The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-21
RECREATIONS GET BREAK IN GAME
 SCHEDULESQUAWK
Melvin Statement Presents Request for Fair Deal
 From League

from start to finish, Manager Har- " Melvin of the Sacred Heart base- ball team, defending City Amateur League champions, presented a statement to the writer this morn ing which expresses his views in regard to the challange of Tom Purcell, manager of the Washing ton Hills, with whom the Hearts are tied for the leadership of the loop and also of the unfair treat ment alleged to have been given his team by President George Casey of the City Amateur League.
 Recs Should Play
 The Recreations, league entry scheduled to play the Hearts on September 1st have refused to play because of game booked at Sing Sing prison. Melvin insists that if fairness is the objective of the league officials, the Recs should be required to cancel their Sing Sing game and play as scheduled, not meeting the Hearts before or after the regularly scheduled game which the Hearts,ar prepared to playsat Hamilton Park.
 The Melvin statement Is self-ex- planatory and reads as follows:
 August 21.
 To the Sports Editor of The Democrat:
 The Sacred Heart Baseball Team does NOT want to be brought into u newspaper controversy with any rival ball team, but after reading the published statements of the Washington Hill manager. 1t would only be failure to explain to the public the Sacred Heart side of the story.
 The Sacred Hearts are to play the Thomas Club, August 25th, ac- cording to the schedule made out at the start of the season, and have postponed game to play with the Recreation A. C.
 The rules of the League state that all postponed games shall be- played at the end of the series ins which they are scheduled. This rule would make us play the Recreation A. c. the following Sunday, Sept. i. The management of the Recreation A. c. has booked a game for Sept. l, at Sing Sing, N. Y. and has told the president of the League that he was going to play at Sing, Sing, and under no circumstances would he play at Hamilton Park on the Sunday on which he is supposed to play Sacred Heart. In other words he would forfeit to the Sacred Hearts and go through with his scheduled game at Sing, Sing.
 In a'misguided sense of fairness, Pres. Casey, then decided that in all fairness to the League the Sac red Hearts should play this post poned game to suit the plans of the Recreation Management, and order- ed us to play Thursday night.
 We are in a tight race for the pennant and do not wish to play any games at twilight. Instead of trying to make the Hearts play the Recreations at night, would it not be more fair to ask the Recreation management to cancel its scheduled game at Sing, Sing and play the Sacred Hearts at Hamilton Park?
 Brooklyn?
 Pres. George Casey stated that we would not have time to com- plete our schedule of two games and if tied, a play off game, but later suggested that we play the Washington Hills two out of three games for the title. This makes us scheduled to play three games, just as the City League schedule now calls for, providing either the Washington Hills or Sacred Hearts win their two remaining games. It looks very much as if the Wash- ington Hills were ducking the Brooklyn A. C. game.
 Another angle which the Wash- ington Hill management argues Is the fact that their two star pitchers work for Am. Brass and as the Am. Brass and Chase are scheduled to play for the Industrial League Championship on Saturday, one of his pitchers will be used and that would be unfair to his team to have to play without the use of both his pitchers. Last year the Sacred Hearts had the same situation to face in regard to Speed" Conway pitching for Chase Co.,-the day before they played for the Cham pionship. but we went through with what we had without "welshing." The Washington Hill manage ment would like the Sacred Hearts to play for a. side bet of $500.00 hope that the Washington Hills will bet this at even money. instead of holding out for odds of to or at best 5 to 3, which odds they ask- ed for in the last game. Manager Purcell Is not very con- sistent when he states in one breath, that the Sacred Hearts are looking for the pionship with out having to play for 1t, and in tho next breath says we wil prob ably get beat next Sunday by the Thomas club. He also states that he will win his next two ball games as he has a fighting ball team. I will grant him that he has a fight. ing ball team, they cannot even stay out of the bleechers, and two umpires can also vouch for the fighting qualities of the Hills. The reason for this statement is to inform the public that the Sacs red Hearts are not looking for any- thing in the line of favortism, but just that they want q fair deal. Reverse the Hills side of the areu- ment and I wonder how much the Hills would give us.
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