Bisbee daily review., 1921-11-27

;faJ VIII Slanu Ine test OF lCCtDall
rules or good spOrtsmanship. in be-
half OF the actions of the Douglas
coach. He was clearly outside the
rules I'm his actions which both the
public and the referee are bound 10
follow.
The charge that the head timekeep-
er, George Il. >Winfrey called the
camel the final quarter % seconds
before tine should nave been called.
is laughable in view of the actual &C.
currence and the knOWn integrity OF
Winfrey. Howard Ames, OF Douglas,
was the other timekeeper. Winfrey
and Ames adjusted their watches to
agree to the second During the laSt
quarter both timekeepers, at about
the time Douglas made a long for
ward pass. conferred and agreed that
there was four minutes We, to play.
it was then 4:55 o'clock. \ few sec
ords later, Referee Thomas blew his
whistle for time, on account OF the
inability OF the Douglas team ~ nea-'
signals. Immediately, however, he
whistled and Ames, according to Win
frey remarked that mo time wac
cut" At 4:59 Winfrey noted the
time and allowed five seconds to
elapse He whistled and before
Thomas called the game he noted
the arms of Winfrey and .Ames in
the air, signaling the enc OF the
game.
According to Winfrey, Ames shook
hands with him, expressing himself
as satisfied with the arrangement and
their work during the afternoon. This
action was witnessed by Cleon
Knapp, Bisbee attorney. Winfrey's
craftsmanship is unchallenged. He
is asked upon practically every oc-
casion to officiete in some capacity
at sporting contests. His fairness is
the last thing anyone who IS &c
quainted with him would question. If
anything, Winfrey would give the best
CT a decision to a team representing
other than his own, personal prefer
ences. This is what he did do in
lowing five seconds to elapse after
the game, could, and should, have
been properly called.
Coach Starts Trouble
The Douglas coach, following tire
game. again stirred things up when,
| accompanied by another man an
three boys, he drove up to Reds
Service Station in Lowell Thomas,
the referee. was standing in front OF
the establishment and started 10 Ja
70 the coach. He was met with abuse.
He was comparatively near the car
and the Douglas man struck him.
Thomas retaliatcd, hitting the Doug
las coach twice. In the meantime,
the companion of the DOUGLAS coacl
jumped upon Thomas and
companion. Doug Logan. pulled hin
eff and warned him to keep cut of II
row. The Douglas man remained y"
| the car, refusing 10 get out. He
threatened dire reprisals and rode
west on the main street of Lowell.
returning later and continuing east
|. on the highway.
Still later in the evening Thomas
went to the Y. NJ. c. A. where the
Douglas team was cleaning up, prep
atory to going to the high school
Where an entertainment, has been pro
vided by the Bisbee students. Y
| talked with the Douglas players, who
| claimed they had been unjustlv handl
| ed No one, according to Thomas,
could point out where injustice ="
| been their lot. Thomas left the Y
| NJ. C.. A. and made his way to Main
street On his way he was accosted
| by quite a number of the Douglas
| students who declared their intention
! of fighting. Thomas expressed him
self as being willing. The Douglas
| crowd, however. did not desire to
fight singly and dispersed in short
| time.
In one account of the game, 1nom'
as driving in the late automobile
! race, during the Douglas fair. was
| commented upon. During the races
| at the fair" said the Douglas Inter
| national, Thompson (the name was
misspelled throughout the article) is
| said to have been the driver in the
| Chevrolet which crowded the corners
/ ard is alleged to have violated track
| etiquette in crowding other cars"
I Thomas, in the race, led for 81
| miles, or until he was forced out OF
| the race by tire trouble. He was
| the only Bisbee entry out of nine on
| the track. He was told by an attend
ant in the Jackson Garage, in Douglas
| before the race that he should be
| careful as the Douglas drivers ha'
| pooled their interests and would Dock
| ct him if that were possible. This
was corroborated by a Bisbee man
who was talking TO another garage
| man, during. the race. In this in
stance, the Douglas man, thinking the
f, men to whom he was talking was
from Douglas, pointed out that mum
Der five. two laps behind Thomas
car was endeavoring to pocket and
dust" the Bisbee driver.
| Thomas's Reputation Al
| So far as Thomas is concerned
the people of Bisbee are convinced
! that he was conscientious, honest am
| aboveboard in his decisions and ac
| tions during the Douglas-Bisbee game
\ He is no newcomer. He has been
an ardent participant in and an ad
vocate of clean sports for years.
That Douglas received all of the
4 penalties in the game, is no grounds
On which to attack their validity. II
the matter of penalties for off-sidt
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