The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-05

last evening as
"s ~ they were discuss
ing (spelled with
out the dis) the
baseball situation
in front of the Rex cigar store. Far
be 1t from the Man to knock, for there
are enough members of the anvil
chorus In this world of ours at pres.
ent without any additions; but, to say
the least, 1t Is a day of gloom in fan
dom, and what wonder? The aggrega-
ton OF stray two-old-cat players which
has been disgracing Grand Forks in
the Copper Country league
for the season thus far is without par
allel when. 1t comes to travesty on
the national game. Where they come
from. whether or not they followed
team into North Dakota or came in
bv freight and where they expect to
put in another season at burlesque
work. is a puzzle.
The Man remembers we'll when he
used to play ball back on the school
grounds In little country town in
wisconsin. In those days we used to
nave the pleasure and privilege of
throwing the ball at the base-runner
and several of us became quite expert
In picking our man. The ball we used
was soft, that is 1t was supposed to be,
but belt In the posterior from it.
hurled by lusty arm, denied this al
legation. First bounds counted be-
hind the bat and there were several
other rules" not countenanced by the
leagues today which we strictly adj
hered to. One, for instance, was the
privilege of punching the block of the
umpire If he did not suit. and If we
could do it. These and other impor-
tant rules made baseball in those days
splendid and exhiliarating sport and
we enjoyed it. "Two-Old-cat" was
famous game as we'll and this was
played by our crowd of experts" with
zeal and dexterity. What the league
game today represents, If the article
put up yesterday by the bunch of i'm
posters representing this city can be
judged as sample, is puzzle We
gods! "twO-Old-cat" was marvel of
skill in comparison and 'ante-over"
feat requiring long and constant prac-
tfce. Ii the Grand Forks team had the
privilege of throwing the ball at run
ners and first bounds counted yester-
day, no one would have been in dan
ger. The team could not have caught
a rubber football in clothes basket
and not an individual demonstrated
enough skill to warrant bet he could
place ball in the coat pocket of
sleeping Winnipeg player, let alone
touching him with">it 1t was awful.
1t was pitiful!
M. Stanchfield is in no way to blame
for the disgrace. He made every effort
tn rot ftNnp t<N DO
In the season, not to procrastinate. He
wanted to secure good players, and
"Stanch" is the man who knows one
when he sees him. But, no. We dali
lied along until other leagues had
signed the men and then we took, by
necessity, what was left. We got it.
II you do not believe this, ask anyone
who saw the game" yesterday The
Winnipeg boys ran themselves to death
making bases and quit out of sheer
exhaustion. 1t must have made Spike
Anderson weep in sympathy, for
Spike" has soft spot in his heart
for Grand Forks, even if he does not
know any of the players" who took
leading parts in the burlesque of yes
terday. 1t should teach us lesson
and In the future ii we are to have
representation in the Northern-C Copper
Country league, let us get at it in time.
Rfdicule Is the most unkindest cut of
all and we are made monkeys of by
team. the membership of which is
made up of players" who belong in
corner lot match in data.
Nearly everyone has seen the owl on
the front page of the Evening Times.
He Is the little chap who always has
something to say about the weather or
what is going on in this busy old
world. He is Stewards owl" to near
ly everyone, for he is the creation of
the tall Indiana young man who draws
pictures for the Evening Times and
who adopted him as mascot. Just
how the owl became the mascot of the
Evening Times is story all by ITSELF
When Mr.. Alexander, formerly of the
Courier, took up his abode in the
Evening Times Offices, he brought with
him, along with other fixtures from his
old Office, handsome stuffed owl
which today graces his desk. Stewart
saw the bird and took it for a trade
mark.
His cartoon work has been SO at
tractive as to make the little owl
very popular with the public, and
many young people are clipping the
little chaps pictures from the Evening
Times daily and keeping them for a
scrap book, as he always has some-
thing of interest to say.
Stewart is long on OWLS" for he got
wind the other day of a live one be-
ing in existence in this city and he
bought the bird, which today is oc-
cupying an improvised cage in the
Evening Times Office, and Stewart will
go without his meals in order to see
that his owlship has the delicacies of
the season. The bird is cranky little
cuss and handy with its beak as sew
eral of the force can testify, but he is
an owl and suits Stewart, who says
that is sufhcient-fOr the present, at
least, though one can't tell. The man
from Indiana may prove susceptible"
ETC., like the rest of us and give up
his owl II someone" should insist.
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