Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-11
my W. 4. McINTosH)


hut II N the contention Of the Amarillo
High faculty manager, the student man.
nger, the players and the student body l
of the high school that Plainvlcw IN not
faultlcss In the matter. II IN the pu~.
pose ~ this article tO set forth what |
the Amarillo officials think are the real
facts In the ease.
In the spring ~ 1919 the Amarillo
High School baseball team played twoI
baseball games with the Plainvicw
High School team. The first game WINS
played In Amarillo, and as the tcnmsI
walked on the field the Plninvlcw cnp.
tain objected strcnuously to the ANN.
rillO umpire. The Amarillo captain r.
fused Ia change umnlrcs at this late
mud unexpected objection 10 their off.
cial and the game was played. The
plainvicw players based their objection
ON some decision made In 1913 ~ which
the members 81 the Amarillo 1919 team
knew nothing. Not n single regular 81
tho Amarillo team ~ 1918 was back In
school In 1919; and the 1919 team was
composed ~ n bunch Of inexperienced
players out Ia play few games Anna
rillo then went Go plainview to play
and were not NJ all satisfied with the
umpire. Amarillo players protested his
decisions and 'inIcrprctations Of the
rules continually.
Amarillo's Suggestion.
In order Ia avoid the ill.will and hard
feelings which seemed 90 be- develop.
Ing between the two teams. II was sug
gcstcd by the Amarillo faculty manager
IN the fall ~ 1919 that the Plnlnvicw
team bring fifteen players. a coach ana
n referee; and that Amarillo would OK
poet to bring fifteen players. a coach
and referee 90 plainview In the fall
uf 1920. This Is whore the TROUBLED
comes. plainyicw denies that ANA.
rlllo paid the expenses ~ fifteen play
crs. coach and a referee this make n
total AZ IN MIR. brigham said over
long distance phone that Charles Rush
ing. last years student manager Of tn
Plninyicw High School football team.
was going 60 mail an affidavit tn Tie
faculty manager ~ the Amarillo High
School football team, giving the names
Of the fifteen persons for whom ANA
rslo paid expenses. The plainVicw
players on this years team told som"
people that fifteen only had their w1v
paid, and the fifteen contributed 60
ward the expenses ~ the sixteenth.
Amarillo does not claim to have paid
the way ~ seventeen players. hut the
expenses ~ seventeen persons. Mr.
Hamilton. the coach and MIR Wren.
the referee. accompanied the team and
had their expenses paid. Professor
Crabh uf the department of music 81
the plninyicw High School at the time.
and now In business In Plninvicw. a.
companicd the team. hut he paid his
own way % come along L. root for the
team. The Amarillo management has
been hoping and h still hoping 10 have
the affidavit forwarded. Amarillo door
not want any more from PlainNi"w
than plainvicw got here last year. an
II Amarillo paid the expenses of only
Fifteen persons. the management -
the Amarillo football team IL due IN"
management ~ the plninyicw team m
apology. II the rlainvlcw team did -
cciyc expenses for seventeen, the m'a'
ngement ~ the plainyicw team II un'
der obligations 10 the Amarillo High
School team.
Asked for No List.
We did not ask plainvicw To submit
n list of officials for us Ia choose from.
hut simply asked them Ia bring "a ret
cree who was up ON the game and who
was fair Neither did the Amarill1l
team this year insist on any one man,
but submitted list 81 five or six. any
al whom would be- acceptable Ia the
Amarillo team. The Amarillo team, IN
writing for game with the Plainvicw
team simply said that the terms given
Plainyicw last year would be expected
October H.. letter was written To the
plainview coach and 60 the princ!p'l
uf the Plainvicw High School trying toI
get the game transferred To Amnfil'o
for Armisticc Day. In this letter inc
abatement was made that Amarillo pail
tho lta. Il
fore. would do Il again and allow Plain
view High To have the referee. AMI
thnt Amarillo would receive expense,
for fifteen players. a coach and re-
cree II they played In plainvicw. III
the terms were unjust and uurchsonn'
bile. why did not Plainvicw protest
thon9 plnlnvicw answered that thrr
wanted the game In Plainvicw as schcd'
ulcd. ON the 10th ~ October another
letter was written asking for deiinltc
statement about terms. Upon rccc'N
ing an unsatisfactory reply, the Anna
rillo manager wrote the PlninNloW
ronch ON the s2nd II October that ~"
Amarillo team would not play In Plain
view In November. The rlainVicw
answered this letter on the
GARD of October and said that he hoped
The game would be- played and that "
il were not. II would Ice forfeited.
The Farwcll Game.
Amarillo then offered Fnrwcn n gii'
November 6. hut not until PlalnNl"w
had been notified on the END INV
Amarillo would not play Plninyi"w No
vcmhcr 6 Last spring the IlainNlrW
High School hnschnll team defeated IN"
,Nes, T,Xns state Normal College base
hall team In plainvicw, 10 To y, WIN
plpinyicw officials The Normal team
aid they would hc satisfied with Plnin'
Wow officials. when the PlainNicw
cam went to Canyon. they dcmandrh
n Plainyicw official along with the
canyon official: and upon not hcins
this thoy refused To plnV'
High won from Canyon, W
IN Amarillo. with Amarillo Officials
mi lost In Canyon with Canyon ON
,ials. Draw YOUR own conclusions why
4 n talked around that Abilene askci
-,r Amarillo officials In the Ahilcn'
I,lnInyicw game last Thanksgiving'
rns promised them. and couldn't get
hem? - H..
manly young men: and the Amatul'
nlnycra have no illwill toward thcW'
Amarillo may have the wrong imprcs'
.ion. or may hc Just M guilty ms ram
view. The Amarillo team, mhhnsvI
md wcIl.wishcrs of the team have often
,ccn guilty of making mistakes. When
.bc Farwcll team was here. some per
SONS challenged the eligibility 81 ono .,
H., Fnrw,li PLAYERS after the Fnrwcu
.upcrlntcndcnt had offered y ccrtiiica', |
~ ciirihllitv. and had further s'niri II
,b,, ,o the host of his knowledge ana
belief the player was eligible TN
,r,nclpel ~ the Amarillo High School