Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-06-06
LAWYERS vs.. BUSINESS MEN.
A Great Gene. a Great Score. and a Grea,
Crowd Predicted.

Earth and sky will meet and fly apar
again, this afternoon, the sun will blinl
with establishment behind deeting clouds
and the music of the spheres will b.
silenced by the whack, whack, whack, o.
that smaller sphere, which Dilworth anG
Baker and Butler can SO deity twirl. Ii
other words, the lawyers and business mer
will cross bats, at 80 P. NJ, in the game
of the season, at the driving park.
There will be Picketts and Kings and
Bakers and Beans galore. Everybody has
heard of it,everybody will be there. Writs
and judgments and executions will cease
for day to harass delinquent debtors,
grocers' scales will hang trembling in the
balance, a-weighting the result of the
game, soda founts will stop fizzling, and
there will assuredly be no fizzle to the
game, unless the weather be as foul as the
balls which Judge Andrews will knock
If 1t is, then tho game will be postponed
to the next fair afternoon.
Remember that the game will be
played at $50 sharp-everything will
be sharp this afternoon, including the
fielding of both mines, the coaching of the
IS captains, tho yells of victory and the
pangs of defeat. The personnel of both
teams has appeared heretofore in the Jour
nal, but few mcteoric lines, description
of the starry aggregations, may not be in
appropriate.
In George Phinney, Of the business
men, one will meat market ability as a
ball player. George has been known,
however, to give the umpire a great
roast, and accordingly today's umpire
will carry an extra knife in his belt.
Everett Hutchins and E. p. Smart are
the only druggists that have yet signed
with tho business men, and unless they
jump their contracts, a la McGeachey,
will manipulate the Spheres like SO many
pills, and perhaps with happier results,
NHO OhCHCO w IIC ucCtOloJ.
Andrew W. Foster has been hard at
work in his private gymnasium for two
weeks past, and when he reported in yes
terday's practice game, together with his
fellow grocers B. A. Folsom, Harry Lee,
John Erskine, Edison Locke and f. +. Fol-
SOM, he showed marked improvement.
The work of all these gentlemen will be
features of the many featured game. They
are promising players, and it is rumorcd
that Manager Burnham has his eye on
them. 1--WE trust Mr.. Burnham will not
have occasion to consult an optician on
that account).
Purinton Bros. are burning with ambi-
ton, and at least one half oil them has had
previous experience, having pitched for
the Colby college nine. If he occupies the
box, as seems likely to be the case, it may
be coaied day for the lawyers. He throws
on the Roman catapult style, with a
Grecian bend and marked French accent
to his curves.
George Harvey and Fred Harvey are no
noviccs on the diamond. If they play ball
as we'll as they know how, it will give
Umpire Byron Boyd all he can do to roast
the business men enough to bring the
lawyers score to par.
Now for the lawyers. Judge Andrews
fame as ball player is too well known to
need more than passing mention. He Is
fortunately able to steal base without
being fined in the Augusta municipal
court. He possesses great GOODNESS at
critical stages of the game, and If he
makes an error, does not get ratified, but
coollv proceeds to make another one.
Joseph Williamson, Jr-. is a heavy
batsman. and brilliant and daring base
runner He is sure Of foot, and when he
crosses the plate, the crowd are sure OF
two of them. His soliioquies on the
coachers lire are original and costly
Umpire Boyd will remit no fines, today.
Ewing W. Halnlen and w. H. Fisher
will crack bats and rip the covers of from
balls in their endeavors to make things