Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-09-10
CANYON CLAIMS
DECISION WRONG
PROPOSE To PLAY THREE
GAMES TO DECIDE QUEs.
TION OF SUPERIORITY

Canyon and the Leaguers in the La
Dor Day game at Glenwood Park
Monday. the following communica-
ton from the manager OF the Can
yon team Is given:
Sept Q, 1914
Mr. T. r Mayer Secretary City
League. Amarillo. Texas
Dear Sill have read carefully
the articles In the Daily Panhandle
and The News In regard TO our game
on Labor Day including Umpire
Crossett's statement. IN which he at
tempts to Justify his decision which
ended the game. The explanation
given IN his article is entirely differ
ent than the one given the writer
Immediately after the game was
called by the umpire as Mr Gross
EFT then said the third out had been
declared because Jones substitu-
ton for Wallace had not been an
nounced. but evidently after con
sulting his rule book and finding his
position untenable on that ground,
Walter switched 10 Rule 81. In an
endeayor to befuddle the argument,
and falls down harder than ever, for
Jones was substituted for Wallace
and batted In Wallace's proper turn
at bat"
Despite Mr. Crossctt's reputation
IA an oracle on baseball rule7. wc
emphaticnlly disagree with him on
his Interpretation OF them on the
point In question and do not con
cede TO him any right or authority
10 make now rules 10 fit any particu-
lar crisis In game The Canyon
team and management are willing 20
leave the decision OF the point at
issue 20 any reliable authority OF
baseball rules, for instance. John b.
Foster editor OF Spalding's Official
Baseball Guide for 1914 Hugh 5.
Fullerton. or 20 the sporting editors
Of the Chicago Record-Hergld or
Denver Post
The rule applying IN this instance
II without question Rule No. rs.
See 2 and 4 az quoted We estcrday's
Daily Panhandle and which We need
no, repeat here Early I'm the game
Amarilo's captain clearly violated
this rule In failing TO Mostly the UNI
pire of the substitution OF Monk
Wallis as a basc-runncr for another
player. or Il such notification was
made certainly no announcement
was made 90 the spectators by the
umpire Such subslitutions as were
made IN the game Monday have
been made time and again In game'
between Canyon and Amarillo. ~
which games Mr. Crossett has UNI
pirCd. and never has any announce
ment been made 10 the spectators.
Summing uD tho question, there
Is no authoritN stated in any otucia
Baseball Guide or Book OF Rules. b,
which am umpire may declare bats
man out because OF his substitution
for another player. unless that bats
man had already been engaged 10
the game and batted out OF his prop
or turn. through an error. The fact
are that the game on Labor Day wa
tied IN the first half OF the ninth In
ming Two men wore out and Can
yon still had two men on bases, an'
the game was not finished
Therefore the Canyon team here
by Challenges the Amarillo team
both OF said teams 20 line mp as the
were opposed 90 each other on l.abo
Day. TO a series of three games, ON
game 20 be- played 90 Canyon. on
In Amarillo. and the location OF 10
third game 20 De decided hy loi
The entire gate receipts of 90
games played 90 go to The team Win
ming the majority of the games. io
gother with the difference IN Oh
amount received by the Amarillo am
CANYON teams as their respoCtiv
share OF the gate aud graudstand ~
rcipt- on Labor Day. sixty per cen
OF which was awarded 90 AmarilI
and forty uor cent 10 Canyon am
which sum oi about $50 shall D.
placed with ans bank BOO Canyon Cd
Amarillo. and hy them turned owe
10 the winner of the series. alou
with the receipts from the game
playcd which each day shall %
placed Boo said bank I'm addition Q
tho above. each team shall. not lcs
than - hours before the first gam
be- scheduled. deposit with sal
bank the sum of sloU.nu ln ih
event of Amarillo winning tho -Drio
100000 of the money so d"pu-itc
by the respective teams. shall b
paid 90 the parties 600 charge of no
Potter County exhibit 900 the Pan
handle State Fair tu be- held
Amarillo aud said 500 shall b
solely for the benefit Oi said oKhibI
The remaining 800 and total n'
pro,foI- 0f The game. f1 Boz turue
over to the Amarillo eity league ]
the event Canyon wins ihr tcrie
500 OFF the MONEY poo deposited
GO d. paid 90 the parties .n chars
OF tho Randall County exhibit
the Panhandle state Fair fhe ha
ancc of said funds tu ue delivered Z
the CANYON Ball team Two lu
plrcs shall officiato zoo each eam'
ono selected by Canyon and ono 50
lectcl bt amarillo
understand th' board of man.
gers of thr Citg League $40 b."
session tonight and 2 trust 'he ma
ter vii. have their a Hrahle consi'
GRAFTON. and an early reply
Thi. being an oIUI letter ah
challenge am haa.a- one COT
20 the Randall County Nn~s an
forwarding one each t9 the Dai
Panhandle aud iho AMARILLO Dai
News. with tho requ.f that ih'
publish same Vcry r'iullf
p D. LI-E Manager
Better insure your horse f1da
re might die tomorrow. Hrfmer