Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-17
PLAY
SCRIBES TODAY
BASEBALL GAME FINALLY is
ARRANGED
CONTEST STARTS AT 2:3o AT
CHuTES PARK
Battling Nelson and Jim Jeffrles in
Lineup-Proceeds Go to Swell
Fund for Entertaining
Elks Next Year

After trying to call off the game
schedule for this afternoon between
the Press Boys and the Fighters, Baron
the big show last night, and for the
first time since the scribes accepted the
challenge of the dub outfit a positive
announcement of details regarding the
game Is possible.
The game will be played for the bene-
fit of the Elks entertainment fund and
admission will be 25 cents, with the
women folk free and cordially insisted
upon attending. Game will be called
promptly at 2:S0 o'clock, as all the
players on both sides have been directed
to report at the club house on the
Chutes diamond at / o'clock for pre-
liminary practice. The full nine in
nings will be played If the Fighters are
able to stand the strain of such a long
game and are able to retire the Press
Boys often enough. Following are the
lineups
PRESS BOYS. FIGHTERS.
Lou Guernsey. y...... p. Frank Carsey
William Desmond. p. ......s. Jack Doyle
j. b. Woodside. @. ............ Fat AL
Mano zan. ..-....... c. ......... Some dub
Ed Mortarty. .....s.. LIB ....... Baron Long
Jay Davidson. ...... 2b $3.50. Jim Jeffries
Beanie Walker. S. Battling Nelson
WV
Chester Lawrence. IT, .......D .Davey Jones
George Hancock. IF. 49,. Billy Manning
Ham Oliver... rf. lord Fauntelroy
A. Bird. ........... CT 80. Billy Snailham
Mike Kutchos has been appointed
water boy for the entire brigade OF
balltossers. Substitutes are expected to
show up on both sides. Jake Griffin
wanted to play with the scribes, but
was not needed, and the Fighters re-
fused him on the grounds that he is no
fighter
Hen Berry and Charlie Eyton will
offlciate as umpires, working under the
modern double umpire system. Both
are game and will stand for no nom
sense, so they say. Red Perkins has
been appointed official scorer. Chief
Kern has been appointed chief of the
ground police to preserve order and
protect the umpires.
There is real class involved in this
game, especially on one side, and the
fans who were SO fortunate In the
past to witness games in which the
scribes won the amateur championship
of Southern California in two success
sive seasons will know full well that
good game may be expected.
1t looked rather squally last night
when the committee representing the
Press Boys team met Baron Long, the
committee representing the fighters.
LO1S WduleQ 10 crawl Out VI Ilic Hic1ISh
and actually called off the game until
he was "kidded" into going ahead with
it. He said he had sustained an injury
to his right hand, alleging that JEFF
fries had walked on it, but could not
prove 1t. When informed of the pan
ning'' that was in store for himself and
his fighting ball players in the event
the game was called off he reluctantly
agreed to go ahead.
With two undisputed world cham
pions on the team the fighters should
prove rather attractive at the box Of
fee. Battling Nelson, the game little
lightweight champion, intended going
to San Francisco last night, but Of
fered to stay over and play If Long
would consent to go ahead with the
game. He will be at short and Jeffries
will be next door at second. 1t is prob
able that AL Kaufman. Jim Flynn,
Freddie Welsh, Montana Kid, Danny
Webster, Kid Trendall and other fight
ers in the city will be seen in the line
up.
Owing to the late hour at which the
fighters finally agreed to go ahead with
the game, it will be impossible to en-
gage the four brass bands that were
desired to parade the downtown streets
previous to the game, so the general
public that desires to witness a crack
eriack exhibition of the national pas
time and aid in swelling the entertain-
ment fund being raised by the Elks
for their reunion next year, should ar
range to be on hand promptly at not
later than $3.50 o'clock, as the game will
be called on time.