The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-08-12
Or. WARDEN DESCRIBES 4
BALL GAME 1t HARTFORD
In Sensational Language-Says
II Was the Worst he
Ever Saw.

l tors HARTFORD ntTdius i1aithoi". -. -
Gentlemen:-My attention has again
been called to another editorial in
the Hartford Herald Of the 9TH inst
in which you refer to the letter that
YOU received from me, affirm what
YOU on the 29th ult. published con-
corning a ball game played in Cen
/ trail Ball Park. at Centertown. Ky.
on Sunday. July 26, 1914. between
| Hardinsburg and Equality teams,
and say YOU had no intention to in
| lure anybody, but only intended
protestation against rowdyism dis
played. Now. If this is true and you
have no ill-will. hatred and enmity
toward the Central Ball Park at
/ Centertown. Ky, then may | land
with all Kindness and fairness, too)
ask you why you do not publish the
same thing about East End Park at
Hartford. Ky, as you did about
Central Bail Park at Centertown,
Ky. on July 30. 1914?
Now. it was my lot to visit East
End Park, at Hartford. KY, one ev-
ening this summer G91G and wit
ness game between the Hart
ford and the Equality base ball
teams and let me tell you, briefly,
what occurred at East End Park
that evening. On the evening of
Saturday. June %, 1914, / went
with a jolly lot OF boys to East End
Park to see the game. There were
some people already assembled in
the park when | arrived and the
people continued coming in until a
good sized crowd was present with
in the park, while quite a number
came and remained just outside the
park wall. Within the park there
was nearly an equal number of la
dy and gentlemen spectators, and
all. or about all, the ladies and some
of the gentlemen occupied seats in
/ the grandstand, which grandstand
/ is built along the side of the park
| fence and the top seats of which
are of such height as will cause the
occupants heads to be nearly on
level with the top of the fence
wall. The balance of the spectators
within occupied positions promiscu-
ously about the park.
As the players entered the in and
out-feld, some men took standing
positions outside the in-field and
near the same, and as the game pro-
ceeded the number OF standing men
near the in-ield increased and at
each successful play made by the
Hartford team, these men would
give out a terrific yell. followed by
some very loud and unpleasant Ian
guage toward the Equality team
The ladies would yell. too, when
the Hartford team would make
lucky plays and their facial express
sion while yelling was not so pleas
ant to view. think that if those
ladies who yell ESPECIALLY one of
them) would employ d person handy
with the Kodak. TO put it on their
face while yelling, it would improve
her complexion at the next game of
ball. The yelling. loud and disa-
greeable language was so much an
moving near the grandstand and so
near continuously kept up, that in
order to avoid the noise ! went to-
ward the furthermost corner of the
park and looking back | saw many
black and white men outside the
park and with their menacing faces
showing above the fence and near
and about on level with the up
per occupants of the grandstand
they appeared to be contributing to
the noisy crowd within the park,
while a number of men were giving
aid from the top of tree that
STANDS without the park and near
the grandstand.
This yelling and the boisterous
language was kept up almost inces-
sanity against the Equality team
and was only ceased for a moment
at time when the Equality team
would make lucky play, and dur
ing the very brief cessations, words
OF lamenting and groans resemb-
ling the groans of an old farm horse
, dying with protracted and fatal
case of spasmodic collie. would come
from the crowd.
AS the game neared the end the
, crowd seemed 20 get more bolster
Gus and rough and at about the end
of the game heard a Hartford man
call an Equality man "a Cd id
s-n of b-h and as l hurried out
of the park | heard the voices OF
two Centertown men trying to paci-
fy the offended man.
do not understand you. You
saw 'sCentertaWn gamae ora ao,.s. =.