Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-29
CAPTAIN MALLEY OF THE
EAGLES.


The other team is a bunch of =
dubs and / will wager my star .
against Bob Govan's bat that .
we make the whole team .
ashamed of themselves. desire y
to call the attention of the pub =
lie to the playing of myself .
: am the entire ice cream .
fr -ezer when it comes to play .
ing with smokeless powder =
Again | say watch the big =
chief and pay no attention to =
! Wise. .
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j listen, good people, and you shall
. hear,
!, low the Eagles and Elks played for
:, the beer.
: he game was a wonder, full of ex-
:, citing plays,
;. and will be remembered by all to
the end of their days.
:, handsome Bert Gibbons was behind
the bat,
!, While Enquist adorned the first mat
!. Spstine, the broker, started out in
l. the box,
And Captain Wise coached in his
pretty pink sox.
l. This is sample of the poem
!, handed to us by Husky Barrett,
!. the poet laureate of the Lothrop-
Davis store In all there are twenty
:, nine verses, but in consideration of
the feelings of our readers we pub
nj ish but two, with the assurance that
! the rest are just as rotten
7 This afternoon at l O'Clock sharp
there will take place one of the
greatest, grandest, glorious and most
: spectacular street parades ever wit
! messed by the residents of this vii
lage. The pageant will be over
three miles long and the partici-
pants will be composed of many of
\ our greatest diamond heroes. Pop
-Anson has condescended to rise from
Ihis grave for few short hours and
Twill head the procession. There will
be Elks and Eagles galore, all
equipped in fancy costumes such as
they will wear during the game. At
the conclusion of the parade all
hands will countermarch to the bail
! grounds where Jimmy Morris will
lcall time promptly at 2 o'clock. The
game promises much for both ag-
gregations are what may be termed
as sore and are hot after the scalp
of the other. Secret practice has
! been INDUCED in by both and they
promise bunch of new plays never
!, before attempted on an American
diamond.
Harry Epstine has been practicing
:, number of new poses which he
!, says will make the grand stand en-
:, vious. Bob Govan has mastered the
intricaties of the spit ball and can
make it curve three diffrent ways al
] once. But the greatest of all the
: slab artists will be Bill Johnson for
:, the Eagles. Bill used to play ball
years ago. 1t has been rumored
that he played his first game ba *
in the sixties. He still retains his
eagle eye and is anxious for the con.
J test.
Bert Mcintosh will also enter the
game attired in a new cutaway coat
That's all. Bert wanted to play
:, third so as to be near the keg OF
malt. but Captain Wise had ideas OF
!. his own concerning that position
and may play there himself.
The most important position on
the diamond will be played by the
G sporting editor of the Bonanza. This
: place is at the beer keg. 1t re.
quires one with long experience tc
: handle this job and as the SPORTING
Ed. is well qualified in every par.
!, ticular he will dish out the foam,
beverage. Only the base runner:
arriving at the third bag will be al
lowed to hesitate and observe the
:, sun through a glass. Billy Crime.
:, was after this position, but he queer
ed himself last year when he al
. lowed Brother Puddy. who umpired
7, to- make the third bag three time,
y, every inning.
Captain Wise Of the Elks anC
Malley Of the Eagles have not defin
itely concluded their lineup. bu
will be something like this:
Elks-Harry Epstine, pitcher an,
second base; Billy Douglass. pitcher
second base and left field: Bert Nc
Intosh, pitcher. second base, lief
deld and short stop; Billy Plttman
pitcher and right field; Newt crum
ley, pitcher and center field: Ton