The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-11
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JUSTIFY 'bl1T lc1'


and Officials Wesr Rotten.
! The North Fort Worth High school
football team opened their 1915 sea-
son saturday. playing 1t waxahachie.
The game did not last four full
periods, but ended during the fourth
quarter after q decision Of the rcfe-
rec was questioned. North Side was
at this time hoiding the little end OF
the score. bur were only few yards
from their opponents goal and an
other touchdown would have put
them in the lead. North Side went
within one game OF the Texas cham
pionship last year and with nearly
all of their last years men back are
cut for the state championship and
challenge any North Texas high
school and in case they win out in
this district will gladly meet the
South Texas champions.
Coach Robert L. Meyers of the
North Fort Worth team made the
following statement last night.
| Il wish to make few statements
regarding the report in Fort WORTH
paper Sunday OF the football game
between the Waxahachie High school
and the North Side High school at
waxahachie Saturday, Oct. -
1.-THE account OF the game sent in
from Waxaachie is purely partisan
and incorrec. as to the essential fea-
lures. The North Side team left the
field following the disbarment OF
Field Captain Mcmillan. which was
the climax OF long series of unjust
rulings against the North Side
eleven. The referee. umpire and
head Iineman were Waxahachie men
and from beginning 10 end North
Side was penalized, in all nearly 900
yards. Mcmillan was puI our or the
game for demanding to be shown the
rule covering a point which involved
a heavy penalty on North Side. In
doing this he was acting entirely
within his rights as field captain and
his disbarment by the referee was
Without warrant under the rules.
The North Side management Is
prepared 10 furnish documentary evil
dence by reputable and responsible
citizens of Fort Worth and Waxaha-
chic of the fragrant injustice of this
and many other acts. The coach did
not know of McMilian's disbarment
for three or four minutes, and there
fore did not accept the ruling by
sending IN a substitute, simply be-
! cause he was more than busy hold
ing his own with the crowd on the
sideIines. Immediately upon diseov-
ering what had been done, however,
he appealed TO the referee and pro-
tested against his decision. His re-
eentioa was sEch. however. that but
ono thing was left to be done. and
that was TO order his team off the
field.
"Ail during the game there was
no epithet too foul to be hurled at
| the team and the coach from the
| sidelines, no .hurrahing' too coarse
TO be inflicted upon the Young lady
visitors from Fort Worth. To do
/! less than refuse 10 submit longer to
such treatment b. walking off the
field was to forfeit all self-resepct.
.@Fhe North Side team has no COM
players and its treatment at their
hands. They have good team OF
clean players and gentlemen. Our
grievance is with the officials and the
siaeIine crowd, who made it jmpos-
sible from the start for us TO get any
where. We were not permitted 10
have any part in the selection of the
important officials.
| We appeal for justice to the
y axahachie players as sportsmen
and gentlemen. and the other high
school teams OF North Texas, respect
fully referring 10 our uniformity
harmonious rotations IN the past with
all the teams We have played. VIZ
} do not consider ourselves beaten b.
i any means. and are still in the cham
J pionship race We are open foi
. A.. mo- -. all f.ctooru and nGnaai. n f,