The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-24
POOR CAPITOL BOYS.
They Have Been Led Into Playing Ball
 With The Advertiser.

With The Advertiser.
 It is settled!
 Haunted beyond their endurance, the young men who draw money from the State for serving in the departments at the Capitol, have been led into ac- cepting challenge to play a game of baseball with The Advertiser staff.
 They will be defeated next Saturday afternoon.
 This is the schedule of the horrible holocaust" to borrow from the voca- bulary of the police reporter:
 Time: Saturday, p. m.
 Scene: Oak Park ball grounds
 Admissions: Free passes to every body
 For the first time in the history of this mundane sphere, the newspaper people will allow the general public to enjoy the greatest privilege accorded the press-to see the national game for naught.
 And what a game 1t will be!
 Though the result will never be in doubt, 1t will be worth anybody's time to see The Advertiser aggregation made the outfit on CCapitol Hill ridic- ulous.
 They brought it on themselves, how ever and are not deserving of sym pathy. Since they. by a narrow mar gin defeated a nondescript crowd of players the other day, they have talked too much.
 And now their finish Is in sight!
 It is expected that after William Thomas Sheehan performs on second base, he will have to quit scribbling to accept Napoleon LaJoie's place on the Cleveland team.
 Charlie Chan, who will catch for the greatest American daily. could have caught Amos Rusie in his prime. had Rusie's manager paid him the 35 cents a week he asked for.
 It Is no secret that E. Sunday King. twirler, once pitched in Social Circle. Ga
 Lorenzo Ferguson Woodruff Is a tower of strength on first base and Adrian c. Ansons record is trembling in the balance since the announcement was made that he would show the pub lie how it should be done. Woodruffs s record of wrestling bats for the Uni versity of Alabam twice Is hard one to beat.
 Joe Dunne can't do anything well. so Manager Harry J. Burney thinks he can play short stop.
 Fred Houston can run a linotype machine and it naturally follows he can play base ball.
 Chick Carter says he's kin to Duke Carter and he was assigned to the left lot. while Durwood Belmont Adams will play centre becuse he looks like Molesworth.
 Jenkins, a minion of the business of flee, will do things in right field. He has a reputation as a terrific son of swat and promptly at 4:45 o'clock Sat urday afternoon he will knock q home run for the benefit of the ladies and children.
 For the Capitol, Noble Billing can't catch a cold, and Bob Thorington Is as antidated as a pitcher as, the famous vessel of Rebecca.
 Virgil Griffin, on first base. caught a ball in 1776 but has never repeated the Smith Robbins claims he carried water for the Selma team but his record can't be found In the guide book.
 General Brandon will do very well on the coaching line. but as a third baseman he's frost. Perhaps he will speak from the coaching line.
 Cy. Brown claims he can play short stop because he has the same first name as Cy Young, who can pitch.
 Marcus Sowells claims for presum- ing to play against The Advertiser are unknown, and Prof. Feagin, well let the Professor pass.
 The right fielder is an unknown quantity and on him the Capitol bases its slim hopes
 The Advertiser now leads the City League with a per centage of 1000. having lost not a single game. The Capitol has not lost a game, but as it is assumed that they will do so Satur- day they cant be counted as in the lead.