Valdez daily prospector., 1912-07-12
PLAYERS FIND DIFFICULTY SETTLING DISPUTED POINTS
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I nificd manner before they can qualify to play in the game. Ever thoughtful of his own side he in vented a qualification for the Fats also, whereby they arc re- quired to pass through an open ing about four feet wide. The qualification stakes are placed near the cable office.
 Being neither lean nor fat, we can safely comment on what we consider unjust treatment of the I.can", and we, therefore, call the Leans attention to the fact that the Fats have quietly bought the services of Mike Sullivan, paying therefor the enormous sum of thrte thousand dollars for the one game. Mike is a mile high and about half that wide and weighs in the neighborhOod of thou sand pounds more or less, and in addition to this he is some ball player.
 It may be, however, that Goldie, who is considered something of a dark horse when it comes to ball playing, will even up the handicap which the addition of Mike gives to the Fats.
 Considering it carefully and from close inspection of the fast work done by the hundred or more Leans who were out iO practice last night, We believe that all in all the Leans will have a good team, that is if all the aspirants for the team play in Inc game.
 During the practice il occur red in Us that Messy and Doc Daggrtt might get stage fright and We hope the manager of the Leans will coach them in This regard.
 The captains of both teams were busy yesterday making ar engagements for emergency as siStance on the ground and they report that all the doctors have volunteered to br present and that the Owl Drug Store has dn- mated a gallon of arnica and the Valdez Drug Store has donated a bale of bandages.
 They also report that Ed. Wood wired from Seattle that he was sorry he could n't be here to play but he would instruct Hank and Murphy to be on hand with their teams and load of hos pital cots to take care of the in- jured.
 Charley Day, who just barely made the Fats team, is quietly agitating a movement to have a prize ring erected near the grand stand SO that all difficulties may be settled without delaying the game.
 In wandering about town this morning We accidentally dropped III Charley CrawfOrd's shop and there was Charley drilling out the core of the biggest bat We ever saw and loading it with lead. This and numerous other Suspiciuus things which we have i noticed members of both teams ! doing, imprcSScS Us with the be- lief thai a competent corps of in- speclorS should be named, they to search every player before he goes into the game.
 Bill Ecott has consented to play if Otis GrigSDy will field for him and Hanson run the bases and Al. Sullivan bat for him. This reminds us of the tramp who said that if he had some ham he would have some ham and eggs if he had some eggs.
 Billy Ethical gives out the re- port that hr will move his cir cular saw to the ball grounds so he can saw his way through the Leans.
 While an ordinary ball game only requires two umpires, we would suggest that in view of the extraordinary players in the coming game, that two umpires bc stationed at every base and four referees at the home plate.
 No player should be allowed to make speech to the umpires or referees nor should they throw their bats at the umpires or fhc pitcher. It may be that the um- pires do not understand the game b,,f ibo,, cont n ;,,I,, ,,,iIi l.. olSTu tS