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Editor St. Landry Clarion, Ope lousas, La. Dear Sir: In your paper of issue the 20th of June, there appears an article, purported to be an interview with Mr. C. A. Hyde, Manager of the Garden City Base Ball Club, in which you quote Mr. Hyde as saying: "We got a rot ten deal in Eunice. I do not be lieve we could beat Eunice on their own grounds, with the New York Giants, etc., etc." Prompt ly upon reading this I called Mr. Hyde by telephone, and in the presence of several listening witnesses, Mr. Hyde emphatical ly denied having made the state ments attributed to him by your report, and stated that there was not a word of truth in it. Sun day at Garden City, Mr. Hyde in my presence in the presence of several other business men, both of Eunice, of Garden City and of Franklin, emphatically pro nounced the article written in your paper as being unqualified ly untrue and in no wise embody ing any of his views, stating that he and his club were splendidly entertained at Eunice, as a whole received splendid treatment, and no decision in the game ot base ball in anywise would have changed the result of the game which was 9 to 1 in Eunice's favor. In a recent issue of your pa per, writing up the result of the game played at Opelousas be tween Eunice and Opelousas on June 7th, you state that I called my men off the field and thereby forfeited the game to Opelousas. In justice to the Eunice team, and the Eunice people, as well as myself, I would thank you to correct this statement as it is not correct. Not a Eunice play er left his position or the field until after Mayor Loeb stepped on the diamond and instructed Umpire Troselair to call the game and forfeit it to Opelousas. You state in your article pur porting to correctly report this game, that Eunice wrangled, wrangled, and wrangled again, for the mere joy of wrangling. I would direct your attention to the only three arguments which arose during the entire game as having been occasioned through Umpire TProsclair unauthorita tively trying to take charge of the game. The first of these came up when in interpreting the ground rules, Umpire Milkey instructed runner at first to pro seed to second. In all previous games we have played it has been customary ground rule for runner to get one base on over throws of first, third and home plates, being subject however to being put out on this base, in other words, on a passed ball or overthrow of first base, third base or home plate, a runner could not take more than one base, and being forced to make that. At Opelousas Sunday, we being the visiting club, and naturally playing under a great er nervous strain than the home club, thereby more likely to make wild throws or overthrows, than the home club, the Opelousas Captain made the ground rules that on "a passed ball or over throw at either first, or third base, the runner would be en titled to the next base and would not belsubject to being put out in making it." The argument which first came up was on a play at first base, where a ball thrown from right field to first base, in an effort to retire a run ner, was missed by the first base man, and Umpire Milkey, inter preting the rules as made by the Opelousas Captain instructed runner to proceed to second. Umpire Trosclair who was call ing balls and strikes and who should not have enteied into the argument or the decision at all, according to the rules of the game as published by the Na tional Commiesion in 1914, stren uously objected to this decision and thereby precipitated the ar gument. Argument No. 1 start ed by Umpire Trosclair. Argument No. 2 came up when with Eunice runners on 2d and 1st, O'Quinn, hit to left field for two bases, scoring two men and Umpire Trosclair called the hit a foul ball, when every man, woman and child, in the park plainly saw that the ball was fair by twelve feet, this being conceded by Left Fielder Brown, Manager Loeb, and Catcher De jean, and every one else except Umpire Trosclair.' This decis i:O came ° at S tt~e Wh the score was 3 to 1 in Eunice's favor and had the decision been called as it should have been called would have made the score 5 to 1 in Eunice's favor. Argument No. 2 precipitated by Umpire Trosclair. Argument No. 3 came up in the 7th inning when Opelousas batter hit to left field, the ball being caught by Eunice Fielder Aycock, and Umpire Trosclair declaring the ball not caught, the Opelousas runner himself va cating the base thinking he was out until told he was safe by Um pire Trosclair. Argument No. 4 came up in the 7th inning when with Ope lousas runners on- 1st and 2d bases, Opelousas batter hit to pitcher who threw to 3d base for force out, and the runner at third being declared out by Um pire Milkey. Umpire Trosclair came to the rescue of this decis ion which was a close decision and