Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-28
BASE BALL CHALLENGE.
Capital Employees Issue a CHALLENGE to
the Land Sharks Of the Civ.

wv @o"o S"dVNs OF the CITY.
Hear We. all Real Estate Men:
The State Capitol Officers and En-.
ployes have completed an organization
known as The Capitol Base Ball Club
with the following officers Honorable
Governor White. Manager; X. N.
Wylie, Captain. and A. l.. Woods. Sec
rotary and Treasurer.
The governor is confident that he
has a team of colts that can not be de-
feated by any aggregation of veterans
which the real estate dealers can
place or the diamond. and a challenge
is hereby issued to said real estate
dealers to meet the said Capitol Club
on the base ball grounds of Bismarck,
on Arbor Day afternoon, at two thirty
O'Clock, for blood. broken bones. and
all the other usual Accomplishments of
an amateur game.
To avoid any delay In the game a
large list of substitutes has been pre-
pared, and it is expected thai all of
them will be called into action before
the close of the slaughter. We recon-
mend that the land sharks come equal.
ly as well prepared. Chief Justice
Young will act as chief of the staff of
umpires, and with and by the consent
and advice of his associates. Justices
Morgan and Cochrane, has already So
cured he services of several we'll
known travelling men who will be in
the city on that day. Assistant Attor-
ney General Philbrick will be the Off
clal interpreter of the rules and regu-
latlons OF the game. which will be the
National League Rules of 1903. Law
renee is having books prepared i IN
which he will record the official score.
The management has made contract
with the following players: Poole.
pitcher; Roth, catcher: Woods. 1st
base; Wylie, 2nd base: Coats. Sd
base; Jorgenson, S. S.; Cook. C. f.:
Brown, !. f.; O'Connor. T.. f.; With
De France and Taylor as immediate
substitutes. and the following as sub
stltutes in the order in which they can
be found when wanted: White. Bart
lett. Porter. Mcmillan, Holmes. Stock
well, Turner, Erich, Leutz, Miller. Lax
dial. Gilbreath, Dillon. Parker. Hoskins,
McGlashan, Wallace, McGillis. Laist,
Carlson, Foster and Smith.
Doctor Treacy will be or the grounds
with all the modern surgical applian-
ceS and restoratives known to his nro.
f%ession, and will be ably assisted by
Doctors Rawlings and Kershaw and a
fun hospital corps consisting of Misses
Waggoner. Dietrich, Mudgett. Baldwin,
Mitchell, Simpson, Call and Ryan.
Any player batting a home run will
be subject to a fine of S. and be re.
tired at once from the game.
Any player striking out three times
in succession will be considered eligi
bic to play on the Bismarck team for
the summer.
Any fielder who deliberately lodges
a ball during the game will be imme
diately promoted to the rooter's bench
The rules of the organization ar,
such that any player assigned 10 a pc
sition by the management who doe
not put in an appearance at the spec
fed time will be deemed guilty O
misdemeanOr and subject to a fine O
not less than S. or more than $25.
For the protection of the players a
visitors of the game will be searche
for cabbage and last years eggs by
corps of special policemen.
An official response to this challeng
is requested within "a hours fror
date of this publication.
By order of the