Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-17
WESTERN ONIONS
MOI SO STRONG
POSTAL OPERATORS BEAT THEM
ON DIAMOND
Fancy Costumes and Wild Plays
Arnuse Large Bunch at chutes.
XII ki Stamps
Real Hit

That bunch of Western Union ball
players are western onions. Anyway
that's how it looked at Chutes park yes
| terday when they went up against the
| brass Founders representing the fostai
ex-operators, for the bunch that USED 10
work for Mackay short circu1ted at ieas'
81 runs, against % for the western Unions
! And the worst of it was that no scape
goat could be found to take the blame
for such a proceeding. Big Bill Furman
Pstarted in to slap them over Tor the
| Western Onion brigade, but Colonel
| Clowery must have sent out an ln1unc-
ton, for Bill slowed down to almost
| nothing.
Then Silver King Dunn tried his luck
| The young man with the gray locks mas
| a curve that can beat lot OIL them' put
the Postal batters seemed to eat IL. ana
Dunn was treated to something awful.
The Postals were lucky on their side.
Steele had almost nothing and gave that
away after the first inning, but at that
he managed to escape anything very pad.
His support was a little better, too, al
though to call it support is cheating on
the real dope
But no matter how rotten the game it
was enjoyed by a large mob of hoWHng
sympathizers. Jimma da jeff had Jop
out near first base, but the big fellow
was tongue tied every time it came to
calling a man out, and every play that
was anywhere near close went to the
credit of the runner.
And some of the uniforms sported were
worth the price of admission several
times, for they were fancy and numerous
Shorty Ryan, the man who brought on
the big show, was there in his negngee
and was a star performer until 1t became
too cold for the delicate lingerie which
encased his maidenly FORM
Furman Scream
Bill Furman's costume was some OF
scream itself. 1t was combination bath
ing and gymnasium suit, with couple
of frills thrown in around the knees for
good measure. Stamps made an awful
hit as Ki XII, and got away with the
impersonation while the real and only
wild man watched him from over in the
Chutcs. The rest weren't far behind
these stars, and the diamond looked like
an annex to Ringing Brothers clown de-
partment.
J The six innings played by the teams
could not be called short, and neither
were they sweet. Action was the. prnci-
pal item on the menu, and this action
was SO fancy it was good. In the first
part of the opening fit the Western
Unions started out like world beaters, and
scored one tally, but that was as far as
they got.
The Postals opened their period at the
bat by doing things to Mr. Furman's
delivery. A little kid, Casey tore off
what was scored as a hit, and proceeded
to steal second. Jones walloped another
and the little fellow scored. The umpire
called four balls because Mason refused
to strike at those which cut the platter,
and on an overthrow to first Jones
trotted in
Polka Dot Page made a hit, and Stats
Dodson did likewise, scoring Mason. Then
XII Ki Stamps proceeded to do things.
| He laid down a dinky one near first
base but the ensuing fancy work turned
| it into home run, with Dodson and Page
also getting a chance to cross the rubber.
| The first act broke up with dispute
| over the umpire's decision, because that
| official decided that after three men were
out the following runs did not count.
1t looked almost real when both sides
were retired in the second in one, two,
three order but the third round served
to change this view of things
The Western Onions started the third
by getting real busy with Steele and his
near curves. Old Man Rainey famed,
but Brogdens walk was good for third
base when the resulting errors were con-
sidered. Then three scores were shot
over before Rolling decided to strike out,
after which another pair drove home be-
fore Carroll was out at first. The UNI
pire and both teams had lost track of
the number of outs, so the Onions had
another shot at it before Rainey famed
for the second time and made 1t four
outs for the single inning.
Western Onions Strong
With the Western Onions right on their
heels the Postals got together again and
sent three tallies to the place where they
would do most good. The feature of the
act was the real Ki Ki sitting on the
roof of the Chutes dog house and coach
| ing the imitation XII Ki through a mega
| phone.
The fourth inning helped the Postals
to four more runs. Jones hit a fancy
home run to right field and when Brog-
den turned around the wrong way to
look for the ball the whole bunch of
Postal base huggers blew in from no
where.
Something really happened when Fisher
came to the lat for The Onions in the
| fifth round, for he was caught out by
one of the fielders. This was such an
unusual thing that two runs were scored
before the players came to again, and
| Shorty Ryan was so pleased that he re-
| tired to the 1ench.
Silver King Dunn went to Furmans
relief when the Postals came to bat, and
| the best he got was a beating. The
| Postals walloped him all over the place
but he finally put them out, after Jones
| had connected with another charity
| homer.
The sixth and last round saw the finish
of the Western Union brigade. While
| they were at the bat the bunch led by
Shorty Ryan thought a few tallies would
help and scored four, but when the
| Postals added nine to their share OF
things the Onions thought it was time
to sound :. -
The teams are threatening to play an
other game in the near future, and II
they will only promise to be as funny
as they were yesterday crowded house
| is assured from the start
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