The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-04
FATS GET SKINNED BY
THE PESKY YOUNG
LEANS
MANY BRILLIANT PLAYS
The Game Was Full Of
Grape Juice.

Thc Dad I.ennett benefit game played
yesterday between the Fats and Leans
aas one OF th most interesting iaughable
thinss iuthric rcople have seen for some
uinc Amid wing clouds OF sand and "a
strong wind the Leans skinned the scaips
81 she Fais 20 the tune Of to In six
hninss
1t vas funny Judge Dale umpired
lie looked like sons famous national
i,ssgue umpire and handled both teams
lkc SO much sausage. lie stood behind
,be pitchers with little blue cap on his
head. that rescmblcd blue MY on
froihy swamp But Judge Dale was
there with the pumpkin juice ae had
Mis- socks wrong side out and he iudg-
n,cui always favored the other fellow.
The Ia = wsve given the bat first They
Bacigled an 20 the plate Just as they
would to a mahogany altar Bin Brun-
ucr the Nrrth Division street black
smith was The hrsi Fat 10 lean zap
aeainsi tho plate. Tie looked liked
nan from Bo-t.eo struck hard. his mus
cics poppci ana FIJI split the ir with
The ban il went clear over the string
OF buggies but skip Brown ran and
pumped oerr three rows OF horses with
. mighty letp and splash IN the saod,
f and causai tie bail The bleaChers went
rrtks and t'lapire Dale wanted 10 fine
sRin Cor lomg such feat However.
iI,on consideration skip was excused
from the game for that innins an be-
ause OF me play
Heinz Braun came to the bat and
Isluucis thc BAN with a battery swing
no slashed the thing until it foamed.
81 Frnk i.avx was ~ the field and
4 mapped al the thing like a biting shoat
a 'hcn Jim coumghH lined one out to
4 ic Houston IN the iicld as if he were
4 uildins station on the Eastern Okla
.oma Vie caught IL Just ike wolf
puld catch a chicken. The umpire
allied the Fats out and handed down
decision 10 the effect that Woods,
pitcher and n Westorook. as catcher
oi the Lesns. must be ruled out. Hence.
A'ildor was rut In the hoX ana Ed Dod-
on behind the bat fof the remainder
The eanc Their work was effective
wilder throwing wilder ihan the devit
n nd nd l)odson catching like newly
lssti.-,i tiai iioi,ins "a baby in MS arms
Then came the Leans 10 the bat Up
ienped H. Westbrook TO the rubber like
yearllng on a green pasture. He struck
a I'D the bah went like cannon ball
might % Fatty Mater on third base.
l. ATTY won't 70 that bail as II it were
egetable sour ard ate it up complete.
= DC grandstanc and the Dlenchers roared
Se calves and voted Fatty fine Of ten
.nts for stopping the BAH
IIeinr Braun WIZ iu the box Tor the
A. ..
Professional. and he made the Leans
,ink OF their mothers in ireland befort
"a got through with them. He sent the
,n over the plate h. twisting style
ten shnrins it clear around Lean
efore he rei lized that Il had left his
and In this manner ne fooled th'
cans IKE 20 many whiskcy sours,
hui there were few among then
no played havoc with his twisters
here was Ed Dodson. who took 40 mer.
on the bali al ALL but sent IL out over
be timber line into the rain telt. |
as never found. although a bunch o
llored lads went after H. Next cam
zip Brown who hit u out to Ed. Trap
the neld. I'D. ran from the field q
g bleachers and caught that bah. A
caught Il hc dove head-hrst into IN
II ground. The ambulance was caile
"a il was Thought for "a moment tina
would require an the physicians 4
city 70 bring hlm to life again.
Charley Woods Flew to the hat an
~ ground the diamond like "a bumbl
after "a white rcse, and the Fat
came mixed up as bowling alley
this iuncture the FIRE alarm VI,
med Ia. and Fatty smith. captain 4
FATS. came very near melting awel
Frank Greer went TO the bat AN
ldci one straight az Judge Huston o
eond base Huston stopped the ba
turning around. end Umpire Dal
ed him for using illegitlmate mean