The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-17
BALL TEAM
FOR BINGVILLH!!
Steps have been took to organ
ize a nine in our midst to
participate in The nashiOnaI
game Hank DeWhery LIST
thOt Of it---let US hope it
will be a SuCkSesS!

A general mass meeting OF our most
respeckted citizens, including many 9th
ers too numerous TO menshion. was held
in Hen Weathersby's store last Thurs
day evg, for the purpose Of organizing
"a Bingville baseball nine during the
coming summer.
1t was a Impromptu meeting as YOU
might say, being as il was thort OF and
got up on the spur OF the moment.
Hank Dcwbcrry was the one who thort
OF It first. but that amt surprising. be-
ing as Hank amt got much else 10 do
but Jest set around and think Up things.
Hank, he thort about getting up a base
ball nine sometime in the afternoon. and
the more he thort about il the more he
calkilated it would be a good scheme,
so he kind OF spread the word around
town and invited everybuddy who was
interested in gettin' up a baseball nine
10 be present at Hen Weathersby's store
that ev'g, which they all done.
When everybuddy was assembled.
Hank he riz up and said if there wasn't
no objeCshion he would act as chairman
of the meeting. the objeckt OF which
was to get up d baseball team. Hank
said It was shame and a disgrace that
Bingvile didn't have no baseball nine.
being as most Of the towns hereabouts
has EN-, even Sorrow Hollow and Hap
py Valley, which amt got more than
one-sixteenth the populashion of Bing-
vile, Hank said he calicilated that Bing-
vile could get up baseball team which
could lick any other team in this vicin-
ity, and he said II would do his heart
good TO see the Bingville nine lick the
Hardscrabbe team, which is the cham
pions OF this end of the county and
boast that they amt never been wal
loped vet on the baseball diamond. Hank
then asked them present to express
themselves and set down.
Lige Green he got up and said he
would be willing to ketch on the team.
providing the pitcher, whoever he might
be, wouldn't throw the balls at him too
vilent Jed Peters, our intelligent school
teacher, said if there wasn't no objec-
shion, he would act as pitcher, being IS
he had once pitched few games on the
Snake Bend team and got so as he
NOuiu dllllOol III Wv d Oul curve.
Lem Gookins volunteered to play first
base. Lem said he wanted to be right
up on the firing line where the baseballs
flew the thickest. Old Dad Henderson
said he calkilated he could play second
base, but being as Dad is stone deaf
and nearly 20 years old and has wood
en- leg besides, It was decided that Dad
had better act in the humble capacity
of a spectator instead OF a PLAYER, 50
Bill Hepburn, our artistick blacksmith.
was selected for second base. Snide
Petersby said he would take third base.
Outhelders and the shortstop was left
open for volunteers. Hank said he thort
it would be good idee to hold a So
cable or entertainment OF some kind
in the Town Hall and charge as big a
admisshion fee as folks would pay, the
proceeds to be used toward purchasing
uniforms for the team, including base
ball bats, baseballs, masks, ketcher's
gloves, etc. Hank said he thort every
member of the tea ort to have uni