Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-06-02
The BASEBALL
SITUATION IS
MADE PLAIN
By One Who Knows, and Who
Tells II In Spirit Of Good
viii and Friendship.

Under the caption Refuse to Play
of Tie Game. the Ledger Enterprise
Of Pocomoke City in it, issue of MAY
2Gth. published an attack upon the
sportsmanship Of those connected with
High School baseball in snow Hill In
closing his scurrilou4 article the writer
declared that h4 views were held by
some hundreds Of good citizens Of Po-
comoke City
II il not my intention in this commit
nieation to enter into any controversy
with the writer Of the aforesaid article.
or his loyal hackers. regarding the
sportsmanship Of the Snow Hill players
and managers Whatever be our meas.
urc of sportsmanship. We cannot add to
it by crying il out from the house-top-.
nor hy entering into unseemly argu-
mentation. Nor do we believe that the
same can be lessened by diatribes of the
nature published in the Ledger Enter
prise. And, in passing might add that
II is still my belief that the article re-
AtlANh ~ - llON - AbiitAA EuhEt u
sportsmanship as it exists in Pocomoke
City.
Neither is it my intention to show b.
scientific analysis Of individual and team
play, as well as a comparison of tear
spirit. wherein the Snow Hill team il
superior to their chief rivals To fans.
such as our towns have produced in
large numbers. even the most convnc.
ing proof. backed up by records Of all
departments Of the game would not
avail to over balance their innate preju
dices and | will not take up valuable
space in such an attempt.
II is rather my desire to state certain
facts bearing upon the important ques
tion of playing off the tie for the
championship. with the hope that ali
fair minded fans. OF which each town
has goodly number, may fully under
stand the situation and draw such de
ductons therefrom ~ they may see lit
TO do
As understand the High School
League of Worcester County il com
posed of four teams. representing the
High Schools OF Pocomoke City, Berlin.
Stockton and Snow Hill This year,
owing to the disqualification of very
necessary player on the Stockton team.
that High School was not represented
in the League and its games were dis
hi ~. f.f kt..
League teams. This disbarment Of the
Stockton team left the League with
only three teams. among whom the
winner of the cup for this year was to
be determined This determination il
reached by system OF percentages.
under which the team having the highest
percentage at the close of the sched
uled season, by that very fact leads the
League, and quite naturally obtains
possession of the cup. II is only in the
event of two teams having the same
percentage AT the close OF the season.
40 far as scheduled games are con
cerned, that tie exists, rendering il
necessary to play an extra game be-
tween the teams 40 tied, that the cup
may be justly awarded.
Let us now examine the situation in
the League following the second Snow
Hill Pocomoke game. At that time the
team representing the High School OF
Pocomoke City had won both its Berlin
games. and in the two games with Snow
Hill had won one and lost one giving
it a record in the League standing OF
three games won and one game lost
with percentage of 750 The
High School team. representing Snow
Hill. on the other hand had a. the same
time won one game from Berlin and
had. as above stated, split even ~ the
contests with pocomoke City, giving II
a record Of two games won and one
game lost. with percentage of 663.
There still remained. however. one
scheduled League game to be played.
and on the outcome of this game de
pended the final standing of the teams
This was the Berlin Snow Hill game,
played in Berlin on Friday, May 25th-
Had the result Of that game gone d..
ferently il must be apparent that the
High School team of Pocomoke City.
with percentage of $50 would have
topped the Snow Hill team. which in
such event with a record Of two games
won and two lost. would have closed
the season with percentage of 500.
In the last mentioned game, however.
Snow Hill was the victor. and by that
victory and not until then did the stand
ing OF the two leading teams become a
tie Not until that time was there a
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