The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-26
FATS" AND ''SLIMS. .
Railroad Men to Play Baseball
on Next Saturday.
TO AID THE ARMY POST FUND.
SVEN 0ocls<y Event and unparalfelee
Athletic Exhibltion-List or
Players.

6ea1xio rallfoad men aro noted not only
for their phslAnxhropdc ana patriotic De-
voescn to the city and ft0 interests but
Tor . hearty love Of clean and manly
spOrtA Indeed many Of them have been
from time TO time jdenttfed In various
wayg with athletics. and those who have
not have always been convinced that they
could have reached the top round Of phys
zeal skill and development IL they had
had half chance A. It IL. the poor frau
creatures have been 'scribbed. cAbined
and combined % long that many OF them
have grown pale and delicate, and they
long for . breath Of fresh ar, . bit OF
sunshine and outdoor exercise -
Gagged bird longs for its freedom. - 'ths
hart panteth for the water brook"
Now they are going 10 combine pleas.
sous I'll aiong to swell the fand for the
army post site. but numerous other
Gains on their generosity have made sad
holes IN their tat salaries. and wasic most
of them have contributed something. the
amounts are not large enough 10 crafty
their patriotic aspirations. At the rapid
rate al which the fund has been growing
recently. they now realize that unless they
get in and drtii pretty soon they will be
left and the fund win b completed without
further aid from them Solely with this
consideration in view. they have arrang-
I'd fer game Of baseball tor the benefit
OF the army post fund.
The game wiz take place q the 7. 81.
G. A. grounds next Saturday. and al the
tors almost - large - the prospective
score. which il saying a great deal. Jest
ing apart, the game promises TO be q great
society event, and many people who have
fclf willing to give . little supplement
tary donation to help pay out the small
balances yet remaining to be raised on the
army post fund. VIII find on that occa-
sion graceful opportunity of doing 50
ana at the same time chance to see
been witnessed IN this city and probably
never viii again.
Believing as they do IN classification"
the railroad men have separated them
selves into two groups. dubbed respect
lively the Fats and the Sims" from
which the two teams win be selected As
the earnestness with which the game win
be played will probably result in several
casualties. more or less fatal, 1t is likely
that ali the men In each group will at
one time or another be in the game. The
game will be called promptly at $40
o'clock p. m.
As all railroad men are proyerb.ally op-
posed to passes, for other people, an ad-
mission fee OF Is cents win be charged.
IT win be Of no avail 20 apply for COM
piimentary passes to the game. a. the
managers of the game. famous for their
Biblical lore. viii have the following
scripturai notices hung over the en-
trance gate:
Thou shalt not pass" Numbers KRIS:
Suffer not man to pass" Judges Iii 4S:
None shall ever pass" Isaiah xxxiy:io;
This generation shall not pass" Mark
xiii:so: Though they roar. yet they can
not pass" Jeremiah VIZ: so they paid
their fare and went" Jonah ia
The mines will be made I'D from the fol-
lowing names.