American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1910-05-28
NOW FOR THE BIG GAME.
Single Men Out -Classed According to
Manager Roberts.

Arrangements for the all-star ball
game, Monday, between the married
and single men of the Commercial club.
have been completed. A soft ball will
be used so as not to main the delicate
hands of some of the single men, who
refuse to play under Marquis of Qneens-
bury rules. The first nine married men
on the diamond will be chosen for the
team, as all are excellent players, and
any nine of them can wallop the deli
cate house-plants who will constitute
the team of the single men. The mar
ried men have almost q regiment of
pitchers, and all of them have been in
structed to land one or more balls in
the ribs of all the pretentious opposing
team early in the game to wake them
up, so there will be no danger of the
married men running themselves to-
death around the diamond. After wit
Messing a few practices by the single
men the umpire has concluded that it
will be necessary to do something to
keep the game from degenerating into
a married mems marathon race.
The score keeper has been instructed
to tally FIVE for every run the single
men may make, and to count only half
the runs the married men secure. The
married men have been requested not
to pound the sphere so hard that its re-
covery will delay the game, and to be
careful not to permanently cripple any
of the opposing team.
George W. Roberts, captain of the
married mems all-star aggregation, be-
ing duly interviewed, said: "On behalf
of the team | represent, and speaking
for the humblest as well as the most
exalted one of them, | am almost
ashamed of myself for the way we are
going to treat the other team. Steal
ing candy from baby is nothing to the
imposition we will put on them. Our
corn-fed pitcher, Thompson, with
Judge Oliver behind the bat, can van
quish the pretzel-eaters without assis-
tance, leaving the other members to
mingle with the crowd on the bleachers
or sleep on the bases. In the second
inning | will relieve Thompson, with
Greenwood or Struthers behind the bat
and the other members of our team can
get a brief respite from their arduous
base running. l can pitch few my
self, not Dragging any, and it is my in
tention now to fan them out in one,
two three order, but if they are dis
couraged and threaten to mutiny may
let a few of them get to first base.
There are number of players in our
team almost as good as me, and 1t is a
problem how to place them. The line
ND have figured out for the first in
ming is las follows: Pitcher. Thomp-
son: right and left supports to pitcher,
Dawson and st. John; catchers, Oliver,
Bennion and Stauthers; ball chaser for
catchers, Hiett; shortstops, Tucker and
Walworth; first base, Smith, Schmidt
and Smith; second base, Freeman and
Grothe; third base, Kosanke and Me;
right field, Sparks, Allen, Davis; center
field. Winter, Vogel, Garrett, Green
wood. Moth, McKown; left field, Bar
ber. Barton, Hall, Ellinger, Line, Wal
lis Wallise, and Wallis; umpire, JEFF
fries (Jim): scorekeeper, Atwood.
What to do with the rest of the boys is
what puzzles me. l am afraid to put
anv more of them in the game for fear
they will be stepping on each other,
and vet if | slight anyone my popular
itv will suffer. | can satisfy Wilson
and Burrel by letting them write up
the game, but l crn't get any more in
the field. They are so thick there now
that if it should rain balls there couldn {
many of them reach the ground. am
almost ashamed to play the single men
with such lineup, because they haven t
obost of a show to win. y