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CUNTON-NEWBERRY BALL CONTROVERSY Replies and Counter Re plies About Row. DIFFERING VERSIONS. Newberrj College Professors Keplj to Advertiser Correspondent's Story, iiml Replj Thereto. ?\s the readers of The Advertiser LUOW. there appeared ait article in Last week's issue, written by th1* tv lintoa correspondent, relative to the baseball row at Clinton on Monday, May 8t*d. between some parties both ol Clinton and Newberry, on the oc casion ot' the Clinton.Newberry base b! 'I game. The special to The A.l vet'tlser was the only newspaper story about this squabble, the college uu t . irltles having agreed to keep it out ol 'he paiiers; unfortunately for them. thoy overlooked the tact that The Ad ve User has one of the he.-t corres pondents in the State at Clinton ? hence the story. The Newberry college authorities were of course surprised to see the Story of the row; ami they do not agree with the version Riven by The Advertiser correspondent. In fair n?- ? to both sides, this paper repro du "S below, the story from the New he y Observer and the signed state ment by (he two Newberry professors v.v i wer.' present at the how-noted ga.v.e. Following this statement is a -ply by The Advertiser's Clinton Co ??spondent. Kroin Newberry Observer. '' e Newberry college team went to Clinton on Monday to play the Presbyterian college team. it was known that there was no love lost between the two team because of lit tle spats they had hail at previous games. The Clinton boys were in a rather bad humor when they played here last, when Newberry beat them the second time. Hut it was not tho 4lit that any serious ( lash would 0C0U ?. .'? ? Monday's game the Newherrlans proved the better players. a> hereto fore Some of the Clinton rooters ma themselves very offensive. The fa'- hat Newberry was ahead worried the . dreadfully. So when one of tiie Newberry runners, without in ten ng to do so. (ripped a Clinto nlavi the thing broke loose and fot sor. ?? time it was a regular scrap nmc g the players ami llteir friends. Of our.-e the Newherrlans were grea'ly otitnumbered They bore the; selves with dignity ami manli ness, but did not push on the dllll oul: acting rather on the defensive. The Clinton poliee took a hand and av-.'-ted several of the Newherrlans. Tin- next morning the mayor lined thr???? of the Newherrlans $10 apiece and : wo Clintoninns the same. T! e Newberry team and their frlc Is were, ami are. Indignant over the tealnient they received, and it Is <: ite safe to say that there will he no lore games bet Ween Newberry and 'Hilton until there is some new Way of playing the game V eil the row that broke up the game occurred (here had been six Inni gs played, and Newberry was nine to Clinton's seven: bul the um pire. Charging thai Newberry was re sponsible for Ihe break-Up. gave the gam-1 to Clinton. The Newberry team have appealed to ihe slate executive COJIV. ittee. A Replj In Tun ol the NewliClTJ I-'ac idly Who Were K>c Witnesses, We do not know the author of Ihe nbo\-\ (referring to The Advertiser's Mor. of last w eek i but is is so fill! of n fsstnlenieiits that it make- a reply |ni 1 alive. In Ihe flrsl plate, if there was . h,v "trouble brewing", it was cer tainly not being "brewed" by the Newberry team: it would be unrea sonable for a team 10 try to Stir UP trouble when away from home, an! especially on h field where, as (he :?;,'?? states, (here had le'.-n diftl cul'i'?? 111 former game- caused, it nif?y be snid. in every Instance by outsiders, and Hot b.i' the players Tho fact is ihat tin- Newberry lealh ijnd. and still have, or.iv ihe most eOldlai feelings fot" llie i* C Ol $. c. As to the umpire, we ! ? ?]?>??:,-? thr' , |-A a very excellent 111 a n an! tried to (ho I est I ?? COttld Utah " 111" die'.uns ta me.-.; but h" wa? clearly Ig norant of the rules of the game an 1 altogether lucfllelent as an umpire We do not claim that he was partial to . ithcr team, however. A.