The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-07-06

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quickly hustled away by Sheriff Baird
and the incident soon forgotten.
The burro race had only two entrees
but was the hilarious event of the day.
After riding the course, at slow speed,
the riders dismounted to lead the bur-
ros back to the starting point. But they
baked, and then some, notwithstanding
the violent and perspiring efforts of
their owners to get them to move.
After all kinds of instructions from
nearly everybody within hailing distance
the procession got started toward the
finishing post with the burros neck and
neck, which position was maintained to
the finish, when Allen Peters gave an
extra yank and his burro won by a
neck. Time-awfully slow.
When the nail-driving contest was
announced a number Of ladies were OBJ
served to look at their thumbs and
shake their heads. And "when wo-
man won't" she usually doesn't, so
there wasn't anything smashed.
This closed the sports on Aultman
street and the crowd adjourned to the
base ball grounds and distributed itself
anywhere and everywhere, and of
course in the. way Of everybody else.
What grass there was surrounding the
diamond was pre-empted at once and
the possessors refused to vacate till the
field flags were put up; and only re-
luctantly backed out, some to climb up
into the sheltering branches of the
sage-trees. others to occupy preferred
positions on the barbed wire fence,
which is used as a back-stop; others
curled up on the ditch which bounds the
eastern part of the grounds and the re-
maindcr just plankcd themselves every
where and waited.
At 4 O'Clock Umpircs Porch and Fcs-
lcr called time with the visitors at the
bat. A whitcwash was made in record
breaking time and Ely then unfurled
the willcw. It didn't take many moons
for the crowd to get on to the fact that
something was doing. All of sudden
two of the home twirlers made obei-
sance to the home plate, after swift
tour abroad, and then events crowded
each other and Tapped over. Another
and another gleefully patted the dust
cushion in front of the catcher till six
had arrived safely from the enemies
domains. Nearly everybody said Told
We so, and one old mossback rooter
said, Course; what else dye pose. -
A pessimistic individual offered to take
ten cents for his $40 bet on the visitors,
but was ignored. and he mournfully
hiked down street. Things kept climb
ing from bad to worse with awful regu-
larity till the end of the seventh inning
when the visitors claimed "King's ex,
acknowledging that they were out of
form and several other needful articles
and moved to adjourn. The crowd went
home happy, contented and good
natured, withal sorrowful for the WIS.,
itors from the land of the railroad and
other good things.
Ely ..................."..6 4 l 10 5-2C
Elko .................... 0 0 2 2
Batteries: Ferguson and Luchesi;
Henry and Harris.
The day closed with grand ball at
Ely hall, that was well attended and
very enjoyable occasion.
EVENTS ON THE FIFTH.
Shortly before noon on the 9Th a
large and enthusiastic crowd gathered
in front of THE NEWS Office to witness
the drilling contest. The boys were up
against it this year, for instead of the
usual granite there loomed up boulder
of uuartzsite-the real truck. At diff,
ferent times drillers came and looked
askance at that chunk of congealed Gus.
sedness and-faded away. For while
it looked as if there would be no con-
test but three teams finally showed up
Colcheck and Rogers, Fisher and Bas
salo, and Dugan and Slattery. Petel
Grant and Dan Mcdonald were time
keepers.