The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-08-03
BASE BALL
RISING SUN BASE BALL CLUB
WITHDRAWS FROM SUSQUE-
HANNA LEAGuE

HANNA LEAGUE
The management Of the Rising Sun
Club does not wish to enter into any
newspaper battles or controversies
whatever, but they do wish to take
this opportunity to give the public
! at large a word of explanation as to
some of the erratical, unjust and un-
true statements that have been fired
to an the surrounding papers by
some wies BIRD. In most instances,
it has been made to appear that Ris-
ing Sun tried to pull something over
on the League officers and directors
and violated the rules in doing so;
how President A. j.. Jewell repri-
n1anded the club, fined the Rising
Sun Club $25 and forfeited the ball
game in which Hasson, who has been
playing the position of catcher with
the Rising Sun, to Perryville and
suspended Hasson. Naturally, this
reads very good on Mr.. JEWELS part,
to any one who does not know the
facts Of the case, but we all know
that circumstances alter cases and
there are two sides to every story.
On Saturday, July 7th, Catcher
Charles Hasson stated that Hagers-
town Club of the Blue Ridge League
wanted him to help them out, and at
once and before other persons pres
ent Manager Biles called President
Jewell on the telephone, stating the
case, and Mr.. Jewell made this re-
ply: Providing Hasson shows his
release he will be perfectly eligible
to play with the Rising Sun Club af-
ter returning from Hagerstown."
Hasson signed with Hagerstown ON
July 9th and was Internationally re-
leased by that, club on July 18th,
1928, and upon a sworn statement
from Hasson and the manager Of the
Hagerstown's Club, he was under no !
orders whatsoever to report back.
The release was presented to and
read by Umpire Mercer and Manager
Williams of the Perryville Club and
players of both Rising Sun and Per-
ryville before the game started.
On Monday, July 18th, 1928, Has
SON received another wire from Hag-
erstown, stating their catcher from
the International League had failed
to show up and made such induce
ments that he went and signed an
other contract on July 18th, and is
now with that club indefinitely.
After this President Jewell took
authority in his own hands, forfeit
ing the game to Perryville, fined the
Rising Sun Club $25, suspended Has
son; also tried to claim two other
players ineligible and wrote one Of
the most insulting letters, all with
out cause, basing everything upon
his own judgment,
AT the meeting of the Directors
of the Rising Sun Club, the officers
We're appointed to wait on Mr.. Jew
ell. They were Mr.. C. IT. Dare, L. C.
Tosh, w. L. Patton and T. r. Biles.
This committee called on Mr.. Jewell
at his home in Havre de Grace. He
promised to call league meeting of
all the league managers, captains,
and officers; also he would mail no.
tlces OF the meeting at once, the
meeting to be held in the Masonic
Hall in Havre de Grace, Wednesday
evening, July 25th, 1928, at eight
O'Clock; but as yet none of the Clubs
have been notified of the meeting.
After hearing that the Rising Sun
Clubs had all of the credentials
ready to lay before the meeting and
that a majority of the Clubs wished
to know the facts in the case, Pres.
Jewell suddenly changed his mind,
writing Manager Biles that there
seemed to be some disinclination ON
the part of some. of the managers,
whom he had talked with at d picnic
on Saturday morning and he then
refused to even call a meeting.
After much consideration and
knowing that the Rising Sun Club
had gone perfectly straight on the
matter, it was voted unanimously by
the directors, players and fans to
withdraw from the Susquehanna
League, and a written resignation
was mailed to President Jewell, on
Friday, July 9th, which he received
at T. M. OF the same day. The
resignation was registered and a re-
ceipt demanded.
League base ball is the only kind
OF ball in this community, as it keeps
the spirit at high pitch at all
times; both players and fans, but
under such absurd ruling and some
OF the most ridiculous tactics that
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