The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-07-25
PLENTYWOOD
POOR LOSERS
Editor Dolin Sore Because His Team
Can't Play Base Ball; So Says
Nasty Things About Wolf Point
Citizens AS Well as the Ball
Team.

Citizens AS Well as the Bal
| Team.
The Wolf Point Promoter comes
back at Plentywood baseball critics
in the following story taken from
the Promoter:
Iii" Joe Dolin of the Plentywood
Pioneer Press was among the visit
ors in this city during the Victory
Celebration, and from the way he
frothed at the mouth last week in
his account of the ball games here
when Plentywood lost two out of the
three games, substantiated reports
we have heard to the effect that
Friend Joe dropped quite a little
wad in backing his home team.
In his write-up, the city of Wolf
Point in general and our base ball
team is particular, is accused of ev-
erything from using the emery
ball to highway robbery. Through
out the entire article it is evident
that its author was prompted sole
ly by a personal grudge. In the
first Fnstance-that of using the
emery ball-it would seem that in
order for any pitcher to "get away
with any stunt of that kind, he must
be real slight-of- hand performer.
This is especially true when it is
remembered that because of the
baby acts staged by the Plenty
wood crowd, no ball was used over
two innings throughout any of the
three games played and even if a
pitcher was inclined to try such a
stunt, he would be unable to sue
coed because with the crowd looking
on it would be impossible to
scratch" up the ball. Why not own
up, Plentywoed, that the Wolves are
just little bit too strong for your
crack team and quit playing the
baby? The world in general has
little sympathy and love for poor
losers and that is true more so when
it comes to a sporting event of any
kind. Our team has been beaten a
couple Of times this season, but
when such was the case we did not
"beef" about it but took our medi-
cine.
The charge made by the Pioneer
Press that the Plentywood team was
robbed of part of the gate receipts
is of course absurd. We know moth
ing about what party of money the
visitors were to receive, more than
they had been guaranteed $500 for
the three games on July 4th, 9Th and
9th. Ii thir guarantee called for
40 per cent of the gate receipts, as
claimed by the Pioneer Press, and
the visitors failed to delegate some
one to look after their interests at
the gate, then we claim their bust
ness instincts are so poor that the
Wolf Point management deserves to
be censured for not beating them
out of 500-pldnk guarantee also.
This charge is so absurd that we
would not even insult our base bail
by asking for informa-
ton.
The "red-eye" which the visitors
brought with them certainly affect
ed tier oversight. Dolin claims that
by actual count there were more
than 800 automobiles parked around
the diamond" That's ricT. One
more little snort from the jug would |
have enabled that Plentywood count
er to see at least another hundred
cars. We don't care much how
many cars that Plentywood bird |
counted on any day of the celebra-
hon here, but we might mention
hat the crowd of people and the
number of of cars at Sundays game
lere between Poplar and Wolf Point
vas by far the largest we have had
any game this season and then-by
actual count-the gate receipts
to $564.50 and the actual
1umber of cars "parked around the
diamond" was 208. Every available
space from one end of the bleachers
@ the other-the outfeld included
was occupied by a car. That's
low much room it takes to park 2u9
ars An additional Sm f course
would not make ve1y much tiiffer-
nee.
If Dohn's sentiments in regard to
he Plentywood- Wolf Point games
re shared by the balance of the
'lentywood people, all we can say
or them is that they are the poor
st bunch of losers that this city has
yer had the misfortune to enter
ain.