- to Clinton's Shortstop being "kil?ckod down ami crippled" by New berry's first baseman, tho statement l, absolutely Incorrect, in field Ins a hall, the third baseman threw a wild to first. The first baseman backed out in pdidenvoriag to gei tho ball, when he was run into by tin base runner. The ban > runner i on tinned on to second base, when it WS9 discovered that he was bun. The remarkable thing is that the runner, and "..ot the man he ran Iht?, WftS IB jured?due possibly to the fact that ins knee was already lu bad shape. Everyone regrets, of course, that he | was hurt, bat it was purely aa acci- | dent: the CllntOtl team themselves would llOt claim that he was "delib erately and wilfully tripped". When the Clinton couch?whom the umpire should have kept upon the bench In accordance with the rules? "wild with auger"?"rushed towards Newberry's first baseman", accusing him of playing "dirty ball", of course the first baseman took steps to defend himself, as any man naturally would, since the umpire showed UO.dlsposI tiotl to protect him. As to the difficulty precipitated b>" l.. 1!. Dlllard?Who had been an irritating cause of unpleasantness throughout the whole game- the facts are these: The game had been re newed, ami everything was going on smoothly, when lie came across ? from the Clinton bench ?til violation of the rules, and after having been request ed to remain away?to the Newberry's players' bench, on which were sitting the New berry coach and tue faculty representative. in a moment. Dll lard, Who had a broom in his hand, began to vilely curse Mr. Boozer, Newberry's coach, snylng among other tilings, that he was "going to maul hell out of him". Mr. Boozer got up and started towards him; Dlllard stepped back a couple of steps, ami struck Mr. Boozer on the head with the broom; anil then the riot begun. If the New berry players engaged In it. they had to do it in self-defense, as neither the police nor the umpire showed any disposi tion to protect them. As to the as persiou which the article endeavors lo cast upon Mr. Boozer, depleting him as a regular rowdy, no outs who knows him will believe tlieill, for there Is nowhere a more genial or better disposed young man than "Tench" Booster. The statement that Mr. Booster "forced Ills team 10 leave the field" is untrue. lie told the umpire thai he was ready lo play as soon as the umpire should clear the Held, in spite of our own advice, under the circum stances, to discontinue the name. That in- was entirely rlghl in doing this i.- show n by rule ', ,' in "Spatlld inu's tluitte": "Kuh- 77. Every (dub shall furnish sufficient police fore- to preserve or der Upon it> own grounds, an.! in the event ot' a crowd entering the field during the progress of a game, and , interfering with the play in any man ner .the visiting cluli may refuse to play until the held be cleared. If the j Held he noi cleared in la minutes thereafter. I he visiting club may claim ami shall he entitled to the I game by a score of nine runs to none i no matter what number of in nings has been played"!. The umpire seems to have been en lirely ignorant of (his rule, for he failed to c lear the field of spectators; there are good men spectators of (he name who will make affidavit that they themselves remained on the dia mond during all this lime until the President Spencer "stated after the name that the Newberry team would not play again on Ibis diamond", fur ther remarks thai "doubtless the fac ulty of Newberry college will be hu mlliaied and ashamed of their team's course and endorse this proposed ac tion of the Presbyterian faculty". The undersigned, who are members of the Newberry college faculty, have only the highest regard for Prof. Spencer. however much we regret that he should have uttered the above sentiment, especially for publication: yet we do not hesitale to say thai we are not ??humiliated and ashamed" in the least because of the action of our team: for. as much as we regret the unfortunate occurrence, we are confident that the Newberry teatfi was not to blame for it. or course we do not question the right of the Pres byterian facility to del.'inline what games ShUll be played on (hell* dia mond. .ii o. c. Cioggnns. ,Ii'< C. W. Hi.