The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-07-13
BASE BALL
Professional Players Get Into
the Scrub Class---But Just
Wait Until Next Sunday.

The Waples mill men have Gna G
for a game Of ball to beplayed Ff
lenge will probably be excepted.
be allowed to pick players from an
bows. have some good timber IN
several other semi-professlonals'
Personally i don't care much io'
ball game, not as it was played H''
Sunday.
| always preferred the more "a
citing game of croquet, checNefs a."
jackstraws.
l want my blood to tingie anu
want to yell and jump UP ana ~"
and call endearing words 10 "
players or, / don't want to DC 'A''
at all. Not all people are allhe'
course. There's George Waples
Sumas. George drove clear over Ael
to see a ball game that ended u
without an effort on either SIDE
Oh yes, / neglected to say that 'n
game was between Lynden ana u
Bellingham Cubs. The Cubs maven
an enviable reputation as ball player
They have been licked by aDoV
everything in the woods including lI
Maple Falls team. Well, if there wa
any ball playing done Sunday-mihd
don't say there was, but If lheI
vast wasn't done by Lynden. IN
Cubs won.
To start with Dean couldn't pllc
& hlil Cver tie plate that three yea
CID cou,d't hit. They pounded MI
whenever and wherever they fwahIe
to. 1t is true he had pitched iou
winning games last week, but thi
doesn't excuse him for going soft
Ecme. AS captain he became dl
grsted with Dean and put him o
in the field bringing Meueur in1A
aieueur is big and his btgness IA
ed the visitors for a few momen
but he was wild, wilder, wilde
he pitched better bi
than thought he could.
We had new catcher-anoth
lIemingway-and allow me to rema
that he is catcher, and he has
arm that will fire a ball three lie
from the ground to beyond secor
Reed was out in right field where
did good work. Hemingway to-
Steinhauer's place at short. Stei
hauer was off and Peggy Haggers
who had been in the field to
Hemmy's old place at second. / da
say the new line up is an iInproy
ment but the demonstration is yet
be made.
So far | have laid our failure q
tiely upon the head of Dean, but
wasn't alone to blame by jug fu
Meueur let a peach pass him. He!
ingway on short had his fingers
buttered once that the ball never ev
tickled the palms of his hands. Lii
wise the same might be said abe
nearly everybody
The only redeeming feature of
game was when Johnnie Dickerso
with two men out, hit a pippen a
SO encouraged those who came af
that We got in two scores. PeculI
isn't it, but when you get to thil
ing of redeeming features others "
pop up. Peggy stole two bases OF
in a manner that warmed the cock
of my heart. Spike" that's Osgo
hit whaler when a whaler was ne
ed. Reed caught ball that seen
to be doing it's durnedest to get aw
from him. Dean hit a lulu Il
brought in two scores. And, oh W
there are always redeeming featu
when one is talking of the Lyme
team. but the game was rotten.
! Next Sunday the Lynden team '
play the Bellingham X. c. team T
is said to be the fastest aggregat
/ in our little county seat town.
( has beaten the regulars, and up
date has out classed everything
its pride to take a fall is next S
day. The place is Lynden. The Il
is 2:3O.