Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-06-04

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President Chase's Reply
To the Editor of the Roanok,
a Rapids Herald:
At a meeting of the Governor.
of the Roanoke Valley Leagu,
held June End, 1915, Mr.. j. B
! Boyd. Governor of the Patter
son Mills Base Ball Team pre-
sented to the Board of Governor:
a communication, which he stat.
ed later was to be published in
your paper. | am satisfied that
Mr. Boyd should not ask you to
publish this article, such matters
should be handled in the meet
ings of the Governors, and then
dropped, however if after ex-
pressing to Mr.. Boyd my views
as tothe unwise action of publish
ing the article, Mr.. Boyd still
wishes it published and it is pub
lished, kindly publish this article
also.
In regard to the cases of Mr..
Geo. Snotherly and Mr.. Eugene
Purcell, both of whom are good
ball players, clean players and
very popular among the Base
Ball Fans. let me say they were
not ruled out On account Of their
ability TO play ball, nor to slur.
cripple nor hinder the Patterson
Mills team IN winning the Lea
que championship. The Govern.
ors, with the exception Of Mr..
Boyd, did not consider that these
two gentleman had been here
thirty days previous to the game
in which they were to play not
wlthstandlng that the applica-
ton OF these players stated they
had been residents here one wear
previous to the date Of their ap-
pllcatlon. In Mr.. Boyd's state
meht, ne states that Mr.. Geo.
Snotherly was only away AZ days.
Refer to the eligibility rule first
section of rule number one. |
tlnd nothing in this rule about
the laws of North Carolina what
ever. Mr.. Boyd also made the
statement in the Governors meet
ng that when Mr.. Geo. Smother
Y left here. AZ days ago he left
mad With no intention Of re-
.Qrnng No one will differ with |
'lr. Boyd as to his ruling as I
Q MI Geo. Suotherly S residence
IS per the state law but the
hlrty day clause in our Base Ball I
ule should and has disbarred Mr., {
'notherly until his so days Of 5
'rlor residence have expired. d
In the case of Mr.. Eugene t
'ufcell. The exception to the {
y day clause in the rules was t,
ut IN to benefit Mr.. William a
trimmer of the Roanoke Mills
cam, and Mr.. VIM. Towe, Jr. /
the Patterson Mills Team, who K
ere away at school and who ex- o.
ected to spend the summer here +
18th their parents. If | mistake b,
OF Mr.. Boyd voted for this rule al
1d at the time there was no OBJ in
'ctlon to the word parents. In al
der to suit the case of Mr. in
ugene Purcell, the rule should
ave been worded as follows,-.-
Any college or school boy who
ay spend the summer here etc,
c, " The Governors saw fit to
nit this to those college or co
hool boys who returned to M
end the summer with their W
rents. 1t is well that great Ju
'ess is put upon the word NJ
" 10
Until the applications of Mr.. We
otherly and Mr.. Purcell were COZ
ted down, there had been no I'll
lmations of a protest being nc
de OF the games Barnes, Alley, Tia
&c, Blount, etc, ETC., played in. III
THE statements made by let
various governors, Barnes Wa
$ here 80 days before he play.
IN game, first working for
Thompson at Rosemary, tor
n at the Rosemary Mig. Co. bar
one denies that Barnes went pas
of town now and then, we dir,
10. As to Barnes, he no longer ban
with the Rosemary BY
n, Mr.. Mullen having let him actl
m account of his not working clos
A steady hand in the mill. acti
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