declared the runner safe, notwithstanding the fact that the rule book prescribes plainly the duty of the Umpire in Chief, and here it was again that Um pire Trosclair should not have ,entered into the decision, the decision belonging to the field umpire who was Milkey and that official having made the decision. The runner at third being de clared out by the field umpire play could not be resumed until the base was vacated by runner, which base runner refused to do, and after a little delay, Umpire Trosclair, was met in the middle of the diamond and told by Man ager Loeb to forfeit the game to Opelousas which His Umps ery quickly did. The forfeit if any should have been made, should have been made by Umpire Milkey when the runner refused to vacate third base, and every man with a knowledge of the rules of base ball, knows this to be a fact. In conclusion I would direct your attention to several things, the first is "That Eunice did not quit the game and did not leave the field and would have prefer red to have finished the game;" that Eunice entertains no enmi .ty towards anyone on account of the unfair treatment accorded them in this game as we won the game and that is the end we sought when visiting Opelousas; that fifteen minutes before the game started Umpire Trosclair stated in the presence of a hun dred or more people "That Eu nice had a Texas Leaguer for a pitcher but that Opelousas would win-leave that to me." That Umpire Trosclair came to me be fore the game and stated that if he made any mistakes during the game he hoped that I would overlook them, as anyone was liable to make a mistake, there by apologizing before the game for anticipated mistakes. That every member of the Eunice team is a thorough ball player, a gentleman, a game loser and never at any stage of the game a quitter-but every man of them with courage enough to as sert their rights and fight for a square deal. That finally we de plore that any squabble should have arisen that terminated the game, but that we disclaim any responsibility for the termina tion of the game, and that to the Opelousas patrons and other pa trons of the game we express our regret that they should not have seen a game of full nine in nings. Yours very truly, EUNICE BASE BALL ASSO CIATION, By C. C. Porter, President. EDITOR'S NOTE. The Clar ion always stands ready to prove any statement it makes, conse quently if Mr. Porter wants any more proofs concerning Mr. Hyde's statement, which was taken down by one of our re porters in the presence of eye witnesses, we can produce the goods. We have not attempted to cast any slur on the Eunice players, but in writing up the account of the game we have al ways attempted to give facts as they were seen by our reporters. Farmers Pick Punctured Forms. Sunset, La., June 6th, 1914. Editor Clarion: Not only have we a terrible drouth to contend with, but the boll weevils have made their ap pearance, and I venture to say that if our farmers do not hustle and gather up all fallen'squares that by the second or third gen eration, crops in our neighbor hood will be cut short, probably one" half, which in my mind is a very conservative estimate. "The early bird catches the worm," and the early and enter prising farmer catches the dread ed boll weevil. It is not with the intention of making a big bloty that I ask you to kindly in sert in the columns of your pa per this communication for the benefit of my neighbors and friends throughout our section, and our parish. A very few years ago two in telligent young farmers of our neighborhood bought a small farm containing one hundred acres, more or less; this land when bought was almost non productive. Notwithstanding this they paid some twenty-five dollars per acre. By dent of intelligence and hard work they brought this property to a high state of fer tility; every inch of the property is under a good hog-proof fenc ing which is worth to them a good deal of money. This farm could not be bought for eighty dollars an acre. At the time I am writing they are irrigating their corn crop which is one of the finest in our section. While they are saving their corn crop, the little darkies are biusy gathering punctured forms for which I understand the young men offer a little re ward in the way of encourage ment. Their farm offers other inducements of which they will take advantage in the near fu ture. I understand they wish to bljild a lake on their farm, which they can easily keep replenished with their deep well and which with a little intelligent manage ment would be a great source of revenue if stocked with the propdr kind of the finny tribe. One of my sons made five bales weighing each over five hundred pounds on five acres of this land. So much for the cry "no more cotton can be made on account of the boll weevil!" 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