The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1902-04-26
They Say

That Smith Bros. Club OF N. U.
will cross bats with the Thil,olaux
Greys at Tetreaus Park morrow.
and
! That fine game of base ball will
surely be witnessed by all who at.
tend, and
That the bout will be exciting and
hotly contested, and
That every body who possibly can
should he out at the park Sunday to
encourage our team as we'll as give
financial assistance to the Base Ball
Association, which is struggling hard
tc make both ends meet.
That the attendance at the park
last Sunday was very poor, aud
That IL is to be hoped that the
grand stand will be packed to over
flowing tomorrow.
That two Of our young would be.
sports certainly did display their
snideness ut the base ball game last
Sunday by taking their young lady
escorts way out in the field next TO
the railroad track to witness the
game, in view of a modern grand
stand winch has been lately erected
in the park for the comfort of the =
ladies in particular, and the spects.
tors in general, and
That the price of admission to said
stand is only 10c, and
That by paying loc you get a good
comfortable seat, and
That you don't have to Ego way
back and sit down" as those cheap
guys did last Sunday.
That base ball playing in the
streets, and
That spinning or in other words
fighting tops IN the streets is becOm.
ing more than nuisance, and
That our town marshal should take
it upon himself to disperse those
young brats who obstruct the main
thoroughfares of the town with their
different games, and
| That il halt is not called on
these young chaps that iu their reck.
lessness they will cause some horse
to become frightened and serious
may be the consequences, and
i That the same may be said of top
fighting, and
That one of these lovers Ut the
sport "d,d'nt do a thing" but crack a
big show window in one of our large
business establishments in town this
week, valued at about one hundred
and fifty dollars, and
That this Is only the beginning,
and
? That this ought to serve as a warn.
ing to some parents.
That our town officials should
wake up and trv and secure park
where the young people AMI young
children Of the town might collect
every evening especially through.
out the summer for pleasure aud
: amusements.
That until the town can boast OF a
park tho streets will continue To be-
come the play grouud Of the children
Of the town, and
/, That the town of Thibodaux should
provide itself with neat public park
even though special tax should be
= necessary to secure it.
That the Sentinel feels awfully
embarrassed over the rrhect.Ons which
it cast in one of its issues of the past
E on both the ''sheet up the murch"
3 and the editor Of the ILeuiiie South,
!. and
udb ~ W0o NV Ou "S\Ouos N'A nsS
I being o very little man that We un'
). dertoOk the task of Schwinging him
into the parish Of Vcrmlilion, and
That it cannot eisher be attributed
+ to the fact that it was an attempt nj
e the magician's AIT, and
That 1t was only an error, and
That you certainly are q peach
3 Office Boy,-your lumps of naughti
8 ness for exposing the utter and un'
T sophisticated ignorance Of the Sen
t,nel man, and
J.. That some people are more or lesi
dull of comprehension at times, and
That the Sentinel wOuld like II
know who that "ansoOsin cwss Is,
. and
h That for the Information Of the
8 Office Boy, AMI
That with due respect TO the peO
pie of both Donaltls4Mville ant
Plaqusminc. ThilMiaux is hyOm
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