Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-17
out in the Provinces.

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| Over at Panama (Ia) today a ball game
between the, Panama regulars and the "Old
Timers" will be, the. main attraction. The
FORMER base ball stars ayow that they can
and win come back and If this is true a
lively tussle Will surely be the outcome.
1t is cinch that anybody that ever played
base ball thinks he can rsmble around
again the same as OF old until he tries to
turn the trick, then for the first time he
awakens to the fact that hes is no longer
in the race and the next day when his
poor old frame aches all over he is finally
convinced that he barked up the wrong
tree. OF course, a few exceptions occur.
The old timers will sure work a miracle If
they all come back.
Travelling over the dust on the diamond
on the banks of Lake Manawa this after
noon can be found the Baum Iron company
family. They will ooze over to Council
Bluffs for the purpose OF demonstrating to
the Council Bluffs Rowing association team
the way the grand national game is played.
| Soup, who formerly held down the danger
bag for the Benson Eagles is now residing
on cushion three for the Iron tribe and his
presence improves the team. considerably.
Another new member that has showed up
exceedingly will is Joe Mckee who cavorts
around the short field. Parrish will toss
them for the Baum herd and Danger Top
Peterson will sail them over for the sailors.
Since the Benson Eagles we've whipped so
numerically by the Storz Triumphs we
guess they have decided TO unlock for the
season Anyway, they have hung up the
nothing doing placard for today Never
| theless there will be something doing at
the Benson base ball emporium. About
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the c. B. Ramblers, will endeavor to thrash
the R E. Long combination. This team
has been aching for the chance to show
the Longs that they are their masters. 1t
will be hard sliding for the Ramblers to
push the Longs down the slide, but time
will tell. Nelson will blow them over for
| the Long outfit.
Out on the green at Florence at $50 the
Florence Athletics will lock horns with the
| White City Rambers of Omaha The
Ramblers always live up to their name and
( play clean game and also generally clean
up their opponents. Last Sunday the Flor
ence kids slipped one over on the Key
| stones Baker the horsehide finger at
taehed TO the Advos, essayed 10 help the
IKeystones out He got in the game at the
right time, but with the wrong team The
Florence boys say that Baker thought hs
had milk and honey when he promenaded
into the box 10 pull the game out of the
we'll for the Keystones, but he was handed
a bunch of sour grapes. The Florence pets
claim that they secured six hits off OF his
foolers,s one Of which was good for three
cushions. Now, you Florence boys don't
want to get too puffed because YOU han
pened to hand a good pitcher-a lemon
You want 70 remember that all pitchers
have off days and as Baker Is only human
he can't always be right Neither can he
whiff eighteen or more bstsmen every
game. This mix today ought TO be a din.
ger as both teams are determined 10 snas
the bacon. Swanson the chief peIter OF
the Florence Athletics, viii blow them over
for the Florence boys and Gus Probst will
dish them out for the White CITY Ram.
blers- Last Sunday Swanson breezed four.
teen OF the keystone tribe, and he thinks
he can land that many Of the White CITY
Ramblsrs today.
Grain Men Come out.
The only scramble at Dietz park this
afternoon Will be between the Omaha
Grain Exchange and the Sherman Avenue
Merchants. For several weeks these tu,o
families have been pining for 4 whaek q,
each other, consequently today's duel will
undoubtedly be lively event The sour
stuff is just sizzling in their systems ana
they are sure going TO spill it out. LateIv
the Rangers have been beating the horse
hide 20 all corners Of the lot ana thAy
intend TO keep up the good work. The
sherman Avenue Merchants have plave5
most Of their games with out-of-town
teams, and their showing is above par.