The Monticellonian., 1916-08-10
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approve of such conduct, but if not It behooves them to openly condemn and put stop to it. Their very silence and the fact that they permit such ac- tions to continue is a reflection not only on their players, but on the of ficers of their club and the citizens of their town as we'll.
 We are indeed thankful that Der mott has been fortunate in securing men who not only can play ball, but who also are gentlmen and can con duct themselves as such. We are proud of our players and there has never been occasion for reproof, but had we been less fortunate i'll the class of men we secured, we are glad to know that we have manager and other officers who do not countenance ruflianism and would not for one moment keep on our team player who had shown himself capable of such conduct.
 MT. Allen has been acting as one of the League umpires for less than two weeks. He is the coach at Cumber- land College and came here from his home in Pine Bluff. He is an esti- mable young man of pleasing person ality-eourageous and plucky to all unusual degree and highly respected That he should have suffered an in. jury is the cause of general regret in Dermott-Dermott News.
 It is not often that the Monticellon. ian pays any attention to the picker
 ings of disgruntled and discourteous article from contemporary, but the above from the Dermott News is so biased, partial, incorrect and unneces- sary that we deem it incumbent upon us to state the facts, lest one or more strangers might, possibly, see it and form erroneous opinion of Monti- cello an it's people.
 Leading up to the difficulty at Mon. ticello, we will go back to the begin ming of Mir. Aliens umpiring between Dermott and Monticello. In his first game he "benched" Monticello's second baseman, lone of our best players) for questioning one of his decisions. The next day he "benched' the same man and suspended him for five days, sim ply because he made some jocular al lusions to his ruling of the day before This ultra autocratie and unexampled audacity not only incensed the Monti- cello team, but the Board of Managers as well, and the President of the League, whose home Is at Dermott was called up over the phone, and re quested not to impose this "COach of Cumberland College" and "estimable young man of pleasing personality upon Monticello, any more, but to give tfem another Umpire in whom little show of confidence could be reposed of getting a fair deal. But to the sur prise and consternation of everyone, when the Dermott team arrived, and the game was called, this "estimable young man with pleasing personality serenely bobbed up to umpire the game, having been sent here by the President to umpire the game between Monticello and Dermott, while the other Umpire whom Monticello ex- pected, and, under the circumstances had d perfect right to expect, was sent to Warren to umpire the game be- tween Wilmar and Warren. However, the game was called and Chambers was put in the box to pitch for the Monticello team, and it was plainly and disgustingly apparent, from the outset that Monticello was to get a raw deal. Mir Chambers pitched few innings, became thoroughly disgusted with the umpire's call of "balls and strikes" and quit pitching. Our second baseman, Yho is not a pitcher, but a baseman, and a good one, was put in the box to finish the game, rather than have break up, and the game pro- ceeded. In the fifth inning, after one strike, Ir. Cawthon was struck on the knee by a pitched ball, from the Der mott pitcher. The blow was severe one, and while MT. Cawthon was nurs. ing his hit knee, the Umpire gave the "out" sign, and MT. Ellis, the field went out to remonstrate, but received no satisfaction, and walked off; about this time, Mir. Cawthen limped out to the Umpire and asked what his decision was, and MT. Cav thon understood him, as MT. Ellis had to say you're out" Knowing that it was only two strikes, if the Umpire saw fit to call it strike, he became exas- perated, slightly drew his bat back and tapped him with it, No terrible blow was struck nor attempted. The effort was for the sole purpose of showing the supreme contempt of what Cav thon considered a rotten decision and a bold effort to steal the game, as Cav thon was the last man at the bat, on the Monticello side, and if the Ump. had not squatted the blow would have fallen upon portion of his body where he would have scarely felt it. As it was he was struck just above the right hip, and whether "stalling'' or not, directly after the blow he fell