Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-30
BASE BALL DOPE.
Time Something was Doing If We
are Going to Have Team Here
This Year.

How about baseball here this sea-
son? 1t ia trne, the weather SO far
hasn't been such as would arouse
base ball fever In anybody, but if
we are to have team this year, it Is
time something was doing. There
are several vacancies in the lineup
of the team az it stood last summer,
but we believe there is a plenty of
good 'sraw material" with which to
till the holes.
Witt Brcsee, our short stop, Will
play with Evanston this year, we
suppose. The boys here will miss
little Witt as he was always in the
game and had about as few errors
chelked against him as any of them.
Frank Wright and 0 B. Cayou
both declare that they intend to
play on the bench this year, but
we'll wager our last summers linen
duster against two bit piece that
by the time the season opens both
OF 'em will have the fever so bad
that the only way to keep them out
of a game would be to lock them
up.
Carl Spongberg is just itching to
get into game again. He says
that bis swing" is in the pink OF
condition, and he swears that no
winsome maiden of Pocatello, nor
any other city, will be able to
hypnotic him this year.
Al Bresee is ready to play ball a,
any time, but if he gains much more
avoirdupois before the season opens,
it will be necessary to order a
special size suit for him.
Big Fred Humerick will be there
with the goods again on the first
bag and will be able to stop any
thing that comes within forty feet
of his way.
You can tell by "Hank" Spldell's
actions that base ball is working or
him, and he promises to redeem hil
batting record tins year. .'Spi'
used to be dandy with the stick,
T but 1t seems that he played in bad
luck most of the time last season.
There's lengthy AL Thiel-we
wish that we could count on him in
the regular lineup for the third bag,
for A. can sure get all that comes
his way. But unfortunately Al
can't get in the game only occasion.
ally.
There are number of the younger
} bloods around town that ought to
have the making of good ball play.
ers in them, and if there are any
who want to try out, just drop your
. names in the pot and as soon as the
weather gets favorable you will bt
given an opportunity to show what
you can do.
! There were some cracker-iacl
games played on the Montpelier
5 diamond last year and there is nc
reason why we can't tut up as goot
ball again this year.
: We understond that Soda Spring
D is going to support good team TIM
f year, with an imported battery
Their grounds are to be lncloset
and the town will therefore be abl
to offer inducements for teams t,
E play there.
b Pocatello ssfans" are also agitat
: ing base ball and team of the bes
J, local players will soon be organize'
there. The Montpelier team ha
f got a little grudge against the CAT
e City's for turning us down on th
+ Labor Day game last fall, and wha
9 we would like to do would be TO q
t down there this year and shut ther
e ont on their own diamond. II wcul
be the sjoyfullest" moment of ou
e life.
y Montpelier must get in the SWIM
9 and have ball team. A summe
d here without base ball would b
]. drier than Dutch lunch withou