The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-05
IT'LL Be AWFUL.
Ball Game Planned Between
Lawyers and Preachers.
Teams Have Been Selected for
Battle of the Strong
OLD TIME STARS.
Men Who Have Won Fame in
College Athletics.
But That Was a Long Time
Ago.
OLD TIME STARS

| The attorneys and the clergynen will
play ball as soon as arrangements can
be completed with the purpose OF MAX
ing Cooley's coterie of athletes look like
bunch of amateurs. This will be
done sometime during the absence of
! Cooley's team
Judge Ernest r. Simon has made an
rouncement that he is the manager of
the lawyers and Rev. c. E. Holcomb
| will manage the ministers.
The contract for this regal contest
will provide rules of dress and con-
duct For instance. no preacher will
be allowed to enter the game wearing
celuloid collars and cuffs, paper dick
ey" nor clergyman's frock nor anything
else which is of his common dress nor
shall he run in stocking feet or bare
footed. On the other hand no attorney
will De permitted upon the field wearing
sus penders unless same shall be covered
by a coat and waistcoat nor shall he
wear last years straw hat but must
roll his trousers to a sufficient height
Ito insure the spectators a full view of
his radiant socks whioh alone will be
the distinguishing emblem of his team.
Manager Simon is using care in select
ing the members of his team. "Spide'
Bailey will pitch. He is said to have
gained a brilliant record at pitch while
at the u Billy Rice will catch. Billy
has spent years in catching on and
has been branded proficient by the state
board. The Older players will be sta
toned at the sacks. G. H. Whitcomb
is expected to get his hooks" into any
one coming to first base. Judge L. s.
Ferry, from his services with Topeka
railway, is thought abundantly capable
of ditching anything that comes to sec
ond while Justice Henry F. Mason, who
has been wired a contract, will look
down from his upstairs window and see
all balls rolling toward the third sand
bag. For the field positions Ben Scan
brett is slated for right. 1t is feared
Ben's cigarette lung will not permit him
TO play elsewhere. Frank Dreaming will
be retained in the center garden. Mr..
Dreaming knows all the crooks and his
tory of all bad scores ever kept in the
CITY and must be retained at that pO-
left lot for himself very mOdestly 1t is
true but in looking over the field the
other night he discovered a little strip
of four-leafed clover there in which he
some of his old time form.
ShortstopI All there! Capt. j. G. Wa |
ters has been summoned. the youngest
boy in thp state bar. Ee is now at |
Hill City but special wire last night |
bore the tidings that he would report
in prescribed bright socks on the day |
of the game. This is Joy to the man |
sger All the coaching and talking will !
is well calculated to strike |
terror into the hearts of the enemy /
81 cast a gloom over them. Special |
summons have also been issued to w. |
F. Barber, ]. w. Clark. Phil Wilson, |
Henry Valentine, Bob Stone, John Dan |
son and some others whose names have |
Leen withheld, fearing the minister |
would contest their appearance.
And the ministers. Thev are report |
ed to be in training and will play like |
old Nick himself is after them. Cap |
tain HOlcomb will pitch. assisted by |
the Rev. NJ. NJ Culpepper. These are |
&C Iege men with rare records. While |
they never made a hit, they know the
weaknesses and shortcomings of every |
batter and may be relied upon to make
them see it Rev. Charles a. Finch will |
be the backstop. Finch is a strong |
champion in the protection of the home |
and a menace to back sliders- Rev
Frank Lynch will cover first in his |
good old orthodox way and fully eX-
plain Why candidates are out of the
game and how they might have gotten
in. Rev. J. c. Everett Will probably be
at second Any pagan lawyer
to pass his desk will be
handed one of those college orations
upon home missions Rev. Ralph Ward
may be secured for third base if he can
be induced to leave MS little MOCK anu
gardening. T. ]. Ream and an unknown
recruit named Miller will be tried out
in the green pastures Other likely
additions are bein~ kept secret with a
Il
opponents 1t is rumored that they are
now housed up preparing manuscripts
of operations and battle cries
The captain still wants one Free
Methodist and two evangelists to do
the roofing. and buggy top" Dunk
ard to keep the peanut stand and an
anti buggy top Dupllard to carry the /
lemonade out among the carriages IN
the sun.
At a conference today between Tho
CAPTAINS of the teams two umpires were
decided upon. Sheriff Col: ]. D. Norton
will umpire the balls and strikes. He
has seen all sorts of cannon and rife
balls and has seen many strikes made
in the coal mines. Chief Winfield r.
Eaton will rule over the bases. The
detection of stealing is one of the
points where Eaton excels. Any one
men are especially adapted for the
places as both are we'll accustomed to
listening to complaints.
a letter to the, Commercial club . has
been dictated asking them to see that
All stores are closed on that day for il
will be a great opportunity. for the
Iaitv to get the finer points of the great
national game.