Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-04-15
PRINTERS
VERSUS
BARRIERS

The baseball sports Of Salem must
prepare to Be on hand TO witness the
great game between the BARRIERS and
printers on Sunday. April 16 It has
been the custom for years for these
worthy opponents 10 meet on the field
Of honor. and this year the excitement
is unusually high.
The chin serapers win be on hand
bedeeked in their war paint Of herpi-
eide. bay rum and massage cream
while the type jugglers viii be there
with a plentiful supply Of printers
devils and a cage Of type lice on the
bleaehers.
These are the challenges issaed:
The attention Of the public is in
vited to the following bombastie dis
play Of egotism: Play ball. We inky
imps,
To the Printers Of salem: On sun
day next. at o'el0ck p. n. the Ton
s5rizl Baseball club Of this place in
tend 10 play bali. and for the purpose
Of demonstrating that they are masters
OF the amateur industrial clubs here
about. do hereby grant permission TO
the alleged typesetters Of this city to
come up against Us on the diamond.
provided these slaves Of the ease and
stick can summon courage 10 accept
this defy It is hopeless. Of course.
for them to attempt TO summon skill
in the matter.
The suggestion Is made that all
friends Of the typestiekers appear in
regulation mourning in justihable an
Of the lambasting in store
70 rthe ink-smeared horde. whose temer-
ity will cause them 20 contest against
US.
Arrangements have been made for
putting all flags az half-mast imme,ii-
ately on the defeat Of the printers. The
city press will turn its column rules on
the issues following; the bands will
play dirges for 80 days after the wipe
up and compensation purse has
been provided for the nine victims Of
as they viii need it much
more than any public institution.
No deadly weapons such as print
ing Office towels, allowed on the
grounds.
TONSORIAL BASEBALL CLUB.
1t is with unbounded astonishment
that the Printers Baseball club view
this arrogant assumption on the part
of lot Of nose-Pulling tonsorialists,
who play ball like old women. Come
On, YOU waPple-jawed splashers Of
shaving soap. We are eager for the
fray. We agree 70 meet you on the
where, with less dan
gerous weapons than printers towels.
We can reduce that bump Of eonceit
which is the Distinguishing feature Of
your shampooed heads. We are bali
players, no; boosters. We prefer deeds
10 words That Is one thing we like
about u.s. On yes, We will show you
low to play ball
Play ball! Why. YOU can no more I
play the game with us than a State
street dude can fight FitZsimmons. /
les, you are right. the hags viii hang /
u half mast; the band viii play its
most mournful tune; the papers viii 1
urn thir column rules upside down /
md a certain class Of citizens Of our 4
AIR city will don their most sombre
,arb-but il won Z be the printers 1
\ot on your life. The sober. detected /
ook and the mouruful cloth viii adorn 4
he face and bedeck the form Of a 1
iisgTuutled crowd Of pompadour cut
ers, who sont be able 20 call "next
or months 70 come.
A a precautionary measure let the /
lrugstores lay in a plentiful supply OF /
.ouri plaster aud arnica, and let each /
pindle shauked bayrumist give in his /
lame and address TO the coroner. PLAY /
,all.
PRINTERS BASEBALL CLUB.
Attention. Ye Suckers!
To the BARRIERS cf Salem; Notice is 7
hereby given that the Printers Base
lall club Of the city of Salem is duly 4
and ready % defenj the title Z
n champions Of Marion county. It 7
having come % our notice that
ueasley mob q tender-hanlei aud .
,owdereheeked BARRIERS have made
heir boasts that they are the only
shamnians. We harahE ah.I- |