The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-07-14
BASEBALL BOYS
BOOM BUSINESS
ALL HOME TEAM DEFIES THIS
PART OF IOWA
FOXY FAUL IS THE SPlT-BALLER
Eat-Em.Alve Team Ready For Victims. Rock
well City Thursday. Good Games
Scheduled For Chautauqua Week

The Denison base ball team is look
ing for trouble. 1t is prepared to
put the FILINGS on any amateur team
in Western Iowa and is just aching
for the chance. 1t is y strictly
home team and the boys do not play
bali on Sunday so that the require
ments of the most fassidious sports
man are met.
1t now remains to be 81 en- how we'll
tho fssiii us sportsman will support
the team. So far the response has
been generous and the bows are en-
couraged to do their level best. AL
Lyman is manager of the aggregation
and Senator Crsmer who has gotten
to be quite good fellow since he
left the Bulletin, is secretary and
treasurer.
''Tut" Faul is the acting captain.
the champion pitcher and little bit
the whole works. He is one of the
best and steadi ct Of twirlers. His
work may not be so brilliant but he is
best when in hard luck and he does
not know how to get ratified. All the
batsmen know they have puzzler to
meet when they run up against Faul.
Back Of the bat is Lon Freed who is
proving hip.self~a guod back stop. He
seems to love the hot ones and his
throw to second is swift and sure.
Barney Otto. who has the base ball
blood in his veins is the all round
"sub." When Tut is off. he pitches.
when Freed gets his finger doubled
back, he catches and between times
he does the sticky fly paper act in the
fright balliewick.
Chuck Gary. alias Will. holds down
the first bag and gets up behind the
bat once in while. Albert Gary
and Mark Clark are good for Fad
and 3rd and these old timers. :
gether with Geo. Richards. who il y
promising yearling. as short. complete
the in field. Gail Richardson. also q
colt, Tom Kelly, the veteran and Bar
ney Otto are the tly-catcbers. Rob. t
Theobald and Gail Carey are being
broken in and decorate the bench.
carr the bats, sass the umpire aud
do all the otoer things that the
"devils" Of ball team are sup
posed to do.
1t ia q strong team, most of the
boys have smelled gun powder not
once but many times and they are all
brohe to umpires, automobiles and
grounders.
| Dunlap. Manila, Manning, Area
dia, Carroll. Scranton. Jefferson,
Logan, Missouri Valley are all towns
in this vicini.y which think they have
ball teams and iss is the business of
the Denison bunch to disillusion
them. Nearly ali there teams be-
long in the ametedr class and are
composed of home players. The
semi prof. craze seems to have diy
out save With Ro kw-ll City which
| is all swelled up with payroll as
big as the American league. By
the way. Rockwell City wiz present
Is foul-eaters here on Thursday, to-
Imorrow. The Dsaison boysh ardly
expect to win against the hired men
but they are determined to put I'D a
l.game fight. II will be q game worth
seeing.
i Chautauqua week is to BIZ hum
mer in base ball circles. 1t is pro
posed to have a solid week of sport.
so arranged as not to interfere with
1 the flow of soul at the city park. how
ever. Two days are still open but the
management hopes to gee them filled
this week.
| The schedule for Caautauqua week
fis as 'f..llows:
j. Monday
Tuesday-Lit,le Missouri Team.
Omaha.
4 Thursday-Dunlap.
Saturday the Americans, Omaha
| Wednesday and Friday are the open
dates and the b.ys are anxious to get
l,them filled.
On account of the rainy season base
ball has been as backward as corn
/ blowing. TIE bows have played bu,
four games. They won from the
Hopkins Bloomers by score of 9 to
Q. from the Omaha Americans by
to 0. and firm Dunlap by IA to a.
They lost to Serant n in q fast ano
furious gam. by 2 to 8. The Buys
lreaIize that their gate receipts will
b. regulated to large extent by the
article of bail they furnish the fans.
What they ask il that every enthusias,
shall attend the next few games and
Judge Of the work of the team. They
are on their nerve te AXE good and
the next few games will be the best
they know how to put up. The guar
antee fund amounts to $500 for the
In asOn hut the h wa will need o0oI