The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-03
ATTORNEYS GIVE
OUT 4 LINEUP TO
An AWEO PUBLIC
Baseball Team Picked From
The Ranks of Local Legal
Talent Will Rival Famous
Chicago "cubs.
TO MEET NEWSPAPER
OUTFIT WEDNESDAY
Charles Lengthy Ladd, Form
er Professional Star, Pitch
es With William Bond Hand
ling Spitballs.

Omcial sanction has been given the
newspaper-lawyer baseball game for
charity by the president OF the Associ-
ated Charities. This morning Will
Bond and Robert Study took upon
themselves the task of indlfsing nine
attorneys to appear in the proper posi-
tons on the field and the game will be
on In earnest next Wednesday after
noon. No apologies need to be offered
for the quality of the contest. 1t will
be A No. ! from the start and 1t is
expected large crowd will pay the
nominal admission fee to see such cei-
ebrites as Giraffe Jessup and Beanpole
Ladd perform.
All the celebrities of the court are TO
be present and it is probable the gov
ernor will be petitioned for special
dispensation granting permission to
lock the courthouse doors. The game
will be called at 3:45 o'clock. The late
hour is necessitated by the many bust
ness engagements of the players that
require their attention earlier in the
day. Ball playing won't buy shoes for
the baby.
A Gallant Pitcher.
It is gallant array of players the
lawyers will present. William Bond,
whose chief claim to ball playing fame
IL the fact he broke a finger when Will
liamsburg played Greensboro in '92.
and that he now owns one of the best
farms in the county and spends his
practice time pitching hay, will appear
as catcher. Prosecutor Ladd will do the
twirling. Laid got his start at Will
liamsburg and afterward played with
Chattanooga, Dayton and other profess
sional teams. He was great finger in
his day and might have been another
Cy Young had not Will Jay run into
him and broke his shoulder. With sucn
battery the attorneys say there will
be nothing to it.
The utility men on the reserve list
contain men who have acquired fame
all the way from Centerville to Wash
ington. Among them are Daniel Web
ster Mason, the dean OF the profession
in Wayne county, Henry Underwood
johnson. Thomas Jefferson Study,
Benjamin Franklin Harris, Henry Clay
Fox, Jonathan William Newman, Abel
Lomax Study, Will Catch'em Converse,
Almighty Arthur Curme Luther Ches-
nut Abbott, Alonzo Rough-house Feem-
ster, John Churchman Dodson and
Josh Spruceby Allen.
An Imposing Array.
The lineup Of the team will be as
follows:
William Battleax Bond-catcher.
Charles Lengthy Ladd-pitcher.
Weary Willie Reller-first base.
Shorty Bob Study-second base.
Byram Corbett Robbins short stop.
Mother Wilfred Jessup-left field.
Ray Flatcar Shiveley-th base.
Will Finnegan Kelley-center field.
Perry Jerry Freeman-right field.
with Sheriff Meredith and Auditor
Coe to act as umpires. there certainly
will be no riotous conduct on the field
Of action. II any attorney thinks he
can run to second without touching
first base he will find the strong arm
Of the sheriff nabbing him by the wais.
and doing the Charley Olson stunt
with his anatomy. It's real-for-sure
go, so everybody make ready to stay
at home Wednesday and see the game.
which no doubt will prove the greatest
in the sports local history.