-er. Krout lil?pril?orN ('orre.Hpontleiiti \ lli plv In N e o hcrrv'n Pill'lilt J Hcprc? seilt.itivev, CHiib u. May 1" The question of tile ntithoi'ship of the Clinton story i ? ? ? trusted by that |?ii|. svhd is willing to slick b.V all of ii i SCept t wo or three alight errors hid rjnositbued by iraivH the I browing of tin* rule hook into the Infield by Mr. Boozer. One Of !!.?? Clinton nmn ftiil'l >d 10 it but Mr. Poc./er removed it The error was not an Intentional jhlsstntemeht, and Is cheerfully correct id. The second Is as to the number of par ticipants actually in the light, There w. :<> exactly live men arrested. The stdry said about a dozen. Then it was Mated thai the game was played through the first half of (he seventh Inning. I' seems that thai Was a mistake, it was at the beginning of the second half of the seventh Inning other misstateuient was Involved In the use of the word "fumbled" In re gard to a ball seat from third to first base. "Missed' is hereby sub stituted as colorless and inoffensive. 11* certainly did not exactly "fum ble" ihe bail. An error in last- the correspondent admits having made in quoting a re mark of Prof. Spencer's?with tut bis permission. It Is a puzzle in Clinton just why Prof. Spencer felt called upon 10 be so careful of the reputa tion of .Newberry college. People in Clinton feared that his silence would be construed us it has been that is. as holding Newberry free of blame. This correspondent was thunder struck ot\ learning that Prof. Spencer hail entered into an agreement lo keep the story quiet. This corre spondent has never discussed the game with Prof. Spencer .and quoted his remark from several who did hear It. No ".statement" was attributed to him. It Is not denied that he said what he was reported to have said. Dot the gentlemen from Newberry were corret t in inferring that it was not saitl for publication. It develops that ihe members of the faculty from Newberry ami some of the members of the faculty bete agreed to keep the affair out of the papers, if possible, out of a conviction thai "it would do neither college any good." The rep resentative of The Advertises was not asked to come into this ngreement. through an oversight, and knew nothing of it: and with the newspa per man's instinct of loyalty to the paper employing him ami recognition of a good story sent it in. It is but fair tt> say that in any event this cor respondent's '.tew of the duty of a correspondent to his paper would have necessitated the sending of ihe story. This is merely by way of explanation of the exceedingly lonely position of The Advertiser. This correspondent feels warranted in say. lug that the article so severely de nounced by the gentlemen from New berry is warmly endorsed in Clinton by men of the highest integrity ami good Judgment. As distasteful as a newspaper con troversy is there are times when to shun it is cowardly, and especially in the face ot stich accusations as the gentlemen from Newberry bring against this correspondent. The Newberry men say that if any trouble was brewing they knew noth ing of it. It is singular that a man front Newberry went to ihe mayor of Clinton before the game and warned him that there would he trouble, and suggested lo him that he make spe cial police arrangements. Acting on this suggestion the mayor asked chief of Pollen Reed to go to the game as well as the usual man de tailed for that duty. Mr. Tom Holland. Mr. Hall staled that he had no desire lo enter into any difficulty, but in reply to a pointed (piestion he said that only by great self-control had he refrained from punishing some of the Newberry men for their disrespect to him. in the second paragraph of their reply they practically coll.te all that was said of Ihe umpire, thill he was fair and careful. As to the um pire's "clear Ignorance of the game." This ignorance was not (dear to the reporter HOI" lo the general crowd of spectators. Prof. Hall umpired sev eral games and this was the flrsi se rious Criticism brought against him He was exceedingly careful, as The Advertiser story Indicated. On every kick he cited the rule boo'.;. it took hint seine time to make his (Rations (dear to the kickers Several times. and even a man familiar with the rules can liol always Clio them pane, article, and line from memory. Prof. Hall once played on the Wofford team ami since then has kept up Ills inter est in base ball ami has kept posted on changes in rules. However, he is not a professional umpire, has not the rule book at his finger-ends, and does not claim to bo and Was not represented to be a brilliant to- quick umpire. Prof, floggans and Prof. Riser say that ihey consider that