Show PUBLIC WONT WON'T BE SATISFIED B Baseball Head Decide Question By Free j Game I By A D L Special of ot The Examiner Standard FORT S SMITH nTH Ark Aug Alig 4 4 Does Docs the American public watt want something for tor nothing It does and It docs does not In the opinion ot of the rort Fort Smith baseball clubs man man- management management management and Blake Harper pros pre president ident o of or the club has taken a sol sol- solemn sol solemn sTun resolution which may be ep- ep epitomized epItomized ep epitomized by the words Never Nevi ragain again A game marred by poor umpiring ing log caused Mr Harper to decide to tomake tomake make the contest the next day II a afree afree tree free affair No admission charged and between 2000 and 2 2600 2500 2 white persons persons white and black male and nd female loung oun oung and old pack old pack packed ed the grandstand and flowed Into th bleachers The rort Fort Smith Ins were playing their hated haled riv- riv rivals nv- nv riv rivals als the Enid Blues and the Blu Blues are the leaders In the Western Vestern as- as President Harpers Harper's party was a decided success up to the sixth In- In Inning ning when Umpire cd with the score tied 1 and 1 with Fort Smith at bat hat and a mon on second stepped up to the front o othe othe the stands and announced CALLS CALI G UIE ME Game called to allow Enid Bold to catch a train tor for Springfield For a minute the crowd was stun stun- stunned stunned ned One could have bave heard beard a pIn drop In the large lare concrete bland Then came the uproar The crow crowd poured out of ot the stands and onto the field There was wailing walling and gnashing ot of teeth Robbers Jobbers crooks trickster were we some ot of othe the compliments paid the owners ot of the rort Fort Smith club We Ve knew we had bad been blen cheat cheat- cheated cheated ed cried one fan tan But the sa sad l part of ot the entire affair was that no one could demand his money back back because no one had paid a cent to see the game Here admits he be establish established ed a precedent In organised base base- ball baa ball bail by tendering his hometown fans a free tree game but he be Is satis satia- satia satisfied tied fied tonight that thit the public Is tickle fickle and doubts It his party was received received received ed In the spirit in which It was In- In Intended intended In Intended tended |