The Yale expositor., 1904-08-12
CHAMPIONS OF THUMB.

Dusty went to the big ball game.
And there had many thrill;
He cheered for each and every one
They couldn't keep him still.
And when the game was ended
He said "'Twas lots of fun"
Then bought himself "A score card
To see which side had won.
The second tour of the Acme Quality
team from Detroit would have been a
winner from start to finish if they had
only steered clear of Y ale. On Monday
of last week they started in at Brown
City and secured the easiest victory of
their whole series. The game was very
one-sided. Marlette, Cass City, Pigeon
and Deckerville were all downed by the
factory boys, and it remained for Yale
to put check on them, and the visi-
tors were done up by a score of'4 to 5.
Lothian and Ernie Baxter each swat
ted out home run which materially
aided in Saturdays victory.
The Deckeryille base ball team were
defeated by our nine Saturday by a
score of 2 to 3.
This team was jolly. gentlemanly
bunch and the game was played the
quickest of any ever played in Yale,
it taking but one hour and four min
utes from start to finish.
This team beat Brown City Tuesday
by score of to 5.
Notwithstanding the fact that one
of our neighboring teams has circulat-
ed the report that Yale was the mean
est towns in the state to play ball in,
the Deckerville boys say they were
never used better.
Brown City advertised Tuesdays
game as the one which would desig-
nate the champion team of the Thumb.
This plainly shows that b. &. isn't it.
And Yale beat the champions (?) the
day previous.
Avoca, Brown City, Peck and Melvin
were all represented at Mondays game.
Between the hoodoo OH the new suits
and the brotherly love of the umpire
to the Marlette pitcher, game of ball
was won by Marlette Friday from
the Yale club by score of 5 to 2. 1t
to end, and the people of that thriving
make it pleasant for our players and
the citizens who went up to witness the
game. There Ia no other town in the
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than Marlette, and as this makes a
game apiece for the two teams they
will probably come together on our
diamond again this season.
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Just 1880 people purchased tickets to
to the Nebraska Y ale Thursday,
and as the Capac "noose" prophet said
few weeks ago, Yale lost few scalps.
1t was regular old-fashioned indian
massacre. Only twice in the whole
nine innings did our boys reach third.
1t really looked like a shut-out for
our boys, but "Uncle Cap" stepped out
and damned 'er out, scoring Houghton.
The Indians got in 10 runs.
This team beats Brown City at that
place this afternoon.
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DIR. Pollock, J.. Z. Beavis, J. Z,
Staley and Harry Coplestone made the
trip to Marlette on Friday last in the
DOCTORS automobile to witness the
game. 1t took just 40 minutes to cover
the distance from Yale to Brown City.
Don't forget the Capac-Y ale game at
Marlette next Tuesday. Walker won't
umpire, so you may expect good fair
game.
A special train will leave Yale for
Marlette on Tuesday next at about 90
o'clock p. m. Returning will leave
Marlette soon after the ball game be-
tween Yale and Capac.
John G.. Graham has been elected
chairman of the Democratic county
committee in place of A. A. Graves
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