS.

Although subjected to the most I'M
lair treatment that has ever been Civ.
en- TO a visiting delegation. the stan.
ford High School pupils carried Of
the honors in the three-days tourna.
ment held last Wedne day. Thursday
and Friday, at Springfield, coming
home with the brilliant record OF %
first medals, seven second Dfizes and
scoring n total Of i3l points,nearly
twice as many as any other school.
In the ball game Wednesday, our
boys defeated Bardstown 10 to J IN
clean game. The Nefion boys are
q gentlemenly set. but were quite ass
I'd. ON Thursday. STANFORD went
back on the diamond 10 pby Spring
Held for the remnant, and right there
the dirty work began The umpire
was straight In every deci ZION and
stanford has no complaint TO make OF
him, but crowd OF hoodlums con
tinual v ran out on the field, inter.
fcrring with stanford and toward the
last OF the game when Mike Penny
threw To Waters at third to catch a
runner. ole OF the Springfield spec.
tators ran in the line and blocked the
ball. but even this would not have
prevented Waters from putting the
runner out tor the ball bounced TO
ward the base and another
/ Springfield woodlum seeing that
his player was sure To be
out. showed the ball out OF
Waters reach. The crowd than
rushed in between tnlrG Dase ana
home and Waters was thus prevent
/ ed from throwing To Penny to stop
the score Several times during the
game spectators filled the diamond.
I Even with this dirty treatment.
[ Springfield only won 3 to and IL re-
I quired 10 innings to do IL then. A
number of the best citizens of Spring
lie d freely admitted 70 Prof Ireland.
who felt the outrage ekeenly. that his
I team had been mistreated. Calvin
principal oi the High School. having
guilty conscience, offered to play
the game over ON Friday. evidently.
. thinking that Stanford would be too
I tired to paly three games In three
days and take part in the other
athletic events too: hut he rcCkOned
with out his past for Stanford ac-
ccped quick as a fash. and thought
until that night. Thursday that they
would play on Friday II was this
! be ief that kept Stanford from leav-
ing too, Immediately after the bad
treatment OF the afternoon. but the
kinhead principle of the Springfield
b school seeing there was no back down
In our team. took water himself and
no game WIS played It's very evil
dcnt.that COlyin knew his cam bad
not won the pennant fairly or he
would not have tried TO ease a guilty
conscience by Offering To play the
game on next day. II Is afro very
evident that ne underestimated the
calibre of the Stanford bows. as he
f figured that our team would have to
dec inc and he would thus save his
cake and manners to hut alas and
alack. nj. hand was cai,ed and no
show ed yellow streak Narious'y
estimated IN length and breadth. but
which Concensus oi opinion cs'i-
7 Note 10 run from the crown ct his
kinky head to the sole of his cloyen
feet
our bows thinking there would be
no game did not undertake To keep
thcmsa YES In cCndl,,on ana went in.
TO track athletics to win, ON FTidav
morning. They took first medals
and two seconds After this siren
rous work tEey were completely eN-
hrusted u was high noon that Prot
I colvin came To Prot ireland and Of
tered To- plav for the pennant as II no
game had been piayed, but Prof. Ire
land ont of regard for his team dc-
! clined at this late hour. Now they
may argue that their men were In
-ane condition. but stanford had play
- two d1vs in succession and Spring
Geld on one game he IL said n IN"
credit NJ many good citizens thev did
80 onnrCve OF the treatment stan
rord received The following Is list
a. thu awards and stamford people
re no d g. thew.