Ihe umpire was md "partial t *? either side." That is generally considered a saving attribute of an umpire, If he had nihil contrary to tic rubs if the game Newberry bad ti e rigid of protest and of carry Ina tin? matter to ihe association; if lie did follow \ i ? i ? it Will 1 ? Interesting to get the names <e' (be "trood men, speednlors," who remain -d ? i the field in disobe dience to the umpire's lim ructions. This correspondent was uhder (he Impression that the field was cleared e\cep' f?l' N ?Cte ry player., and the Newbei'ry players and a few of (heir tMc.T>-i gathered a: third base and refused to leave the ground. In stead of being Ignorant of the rule;: in stt. a a case he was watchful on uc* our.! of that ruhv He will testi fy before the association, if necessary. ".?at 'hey had to right to claim the game by rule 77 or any other rule in "?pauldlag'? cuide." As 10 the ftf* teen minutes' notice, the Newberry team .should refer to rule book, and decide what they have to .s;?y about waitlug half aa hour after a kirk in the first inning before resuming the game. Tue umpire would ba\e been fully warranted then in calling the game In favor of Clinton, but out of consideration tor the visiting team this breach of rules on their part was overlooked. The umpire considered the game a collie game, not a tech. nlcal professional game, and felt justified in showing Xewberrj this consideration. Whether they gave the umpire notice of their intention to quit if tin- Held were not cleared and then waited fifteen minutes ac cording to rule 77 of "Spaulding's Guide" Is up to them to prove. It Is doubtful whether the Held was block ed as long as fifteen minutes a Uoget h As 'o Mr. M.Culcheou's being knocked down and tripped at first. This correspondent personally be lieved that lie was wilfully and ma liciously tripped. So did the vast majority of the spectators believe. But the endeavor was made t<> word the report carefully, because this re porter does not claim to be aide to read a man's mind ami the occur rence was of such a nature that no body hat Mr. Itlack will ever really know whether it was accidental or not As to the statement that he was "knocked ?Iowa and crippled" being absolutely false, that is some what dependent on t'ae const . net ion placed on the language. The inten tion was to so word it as to avoid (he bald statement that the first base man meant to throw Mr. McC'utcheon hut to make i< plain that the crowd thought i.e did. it is certainly in questionable taste to pronounce any Statement absolutely false which Is hound from the nhlure of the case to be a matt ?r of Individual judgment, it Is Indeed n high compliment to Mr. Black that his professors believe in him in the face of such < Ircumstauces. People here fell a tight to doubt. This correspondent sticks by the statement.. Mr. Black did knock Mr. McC'utcheon down ami crippled him. whether accidentally or not was j not stated as fuel but as suriui.-e in the report. This reporter carefully avoided making a statement to that effect because Mr. Black's statement I although of course accepted by the ; umpire, had rot gone with ubo crowd. it Is indeed "remarkable that the runner and not the baseman was hurt." and that remarkable fact hail much to i'o with (lie Judgment Of the crowd. llOWeVer this i.- (on ced'-d to he beyond argument. As to absolute truth or falsity in the matter only Mr. Black knows it. The umpire took his word for it He was arrested for attempting lo at tack Mr. suttles, not for Injuring Mr. McCutcheon. As to the umpire's protecting Mr. Black from Mr. Suttles. Vceording to by-standers Mr. Black advanced from his base toward Mr. Suttles. cursed him. and was on the point of striking him when Mr. I. B Billard separated them. Mr. Suttles I had perhaps provoked the attack and certainly lost his temper. Possibly, if the conditions had been reversed, the N'ewberr.V coach would have been SUre it was an accident and sat still, it certainly looked ns if the umpire ii.led lo protect Mr. Suttles against . Mr Black. That c.-i'ainly seems clear from (In- fact thai Mr. Black Was put under arrest. The Xe wherry I gentlemen would do well lo go slowly in Insinuating that the hiTest was made unjustly. Clinton Is much prouder of her record for Integrity than any other thing. No on.' can reflect on that with Impunity. Mr. I Hall could not be in two places at once ami he went Immediately to Mr. McCutcheon at second when lo- fell, ; Will it be ii.uii.