The Red Cloud chief., 1913-06-26
Base Ball Association
Makes Public Statement

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Superior, June %, 1913.
To the People Of Superior, Nuckoli>
and surrounding Countless
Superior Is proud Of its name and
proud to be known far and wide rs u
live up.to.date city and that the action
Of a few, backed by u legal subterfuge
that no man Of honor would ever dream
OF resorting to, causes us with the
deepest regret to apologize for the
treatment shown to the many strang.
ers visiting our city for the ball gam.
Sunday.
The following are the facts OF the
baseball position here ard we leave i,
TO the fair judgment Of all to decide
whether the majority shall rule or not
As Is well known our grounds are
situated close to the heart Of the city
and when Sunday games were request.
ed from the Association, in Difference
to the wishes Of q few, it was decided
to hold the games outside OF the city
limits.
During the last week in May u ma.
jority OF the County Commissioner rs
informally gave the required legal per
mission, confirming it on May 81 at n
special meeting, and Oh Sunday June
i game was p aged. The following
week the commissioners discovered
their special meeting was irregular
and requested our Association to pre-
sent a petition at their next regula,
meeting, June II, signed by the major
ity OF the voters of Beaver Precinc,
when they would formally give thei,
consent. A petition signed by Az
voters out Of an electorate Of slight !,
over Cop was presented as requeste,
aud thah they decided to take no ac,
ion. L
In tn meantime upon the strength
Of the pkomise of the Commissioned
this Association had widely advertised
the game for Sunday, June ,22, au,
when the failure to fulfil their promis,
became known, steps were at one,
taken to have the games played il
Kansas in which state we are advised
there is no law against Sunday base
ball unless it is declared nuisance by
the surrounding community. In oul
case the games were to be played in
field farawav from any house.
The hfst game between Concordi,
and Lawrence was played withou
question but upon the appearance o
the State League teams, the sheriff
from Kansas informed the Association
he had warrants for the arrest Of al
the League players and if bonds wcr,
given for their release be would con
tinne to arrest them repeatedly as fas
as they came to bat
AS Is we'll known anyone can be ar
rested on any trumped up charge an,
the only remedy the victim has is Il
afterwards sue for damages for wrong
ful arrest In this case the only ob
ject was to stop the game and in doinl
this these Christian gentlemen wht
preach but do not practice "brotherl,
love" were successful but we leav,
their unusual action to the judgmen
of others. =
We were then advised IL the gam,
was played free Of charge in Nebrask,
we were complying with the law ant
accordingly transferred the game +,
our home grounds. Here the sam,
tactics were gone through with aud a.
a consequence the game was called of
as il is not aud never has been the in
tention of the Association to do any
thing contrary to the law or the wish
es of the majority. Unfortunately the
baseball law Is new tliis year and nc
two lawyers have the same opinion
about it. We do not care to subject
our audience to the farce of contin
uOus arrest of players in order that W,
might test the law at some future date
but we are Immediately taking step'
to have city election at the earlie,
possible date To decide whether or N
the games shall continue on our hom,
grounds and We respectfully ask th'
voters of Superior to give their iudg
ment on election day.
| We are indeed sorry to air our fam
lily differences but we feel that in jus
tice to our Association and the goot
name OF Superior all the facts shoul,
be known and we are sure those win
live IN towns land who have expert
enced the difficulties where u few
narrow minded creatures not worth!
OF the name of men, try to run tn
affairs OF all irrespective of the wishe
Of the majority will appreciate ou
position in the present case.
Superior Baseball Association q