The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-27
FAT MEN WIN
In the Fat VS.. Lean Contest Yesterday-ThG
Latter Were Nicely Walloped.

The Fat men walloped the Lean ones in
the game at the Riverside ball park yes
terday by the score of So to 81. 1t was the
funniest event of the season and was
thoroughly enjoyed by everybody present,
including the players. Half of the time a
great cloud of sand enveloped the diamond
and one player was unable to see another.
The pitchers were unable to throw the
ball over the plate on account of the wind,
and yet In the face of all these difficulties,
the players went at the game with vim
and determination.
a small burro served as the
mascot for the Leans and tho
heavy fellows pinned their faith to the
pulling power OF Fritz Snitzler, who
played in the team as the tenth man.
There was lemonade stand and score
cards and soda pop and everything to in
dIcate ball game The crowd numbered
several hundred. :
The game opened with the Fats at the
bat. Bent Maret was in the box for the
slim ones, and Ralph Niederlander was the
receiving end of the battery. Gerald Volk
was at first, Sam Amidon at Second, John
McNaghten at third, Mark Oliver at short
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Thomas Shaw in the left, center and right
gardens respectively.
One of the first balls thrown came in
contact with the end of Ralph Nieder-
landers fore finger and he was disabled.
This compelled Naret to throw them in
easy and the big men luced them out.
Four Fats famed the air in this opening
inning but the disabled catcher allowed
the balls to go through him and they all
scored. When the agony was over about
eight of the big ones had crossed the
plate.
Then the poor people came TO the bat
and the fieshy ones distributed themselves
as follows: J. p. Wilcox. petcher; Harry
Croskey. catcher; John DAVIS, first base;
George p. Locke. second base; e. NJ. Gold
standt, third base; Howard Hettinger,
short stop; W. b. Throckmortou. left
field; Otto Eckstein. center field, Fritz
Schuitzler. right field. The Leans lined
lem out and tied the score.
The second inning opened with Mark
Oliver behind the bat, but he, too, soon
got a hard one on the finger which injured
his usefulness. The Fats piled up some
more runs and the scorer dropped his
book in dismay The Leans opened up on
Wilcox in the second sayagely aud he left
the box, DR.. Crosby taking his place and
Howard Hettinger coming ia 10 catch.
The change did not help matters for the
doctor was as wild as a March hare The
Leans didn't quite equal the score Of the
Fats when three OF their men h2d gone
out.
box for the Leans and was
touched up tin his elongated
figure looked weak He was aided
BY some miserable 10 field errors, and the
big ones had % runs in when their half Of
the third inning closed. Then Otto Eek
stein came into the box aud did good work
aud the inning closed with the Leans -
RUS behind their big opponents
Something had % be done and Pat Rohr-
bauxh sacrificed his personal ambition for
base ball fame FOR the good Of the cause
He Quit in order 70 allow George Lewis 20
come II the game and catch Az-st went
back 10 the box and twirled them into the
new catcher 10 a dizzy manner II should
have been shut-oa:, but errors allowed
runs 70 creep in
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some one suggested that the game
be closed az the end Of the inning The
Leans wen; 70 the BAT and msd4 des-
perate effort 70 make up that difference of
eftern talliss Pitcher Eckstein painted
and threw wild 4 Lean went 70 aFst OF
balls Then De tossed oas over the plate
and the outfelders had 20 run i dawn
This little program Was KEEP. up uatI
eleven runs were IL aud then when The
last man was cut the Leans kicked tor
one more inning aud Claimed that - was
THE agreement TIE Fats were fAt.zusd
and insisted that the captain q the Leans
had agreed 70 play just four innings o.
account o. 5he dus:- The Fats walked
81 TIE field and ths c4naon
got IN position. tossed = few balls ac-oss
tse plate and claimed the game.
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svres. escaped and cid EgE gvallsz de-
csssoa. Bat the Pats weFe zhead aid
c a. med tie hazoTs- Il yAs eyidsas tbough
that another Inning woEl9 have eA4nGss4
tie g4zc loE Tia tired Fats could go&