The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-19
THEY ACCEPT.
The Professors Willing to Give the
Lawyers Another Chance.

La" fAuOlhO1 ~udhSC.
To the prdcticing lawyers Of the city of
Ma3,EatO:
Having received from your pompOus
body, the Lawyers Syndicate Base Ball
club, a modesto challenge to"meet.and
defeat our lion of worldwide renown,"
in order to relieve your furnished
reputation, we, TnOdestide gratia beg the
honor OF accepting your challenge of
| mot dated and shall be more than
pleased to give you the largest oppor-
tunity to recover form your ignOmin-
iOus defeat OF one year ago.
We, the teachers of the city of Man
katO, in convention assem- bled, having
seriously considered your great sorrow
and disgrace in base ball circles, and
always inspired by the motive of
helping those who are down and
| lending assistance to those who are
| weak and fallen, do hereby propose to
meet you on the goth day of April
1895, at 2:30 o'clock in the city park as
designated in your challenge.
However, before naming the condi-
tion it will possibly be edifying and
encouraging to you to know how SER
iously our renowned" club considered
your unwise step and fatal blunder.
! lit was considered an act of con-
summate cheek for the legal fra
ternity to risk another game after
such disastrous defeat last year. hav-
ing done nothing in the meantime to
retrieve their lost reputation, or to
inspire an intelligent base ball COM
munity with respect. This rash step
does not commend your body as level
headed attorneys.
live gravely considered the pro-
priety OF sending into the field against
you a team made up of the gentler
sex of our profession, but wisely con.
cluded that it would be no honor for
them to defeat you, and defeat by the
women might induce your body TIC
commit the Judas act.
III.-AlthOugh we hardly deem it
worth while for busy men to waste
time in tOughening your tender mus
cular flores, and giving you little
fresh air, we did mercifully conclude
to attempt to teach you some simple
points in the delightful game Of base
ball,i doubling, however, very much
from your past conduct, whether you
will in wisdom apply the instruction
IV.-We shall be unwilling to have
you donate $500 to the public library
as that item may require explanation
by those who insist on rigid ethics III
games. The gate receipts and fine:
shall be given to the library. All the
other provisions in your challenge WE
hereby agree to, but we wish to make
a few suggestions to your proposed
code of rules.
ADDED MINOR TERMS.
ir 70 L or
with the latest improved bicycle
pump, to supply himself with WING
when his arguments have run out OF
when he has mistaken the racecOurSt
for the diamond and exhausted him
self in an attempt to make a home
run.
: ia special assessor, neither /;
? lawyer nor professor, shall be ap
pointed by the captains, whose duty i
shall be to fine and collect for the fol
. lowing offences: First-Smoking ;
cigar or having one in possession
SecOnd-DiSputing with the umpire
Third-DisObedien to the captain
FOurth-lmproper language. Fifth
Appearing on the field with feet i'm
properly clad.
IIl.-It seemed best, on account o
your lmmaCurlGy ana Une unQeVel
oped condition of your youthful mus
r cles, inducing rapid deterioration o
tissues under rigorous exercise, tina
in order to sustain your feeble effort
through seven innings, the count
superintendent be asked to suppl
pure fresh milk instead of water
however we shall not insist upon thi
condition, though it was deemed a.
important one. Post belLotn. pdcena.
Given under our hands and seal
t this 18th day of April, 1895.
y A. q. MATTER,
Manager
CHAS. f. KOEHLER,
Captain
EDWARD Soaring,
MascOtt
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