Show more about that cup the following communication has been handed banded to the KEV a with a re quest for publication which wo we willingly comply with through the courtesy of sir mr wal list editor of the COUNTY 8 wo we had the privilege leg 0 of perusing two articles found in the iron county record dec and concerning that long lost cup it lt seems to us that the F fair air committee and the editor of the record have wasted many words in an attempt to justify themselves while putting up a bold front and scoring the tho writer of the slap hit and cuff I 1 article found in the washington county news of dec they have virtually admitted all his contentions tent ions they have plead guilty to negligence and utterly fail to palliate this negligence when they attack the one who called their atten attention to it gentleman of the fair committee you TOU say that we forgot to mention tho the fact that wo were treated right by tho the people of cedar the jair fair committee and the ball team either you are sadly misinformed or you wilfully prevaricate our first act when we reached home was to make such ac as the NEWS f of Sept 22 will witness gentlemen of the fair committee you say that we forgot to mention the fact that nearly fifty dollars traveling expenses outside of board and lodging wag was paid by the cedar ball team why not our expenses were promised were they too great ask the last cedar team what their expenses were but why mention this at all its simply a business pio proposition position wp had expected to keep still about it but you forced us to state that although we were promised our expenses while we were aay annay from home when Q found that the members of the cedar ball team would be compelled to go down into their pockets for at least half our trai traveling eling expenses we Dillin willingly gly stood this half ourselves olur selves selNes gentle mertol the fair committee did we do the square thing by the cedar ball team a team of royally good fellows whom you seemed willing to stick for their time their work and half balf jour expenses besides you have forced us to mention this we had bad no desire to do so go gentlemen of we take 5 ou at your word you bay ahey they the st george team may be custodians of the cup until next fair I 1 I 1 this is all we ask and all we have asked we never nener have claimed its ownership but why in the name of common sense do you not permit us ps to become custodians of the cup four months have bane since we ine won this right two more such periods and the veir year will hae parsed can you blame us for accusing you of neglect and failure to make good your promises N C we ask for no more explanations promises are and hayo bayo been very nery cheap we are tired of them what we want is that cup we assure the gentlemen of the committee however that if pressure of business and absence of i members still mako make it inconvenient tor for them to make good their obligations eions we shall do our very best to worry along without tho the cheering presence of that cup ST BASE BALL TEAM |