The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07

"stickers." Don't really need then
in a contest with Hibbing, but it is
always a pleasure to the fan to set
the sphere lift the fence.
No man ever cured his corns by
growling at them, and Hibbine
never won a ballgame by throwing
an egg at Virgi1,ia's third baseman
'Cause Virginia won that day.
If the H;bbing fans feel half as
badly over the result of the last ser
les as does the. ,Hibbing Tribune
Hibbing as whole must have in
dulged in an awful belly ache. Mon
day night.
DIRTY" Taylor showed 'em anoth
err trick on Monday. A "dirty" trick
Of course, because it was Taylo,
who did it. Butthe ball went over
the fence and hetwalked round the
diamond, with Billings patting tune
to his tread one sack ahead.
A man who doesn't know when he
is licked is almost as tough com
petitor as the man you can't lick
Same thing with ball teams. But
we believe that after Hibbing's ex
perience with Mr.. "Almquist" they
begin to realize that they are licked
A Kansas justice of the peace re.
Gently raided poker joint and
cleared $47 This is real safe and
sane way of playing the game
Nearly as safe method as is fol.
lowed by the gambler who bets his
money on a ball game and then um.
pires the game.
While sitting in the grand stand
at the Sunday game and trying to
figure ont how fast a boat would
have to travel IN fresh water to Gre
ate sufficient friction to set it on
fire, we were uuconsciously con-
vinCed of the fact that woman's
tongue came as near being perpet.
ual motion as had yet been discov.
cred. Don't know who the lady was
but if she has not already learned
the art Of honing a razor we haste
to assure her that she has missed
her calling in life by not learning
the barber business.
While one of the Virginia players
made faces with his fingers at the
Sunday game we failed to see any
| Virginian emulate the Hibbing tin
horn who paraded in front of the
grand stand at the last Sunday
game played in Virginia and will
a phony roll in his hands yelling al
the top of his voice, "Come on, you
yellow streaked. : piking
bet your money!" Yet we neve,
heard anyone say that "there is no
a gentleman living in H,bbing" II
spite of the uncalled for exhibition
of ,ngentlemanly conduct.
There is not gentleman living
in the city of Virginia" was the sen
timent expressed by one of the lad.
fans at the Sunday game. There
you etfete monsters of the genu
man who make your home in tn
city of Virginia, take that! But pac
ify your ruf1ied dignity with tn
thought that it was not Virginia
hobo but a Hibbing gentleman:
who threw the specimen Of over-rip
hen fruit at the Virginia third base
man in the game on the Hibbin,
grounds at which the Lake Super
ior Mining Institute members wer
among interested spectators.
| While it has been the proud boas
of the Hibbing press that 1.-THE Hill
bing team" is a "home product" i,
every particular 1t was given out il
the grand stand Sunday that tn
man who pitched for Hibbing il
the Sunday battle, Alnquist, was
Chicago wonder whom Manage
Brady had discovered after a week
sedICl. IL was aIeo sldteu thdt AIN
quist had agreed that in case h
did not win his game he would pa
his own expenses and charge moth
ing for his services. We presum,
therefore, that "Oo-lah" either pai
his way back to the Windy City O
walked. Hip! Hip! Hip!
H.. Anaa 0n>A