Milford chronicle., 1923-07-13
ACTION OF BASEBALL
DIRECTORS APPROVED

cisms of the actions of Mr.. Walter
Miller, vice president of the League
and Mr.. Rue, of Parksley.,
President Powders, following the
talks of DR.. Grier and Mr.. Hearn, told
the stockholders that Immediately fol-
lowing their return from Crisfield a
meeting of the Board of Directors of
the Milford Club had been called, and
that the directors had voted unani-
mOusly to quit the league Immediately
following the Dover games on July
4th. This was done.
A vote was then taken to learn the
attitude of the stockholders and the
vote was unanimous to sustain the di-
rectors in their action.
Following this vote announcement
was made to the meeting by John Nc
Closkey, former manager of the Mil
ford team, that he had been in Sails
bury on Monday afternoon in confer
ence with Mr.. Miller and others and
that it was his opinion that Milford
would be reinstated if they would be
willing to take a fifty-fifty basis for
returning back. In other words they
might possibly be reinstated on a
basis of fourteen games won, and four
teen games lost. Manager McCloskey
was not representing the Milford club
when he went to Salisbury, and any
thing that he may have said or done
was without the sanction or knoWl-
edge of the Milford Club management.
Manager McCloskey furthermore said
that meeting would be held in Laur-
ell on Wednesday at which time the
Milford situation would be more fully
discussed. He said that it was desired
that Milford be represented. To this
proposal the meeting turned a 6eaf
ear. The stand taken was that as Mil
ford was not now member Of the
Eastern Shore League, and that Mil
ford had made no application for re-
instatement the team is not interested
in any discussion that might arise
the placing Of it's old fran
chise.
Another phase of the situation which
came in for much criticism at Monday
nights meeting was the playing of the
free Lance" team, formerly the Mil
ford team, in Milford with Parksley
last Saturday. This was termed an in
suit to the people Of Milford. The peo-
pie of Milford have no objection to the
of the team by the Eastern
Shore League, if they so desire; but
they do object-and that strenuously
to the playing of the team with the |
inference that Milford is again back
IN the game; thus indirectly saying to
The public at large that Milford has |
swallowed the dose and is again play |
ing ball in the Eastern Shore League.
Such is not the case, and it can be
said on the best of authority that Mil
ford will not be represented on the |
of the circuit again this year
unless all games stolen from her are
restored. Senator I. D. Short, who
las offered to pay any reasonable fine
hat might be assessed against the
club, and who is much interested in
seeing Milford again in the league,
says that under no conditions would
ne aid in financing the club until the
games are first restored. Milford has
aiken her action-and is not now a
Of the league; she has made
10 effort to again regain her fran
,hise; and if she ever does become
member of the league it will be
through the efforts of the League
and a more concillitory atti-
ude on their part than they have as
umed to date. That was the concen-
us of the meeting Monday night, and
was unanimous.