The Cairo bulletin., 1905-06-30
Elks Funny Base Ball Game Was
Side Splitting
THE SCORE WAS Is TO 8
uMPIREs WHO GAVE RANK DE.
cIsloNs PLACED UNDER AR
REST-BlG CROWD WIT
MESSED THE EVENT.

and as result he. or many hes. walk
ed on, sat on. and in various other
ways demonstrated their superiority
over the Leans at Sportsmans park.
1t was a baseball game, or at least
that is what IL was touted TO be- but in
very truth It was naught but the fun
nisst thing that has been seen in this
city for many a long day not even
excluding the minstrels given by the
perpetrators Ct this so-called baseball !
game one time ago.
1t was a great big roseate cinch for
the heavy weights and they cheerfully |
allege that had they not wanted to let
them The Leans would never have !
made a run And it is further alleged |
that on one occasion. during the in
ming when the Leans made their three
lone some little runs, that that team
Iresorted to strategy and other big
words to get two Of them. The win
ming team has no kick coming, but at
! the same time they say it looks bad
for a team that is so hard pressed
that il must put two men on third
who have never been at the bat ana
let them run home with score when
hit is made.
But question Of the genuineness
of some of the scores to one side it
may be said with truth thar there ney.
err was, nor never will be- circus
whose clowns can touch the absolute
funnine.s OF the antics of these digni.
fed Elks, be they fat Or lean. To be-
gin with the eye of the fan met, as he
arrived at the last step of the grand
stand, such a glorious galaxy of color
as would put a rainbow to shame at
the very sight Of it. Paiamas of all
: lcolors known 10 man were requisition
Al TO fulfill the job of, uniforms And
tine Stockings They We're for the most
! part 81 colors never known to science.
Figures, ranging from eight 10 figures
Of speech filled the pajamas TO see
was but to laugh. To laugh once was
| but 10 laugh again, and again, until
: the ribs ached and the tongue and
. throat refused to utter further sound.
| Two masc0ts, colored one dressed as
! Uncle Sam and the other, the Fats
mascot, representing the Lord knows
what, but surely nothing supposed to
/ 10 human, put the finishing touches on
i the great perspective.
/ Just the sight Of the players and
I thoir mascota was worth tho money Il
I. The assembled fans and when the um
! Dire, Observer Sayth. yelled 4play
d call" the crowd awoke from its trance
p find that something of action, some
hing more than these beautiful living
S pictures, was TO be exhibited to them.
I With the word play the statues Of
Q a sudden came to life and trotted gaily
G out on the diamond to begin Their
i fight for the supreme honor of beinf
II the best ball playing bunch in thC
lodge. The business started with tht
very first inning when the Fats wadeC
into the action Of Pitcher Cochran
S and clouted out two runs. 1t was gooC
e clean hitting and fast base running
II that made them and it was eyiden
L right then that if the Leans were t,
If set in on the money they must skido,
r some. n.
Is After the first inning Cochran SCI
II tied down and pitched elgant ball, al
n lowing only sixteen hits, some 9
s, which resulted in score, until TIL
b. fourth inning when the pent up re
ID serve force of the Fats broke loos
re and they fairly fell over one anothe
Is getting over the plate Here are th
s particulars of the massacre as nearl
Ie as they could be gathered from tn
err survivors: Eddie Werner first ma
Z up, picked out his choice and sent
hot single between first and second &c
safe hit Calhoun, next up, drov
a one down to the pitcher, who errore
& 1t and gave him 4 life Smith h
b. safe and ocored Wernef. Flemn
connected for a hot one to first, bl
Nv Pryor booted it and he lived SmltI
however. was thrown out at THU
while trying to make that base q
the error Greaney followed With
walloping two Dagger scoring Fler
he ing. Trip went out on a pop fly
Ross Bates and Eddie Fitzgera
he FROSTED safe on first on an error of h
drive by Bates Diltz followed wi
~ 4 clean two Dagger 70 the left fen
scoring Greaney and Fitzgerald al
~ scored few seconds later himself
wild return Of the bali by Field
Sullivan Schuh clouted one for Il
ed third two sacker of the inning 81
stole second He did not score, no
he ever as Werner up for the secol
time in the inning, ozoned and retir
ms the side.
AT the beginning Of the second hi
is of the fourth the Fats decided I'll
Umpire Smyth was giving them,
/. would give them the worst Of II,
he was retained strictly as the Leaf
jumps, and sent q detail OF police
The diamond 10 remove him. hi
ris Powers was sent out to pass judgmt
An on balls and strikes, but his verde
In met with no better favor than tht
Isite Of his predecessor and before the
nd lining was completed the same offic
out hauled him our and j. s. Aisthul
inc undertook the seemingly graceless
l.f hnQuiup thn pnmp ana plavf