The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09
THE RUBESL|KE
LAMBS LED TO
THE SLAUGHTER
uN THEIR UNsUsPEcTINo AND
oUILELEss MANNER, THEY
PRATTLE ABOUT THE APP
PREACHING GAME, LITTLE RE-
ALIzINo WHAT A cATAs-
TRoPHE IS IN STOLE FOR
THEM.


interest which is being taken by the
Rube editors In the approaching an
Inhalation Of their baseball aspirations
by the undefeated champion team OF
The Journal, which sad event will &C.
cur Monday afternoon, we reprint be-
low the hot air dispensed by the man
ager Of the Rubes, Larkin Cleveland,
of the DeFuniak Herald Cleveland's
braggadosio was scattered all over tie
front page Of his last issue, and Is as
follows. head and all alive ana
suuirming':
"Just Before the Battle. Mother. -
Opposing Forces Of the RuDes ana
Each Other and Grizzly Awaiting the
Signal for the Onset-Ru5es Have In
vfncfble TeamHJournal Force. Realiz-
ing That Defeat Is Certain, Arc
oualdng In Their Boots and Preparing
TO Take Defeat racefully--Journal
WeakIings, Despairing of Other hope
OF Victory. Are Said to Have Pc
sorted to Prayers-Big Odds Are Or
fered on the Rube Team"
Interest in the big Rube- Journal
baseball game next Monday at Pensa-
cola is at fever heat, both in Pensacola
and all over West Florida. The edi-
tor of this war-lilxe publication has
received stacks of letters from the
"rube" editors stating that they will be
ers to moisten their scalpfng knives in
the gore Of The Journal boys. One OF
the "rubes" tells us that everybody
except the town marshall is going from
his town to root for the Rubens.
The Rube Line-u Up.
The following win be the lineup OF
the RUDE team:
Pitcher-Hub Allen. Of the Milton
1000 GstnysvE-anlx Hall r1eFuniak Her
aid devil"
FIRST Base-Ed. williams, of the
Bombay Advertiser.
Second Base-W. H. Mapoles, Laurel
Hill News
Third Base-o; c. Moore. Mariana
Times-C Courier.
Center Field-R w. storrs. De-
F'uniak Breeze.
Left Field-Larkin Cleveland, De-
Funiak Herald.
shortstop-W. w. Jones, Chipley
Banner. ~
Umpire-oscar r. Smith. F1orala
(Ala) Democrat
In addition to the foregoing there
will be a large number of substitutes
and "rooters'' from every printing OF
fee in West Florida
1t is reported that when Percy
Hayes, of The Journal, first saw the
lineup of the rube team he 1mme-
dfately betook himself to prayer, while
Mr.. Mayes bought an automobile and
lit out for Chicago.
The Pensacola printing fraternity is
promising the rubes all sorts Of nice
time and Mr.. Nick Smith, manager Of
the Pensacola opera house, has invited
the rube editors to be his guests at
the theatre on the evening following
the game. This is nice Of Mr.. Smith,
and we wish to assure him that the
boys greatly appreciate his generosity.
Now. brother Rubes, don't allow any
sentiments of gratitude or mag
nanimity toward those Pensacola pee
wees for the. big times promised us
to have the effect of mitigating the
trouncing we have stored up for them
Let US first give those Journal boys
what they are just aching to get, ana
ATTEND to their hospitality afterward.
Jan we've got to do is to swat the
nall and make home runs
As to "Rube" Uniforms.
Several of the rubes have written
has suggesting various costumes for
the country editors. All the uniforms
asuggested are good, but the variety OF
suggestions is SO great that we have
decided to leave the matter OF personal
adornment to the individual taste and
unR0nu1Iy OF GdCu PAAycEs A1OO <ALOA
suggests that we all wear socks, which
strikes us as an unwarranted piece OF
extravagance. Let each player get
himself up in whatever style best suits
him as a rube outfit, but be sure to
tog UP in something.
A Two-Cent Rate.
Pensacola. Fla. Sept. s, 1911
Editor DeFuniak Herald.
Your letter bearing date Of Septem-
her 9Th received this morning.
/ regret very much that it win be
impossible to arrange excursion fares
TO Pensacola from p. & A points on
September 18th on account of the
Journal-Rube game, as there is not
sufficient time to make necessary ar
rangements and publish tariff. How
ever, will advise that we have pub
Iished q party fare OF two cents per
mile each way for parties of ten or
more persons travelling together on one
ticket, which win be available for this
occasion. The party fare each way, to
Pensacola from DeFuniak Springs.
will be $3.50, from Chipley $2.S5 and
from Mariana $2.75. 1t will be neces-
sary that ten or more persons travel
together from the same station. Yours
]. W. LURToN,
This settles it. A two-cent rate is
better than nothing. Let everybody go
down and root for the "Rubes-"
Other Comments.
The following taken from the Flo
rala Democrat shows that the editor
of that paper will be on hand to UNI
pire the rat killing:
Larlin Cleveland. editor of the De-
Funiak Herald. the paper that is
Liked by many. cussed by some and
read by everybody" is getting up a
ball team of ''rube" editors of West
Florida to play against The Pensacola
Journal team. The date of the great
game has been fixed for next Monday,
when il will be pulled of in Pensacola.
It promises to be very amusing and a
large number OF West Florida rooters
are going to the city to root for the
"rubes." The editor Of the Democrat
has been asked by Editor Cleveland to
umpire this game and he expects to
be on hand and handle the indicator.
I have just sent to The Pensacola
Journal the lineup Of the rube team
for the big game on the 11th- I have
named yourself as umpire and hope to