Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-13
PARKS|DE'S CLAIM
IS NOT ALLOWED
Arbitration Board Refuses to En-
tertain Claim Over Parksidc-
Defiance Game on Saturday.

The Arbitration Board of the ALI
Wilmington League refused to entertain
the protest of the Parkside Baseball Club
against the Detinace team at the special
meeting called last night by President
Walsh, After hearing the testimony the
board made unanimous decision that
Parkside did not have sufficient grounds
on which TO base their protest and allow
ed the game to stand with the forfeited
score of 90 in favor of the Defiance team
The arbitration board was composed
of Alex stirlith as chairman, former
manager of the Wilmington A. A. team;
Pete Cassidy, former Pilot of the Will
mngton Tri-State team and International
League player, and William Day, for
mer Detroit American League player
The Parkside Club was represented
by Manager John Brady, Assistant Mana
yer William Lewis md Russell Smith,
while Defiance was represented by Mana
ger McDonough, Assistant Manager
Shields and Captain Robbins
Manager Brady, If the champions,
was the first to testify ald he started his
attack on Williams, the umpire who
oIliciated, claiming that the umpire
after calling ball hit by Glenn, n De
fiance player, double, reversed his
decision after Assistant Manager Shields
ran out on the field and shouted to the
umpire that the ball was good for home
run. Williams denied Bradv's assertion.
Manager McDonough told the board
that he attempted to clear the field Of the
enraged spectators but that il was inn
possible Brady and his partners said
that only q feeble attempt was made 20
clear the field and that Williams, the
fat 1n1 t. ,r,.. l..
lowanCe in order to come back on the
field to finish the game The decision Of
the board was evidently based on the
point that the Parkside PLAYERS were
not in their positions when the protest
was made TO the umpire was made by
Captain Smith Of that club
II was rumored that parkside would
drop from the league but Manager Brady
said that his team will stick and expect
to give Eleventh Ward good game on
Saturday. Brady was handled the Park
side team IN a creditable manner the
past few seasons and 10 lose game by
forfeit after winning thirty two consec
utive games Is disappointment.
pARBsIDE's sTATMENT.
To the Sporting Editor
Sir Permit me few lines In your
salna9le paper . :" ~ make .so , statement
on the protest parkside tried
% make on the game played a, Third
and Adams streets last Saturday he
tween parlside and Defiance
The board was composed Of Messrs
stirlith, Cassidy and Day To. the for
but 10 The latter We must adm, thai
he is not much of snort for by his
own statement he admitted that he saw
he therefore must have formed an opin
ION before this meeting was held, but
he was not sport enough 70 admit this
serve on the sss9 board President resi- '' walsh
informed the Parkside management that
al the men that would serve on the
the game Further Mr. Dav
testified before the board, and according |
to any fair minded man this was surely |
The board based their decision On the |
TACT that Parkside players we're not IN |
,Relr ,R', positions 81 any time Umpire |
ns testified that the majority Of the /
Park side players were in their positions |
inFins tha ss,a, he arg9imsnt i The board heard
stated that they refused to recoanIse |
The protest for the reason that none |
hs Psrssds h ra1Eer' oT,dn IN ths
Umpire Williams testified that Park |
sides players were in their positions a |
meeting, and II was found that. secre- |
tary Abrams sporting writer Of the /
star, who made such a fine statement |
1f the game in last Sundays star. was /
aot on the job and had failed 20 set |
inc word of evidence the matter. /
Some secretary.
OF course there was nothing for the /
,oard t9 do but cali Tor further evi. |
fence but before anyone else could |
arbitration board stated thai the Park |
side players were not in their posi- |
ions
We therefore claim that there was |
nothing neutral about the board. as Mr. |
Day, who must have formed opiu> |
on. necessarily swayed the board he |
ng the only one allowed 20 talk sr- |
'ept Umpire Williams who saw he was |
n the wrong and reversed his testimony
No one was sworn in
We claim that this was surely unfair |
. parkside were not allowed TO /
live as testimony any of the nautral |
witnesses that had offered their serv- |
ces TO see that Justice was done
We offer to pay the entire expenses |
4 neutral board of arbitration from |
he philadelphia papers TO decide this
question and II they render n decision |
gainst us we will feel that we have |
lad justice. We claim there was no /
lsvine on the board man who wit |
lessed the game and formed an opinion |
,rior TO the meeting and In the fact |
hat no witnesses outside the managers |
md captains of the two respective |
cams and the umpire were allowed TO |
estify
Thanking you for your valuable space |
We remain
PARKSIDE A c.