The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-08-26
THE FAT MEN
WERE VICTORS
WON IN A WALK FROM THEIR SKINNY
OPPONENTS.
BIG CROWDS SAW THE GAMES
Gate Receipts Of $50 Were Turned Over
to the Methodist Church Many
New Features.

The struggle between the Fats and
the Leans on the local base ball field
last Thursday afternoon is best de-
scribed in the words Of the good book
which says
TO him that hath shall be given
and 10 him that hath not shall be tax
on away, even tnat which he hath
Tie fellows who carried two-hundred
odd pounds Of ayerdupios was given
the game, honor, applause, yea re-.
nown while from the poor, emaciated
human beings who pull themselves
along by their trouser legs was taken
away the little conceit that is the in
heritance fo every human being.
IL was an ideal day and an ideal
crowd packed the grand stand and
bleechers Through some mystic pow
er the fat men held an influence over
the crowd that won applause for them
both in and out OF season II is said.
and with good grounds for belief in
the authenticity of the report, that
even the wives and daugh ters Of the
lean fellows applauded the fats.
It's too much of task to describe
the game in detail or 20 report with
true word paintings the splendor with
which the fat men appeared upon the
field encased in black and gold sweat
ers and white trousers and, when their
size didn't warrant their appearance
otherwise. padded with pillows. One
lady was very much amazed 10 note
that DR. r. II Darling was 80 ponder
ous as he appeared and the wonder
grew in her mind until kindly ma
tron whispered TO her the fact that
three feather pillows found lodging
under his belt
The fats were "hauled 10 the
grounds i'm buss drawn 10y four
horse team driven 10y "Wally Main
and their appearance was heralded 10y
trumpeter Several able bodied men
were employed TO carry the bats which |
had been purposely prepared for the
occasion
The game started with the fat men I
in the field. Senator Moriarty was in
the box while supt Fraser did the
hacKstop work
The slivers started ont 10y swathng
the ball all over the field aud it look
cd as IL that half inning would run
ont the three scores aud ten years
allotted to the average man but by ana
intervention 0f Providence, three mHu
were put oui after eight scores had
been added
The fat men We're retired in short
order DR. A. M Darling "a sliugar
OF renown in the happy days gone by (
was on the rubber while Earnest
Munns did the receiving l}ut two
scores We're made by the men OF eirth
mot Gath and the lean fellows camo
up 10 bat. r. B. Webb tried his hand
and incidentally his reputation, az q
box artist ANA Jared little better than
the man of the toga who preceded
him. Several more scores were added
to the leans column before The agony
ended
In the next half DR. Darling gave
WAY 10 j. s. Jacla Isl isa whirl
wind 90 machinery but forgot to sct
hia valves correctly before be weat in
to the box 30 pitch and his reputation
WINS somewhat ditnmp when he ro
Tired tae fat mIiu op quite tew
seora-
Fa tnaaer won't .am t.e baz r
fh Gt a.etam a e-hr
O.. oor popular pal cnu weul u o
caeh Nf Stevens H hal pHuer
and ha5 paEu hut rereatIy go pn
mp q very good article Gucnthl
proved an enigma to the lean boss
and they were retired without tally
VIM loliiHe tried hs hand neSt iu tbo
box for the loans aud the fats tool,
very kindly to hls delivery It WAS
iust like picking blueberies ou the
Peuola plains They gained 30 great Z
lead that even the sunsHuting Of
Bob Wilson 80 short couldn't stop
the procession.
The game ended az 900 Q clock with Z
everyone filed 70 the neck with base ;
ball
The receipts of the game were Ss2
and a. the expenses are very small the
NJ 4 chucrh treasury will receive 4
iice fai sum from the game
NOTES n
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