Putnam patriot., 1916-07-21
PLAYED SUNDAY BALL GAME
Less Than A Thousand See DanielSOn Beat
 Putnam 3 to } in Ten Innings
Police Backed By Mayor Stayed Away and Did Not Interfere
Peculiar and Confused Situation Captain Ryaus Position

understand it Sunday games are being
 played chiefly to reimburse those who
 lost several hundred dollars trying to
 promote base ball on Saturday.
 "At present there are five petitions
 in circulation in Putnam. l do not
 feel that 1 have the right to disclose
 the names of those who are circulating those petitions. 1 circulated the one
 in the .business 'section. In circulate Ing the paper l find many who say they are in favor of us morally but for business reasons do not wish to sign. '
 Mir. Stone said that 1t might be pos sible that majority of the residents of the city favor Sunday base ball, but in 1 view of the law and the moral side of 1 the proposition there was 8 feeling among many residents of the city that action should be taken ta secure the enforcement of the law.
 He said further that he had been 1 given to understand that many Put nam young men are in the habit of going to Webster Sunday afternoons ant spending time there drinking at i places where liquors are obtalnable on 1 the Sabbath. 1t had k@en represented to him that If Sunday base ball were allowed here, these young men would stay at home. He stated that this was l the strongest argument he had heard l in favor of Sunday base ball in this town and realized that Putnam was in very difficult position, as to the op. portunities afforded young men to go into the neighboring town to drink on Sunday, a fact that he deplores. In regard to MT Stone's statement Secretary Forni of the club said that it was mol fact that base ball Is being | played Sunday to reimburse those who have lost several hundred dollars. 1.-The association, while 1t has not made money, has not lost hundreds of dol lars. In regard to commercializing Sunday, we do not intend to run games simply to make money, we want to give the citizens little qulet recreation. Last Sunday we barely met expenses. think il Is much bet ter to permit Sunday base ball and have citizens stay quietly at home than to prchih.l the game and have many of those same citizens cross the line into another state and spend the afternoon drinking and in good mum. Der of instances come home intoxicat. ed. If there are two evils let's have | the lesser"
 The following appeared in the Calen- | dar of the Congregational church and | tine pastor, Rev. +. D. Sargent preach- ed an interesting sermon along this | line:
 | If the articles in the last issue of the l local papers correctly represents the sentiment of the community very | wrong and unjustitiable interpretation has been given to the protest that was made against professional Sunday base ball In Putnam. The protest was not against Sunday base bail as such l but against base bail on that day which has for it's object the making of money, and while the people may not diserim- | al base ball on sunday thS lay makers at Hartford did see q difference and did frame and pass law that allowed l the one and denied the legal privilege | of playing the other There may be | people who woulG not couptennnce l Sunday golf or Sunday amateur base
 ball or Sunday automobilizing but so i long as the law countenances such l things these people must not allow l their opinions to interfere with those | who see no harm in such things. If 1t Is true that the president of the base ball club is correct in hts statement "that no member of the golf club | would sign protest against professions 1 al Sunday base ball and that every
 business man has refused to sign the petition and that the majority of the citizens are in favor of letting us aionep | then is 1t high time for a revival Of those days when according to the
 scriptures Ia man Is wise who keeps the law"
 Alter the game Sunday officials Of the club said that they would not be surprised if they were arrested. They hoped that there would be no more trouble and that those few who oppos. ed Sunday games would drop the mat
 ter. No arrangements had been made
 for game next Sunday as they were going to await further developments.
 If no further opposition appears better
 grand stands will be erected and the
 grounds put in better shape.
 Prosecuting Attorney Johnson said
 Monday morning that as far as he was
 concerned the situation remained the
 same. No formal complaints had been
 made.
 Rev. Mir Stone was asked if any fur.
 ther steps would be taken and he said
 in substance:
 1T do not know what more will be done regarding Sunday base ball. Per
 sonalIy l will not carry the protest any
 further. I was not one of those who started the opposition. There were a few men who started things and if they want to go ahead l will slend all the aid 1 can. 1 am newcomer iu Continued on Page {