-d thai he did his duty in that'.' There was a dense crowd about Mr. McCutcheon and the umpire 'was with him in the thick of it No appeal was made lo the umpire in the Suttles-lllack scrap, and he did not even know of the particulars of it until the gmne was over. SieCulch ?on was severely hurt an! lev on the ground for SO lue time before l?r. Bill ley had him removed. As soon as ? ? ti tire from Clini ??. dOoii not mfi I n ".o ... in. he v. id!;. 1 o o 17a to P ? koitVe of a c v: -in voting lady. la a few minutes a livery turnout drove up to the Cotton' Seed on inlll out Cast Main to.ik N||\ P. up. t ad wa-. driven out toward Gold ville. That w..s :'.!>? 'a-i . e -a Of aim In this town?so far. Was he afraid of that trial? Does he dare to think the town of Clinton would not have given him ;? fair trial? .Mr. DU I a id separated Black, New berry's first baseman, and Coach sm iles of the Presbyterian team when they were about to light. Bystanders say that Clack bad his list drawn ami would doubtless have struek had it not been tor Mr. 1)11 la I'd. Ills own statement Is that he rushed be tween IheUI and was present when Black was placed under arrest. Af ter that In- returned to the side lines and fixed his attention on the game. During the game he and Prof. Kiser had carried ou a friendly exchange oi remarks about the different plays. Prof. Kiser now (ailed to Mr. IMIIard thai the attest of Black was a dirty piece of work, that he had not inten tionally caused McCutcheon's fall. Mr. Dlllai'd went over to where ho was and sat down on lite Olid of the Newberry bench, on which sat Prof. Kiser ami Mr. Boozer. At that Mr. Boozer asked him to get off tin1 bench, saving that bench was for the visit ing team. lie got Up at once. This was the ftl'Sl rennest. Mr. Dillard says, to stay oil' Newberry's bench. Replying then to Prof. Riser's re mark. .Mr. IMIIard said that he did not see McCutcheon's fall at all and did not know whether Black tripped him or not. but thai if he did it was dirty hall. Thereupon Mr. Boozer said, "Gel over yonder where you belong, .voit are |usl a d rascal!" This provoked a reply in kind from Mr. Dil lard. Mr. Boozer lumped up and hit at Mr. Dillncd, who jumped back and hit Mr, Boozer with an obi broom, In passing, it may be well to explain what Mr, IMIIard was doing with Ihe brooill, No man in Clinton lias taken more Interest in the bail team than he. When the seaSOII opened he of fered a pair of firsi clnss shoe:, rrom his stoie lo any man vv'.to would knock i home run. Two boys kuci.lud in winning them In the Urs I Charleston game. lie also placed a large scor ing hoard, bearing his busiuesi card, back of Ihe home plate. Then in token of his int? rest he undertook the Job of sweeping off ihe home plate ti,- took great pleasure in his self-imposed task, ami gave great pleasure to the tea in by it in all the games he bad hi: broom aid was a leader in rooting, bill the llillleully with Mr. Boozer was the only one he had during the sear on. This dilli culty occasioned his first appearance in ihe mayor's court. Mr. Dil lard denounces as an unqualified tab,.hood Prof. Riser's statement thai he began ihe cursing or opened the attack. One concluding remark it seems but right to make. This correspond eilt in saying that "doubtless Ihe New berry faculty would be humiliated ami ashamed Ol Newberry college team's conduct." meant in an indirect way to express pity for Ihe college. Many people remarked that they felt very sorry for Newberry college fae. ulty. It was the general reeling in Clinton that Newberry's conduct was Inexcusable and it was generally be lieved that (hey would be reprimand cd, a wave oi nstdiiishmcni swept Clinton on hearing thai the facility representatives held their team (dear of any blame or w rong doing lixerclscs at Friendship School. The ( losing exercises ol Friendship school will take place on Saturday, May lath, beginning at lOK'.O A. M. Mr C. R. Wallace has been invited to deliver the address. The other part of the exercises will be a debate, by grammar pupils. 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