Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-08-21
SATURDAY, AUGUST q, 1915.
An UncaIled for Charge.

FOOT pOIbSHldnbulp ID tiiC bltAc
of an article in last weeks Ironwood
News Record in which the Hurley
baseball management and players are
handed what is supposed to be a
"roast." While the article is pub
lished above the signature Of Anton
Michaels, manager Of the NJ. A. {.
team, it is clearly evident to Anton's
acquaintance on this side of the creek
that he could not be the author of
such a spurious article, and that it is
the illusions of some windy gee-gaw
with more gaul than sense, and whose
sole object is to stir up" something.
But somebody had to be the goa"
and poor, innocent, dear little Anton
"felI for it. +"
For many years the Hurley ath-
letic teams have bad the unsay0ry
reputation of being poor sp0rtsmen. -
says the article. During the present
baseball season the growing bitterness
and jealousy of Hurley baseball fans
has become so OdiOUs and foul that it
has become imperative to inform
IrOnwOod folks and to tell Hurley
people some of the low down con-
temtible kiddish stunts that our ri
walls across the creek have pulled Off
this year.
We are sure that Ironwood folks
are pleased TO be so enlightened by
this self-appointed disseminator of
unfounded gossip. Hurley people,
however, are familiar with the facts
and will pass lightly on that kind of
stuff. 1t would be a shame to keep
all that to yourself, Mr.. Gee-Gaw.
from under and not let poor, innocent,
dear little Anton shoulder all the re-
sponsibility, Anton, you know, may
be frail OF mind and weak of heart
and the sight of some of those 'poor
sportsmen" might have its i'll effects
Ii Hurley fans are jealous of IRON
wood we fail to see the reason 1t
must be admitted that the NJ. A. G..
team is the best of any between IIur-
ley and Bessemer but at that the
team is not given much credit among
its home town fans. The NJ. A. G..
was down in the cellar for a long time,
you know, and dOwn-in-the-cella
teams are poor attractions, even to
hometown fans. And it can't he that
Hurley fans are jealous because the
NJ A. c. IS just beginning to emerge
from the dark and take on the appear
ances of real team. It's a long way
from seventh to second place, and we
should worry about those trailers in
the dust
Several hundred words in the arti-
Gle are devoted to supposedly enumer-
ate the instances and actions which
called forth this simple minded gee
gaw $ jumping into print, the respon-
sibility for which he shuilled off onto
an beguiled Anton. The instances are
too trivial to be mentioned They are
greatly exaggerated for the purpose
and anyone acquainted with the real
facts will pass them off as mere pitlle:
the result OF the overtime working of
the fertile brain of an individual
whose desire to stir up trouble great
ly exceeds his sense of decency.
But not content with combining his
roast" to the Hurley ball team this
misguided frequeuter of lronwood's
gossip factory takes rap at the
whole town, as witueSseth the follow
ing:
With every game played by Hur-
ley, the town and playprs.are sinking
farther and farther into disrepute by
the neighboring towns. We note with
pleasure the advertised Hurley City
Band concerts Saturday evening with
the purpose of boosting Hurley To
advance, however. one must be in
favor Would 1t not be wise idea
Tor the citizens of Hurley to weed out
the undesirables from their baseball
team and have representation among
the cities and towns of this section
that would speak we'll for the town
and its inhabitants.
An innocent by-stander might be
lead TO believe from this last para
graph that Hurley and its inhabitants
are all to the bad, and knowing its
source might inadvertently give cred.
it for what little good and purity there
is in this neighborhood to our sister
city-the abiding place of this self-as-
sumed rectider of evil. But no, dear
innocent by-stander. Ii listens more
like the work of one of the old school,
one who has not yet learned that the
gang of blackmailers who in times
past took great delight in blackening
the name and character of Hurley and
its citizens have long since adopted
more honorable means of diversion
and have learned to "ste the light. Z"
He may be one of the remaining few,
and having been inoculatei TO such
degree that even respect and decency
does not prevent at this time aEd age