Show MONROE doth the heathen rage why all this childish bluster because of an article in the reaper reader giving the correct account ot tho th defeat of the R H sa bo the children of israel wandered so bo far iway away from home in the wilderness that they actually got hungry on saturday april 3 the writer of this article as well as the rest of the at H S that visited d richfield last bear remember very distinctly that richfield had hotels and restaurants because we had bad to patronize them or go hungry in view of the welcome and courtesies extended by the R H S to the M 11 S last I 1 bear ear it hardly looks right for them to make any insinuating remarks at the hospitality of monroe did they a brass band to meet them in the edge of the city limits and escort them in triumph through the streets of the wilderness 7 now as to the ball game we think that an all unfair accusation has been made b the R H S the statement that two old regular pl alaers aers ers were used by monroe is not correct the placers in question are nathan hunt and orvel anderson mr air anderson was a student at the al H S last year under mr thompson and this year is pursuing his regular studies in the 2nd and year course under mr J F andersen mr air hunt was substituted with the knowledge and consent of mr jensen obtained before the commencement of the game in place of lewis jones who was unable to pla owing to an injury to his hand nor were monroes monroen Mon roes first two runs made either by or on account of them as the score kept by marshal ranson shows they were made by enoch and elliot larsen and the reason for monroes monroen Mon roes last five runs was not the umpires decision in the ninth inning the R H S were one ahead two men were ere out two monroe runners were on baseman bases and two strikes were called on the third batter the batter knocked the ball directly into the hands of roy chidester the peerless shortstop of the R H S who promptly fumbled it all over the diamond allowing the two monroe base runners runner to reach home I 1 the he al H S is as anxious to see school athletics progress and reach the height desired for them a as are the R H S but does not care tor for any further competition with the R H b unless a bettor spirit is manifested by them when they ire are defeated ind and we believe and will continue to believe that we can hold our own with them in aej an line of school athletics and as a parting suggestion to our friends of the R H S we would say that it would look better if the artic articles leb on bise ball foot dicing etc were not written by a lady but by a no Is uline member of their athletic association STUDENT M H S |