The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-12
PLAY BASEBALL
FOR LIBERTY
Hoboes Forced to Give Dia-
mond Exhibition Before
They Can Eat.

|. W~llkesbarre. Pa. July 11.-Mighty
is the American game Of baseball. and
W.. D. Norris is its prophet. In the
annals of the game it is doubtful il
there ever was a more thrilling exhi-
b!tion than that which took place un-
der his auspices yesterday. 1t was be-
tween two teams Of tramps who had
been rounded up Monday.
Morris. clothed in a new uniform
and the dignity of his Office of bur
CESS. marshaled his string Of players
on the field. There were thirty of
them. but numbers did not cause the
NNF~llkesbarre burgess any concern. He
nae long stops as we'll as shortsops.
inserted an extra catcher with a dip
net and sprinkled the overflow into
the field. Then. selling a prodigious
oluoegon as insignia of authority and
ornamenting his chest with a section
OF boiler plate, he called go"
Works" Score IL Runs.
First to the bat were the imposing
Never Works." After six or seven
l"nges at the sphere, interrupted by
a recess for a fight. the first mar up.
oecomingly arrayed in red whiskers
and sport trousers having fringed
cuffs. tapped the ball to the feet of
he pitcher. but that languid citizen
folded his arms and Scorned to stoop
for it. so that the batter eventually
reached first base. He wanted to sit
down. SO the mar who followed was
forced to the painful necessity of
kicking him off the sack. Afterward
the two ambled painfully around the
circuit. followed by others. a score
Of twelve was reached. At this point
the catcher and outfeld went on strike
ana 1t was deemed advisable to give
the Toll Fearers" a chance to show.
their proves. They showed it by
scoring twelve of their own. after
which there was a new deal.
Feel for Feathers.
There was an exciting moment
when h umpire called foul" Every
member on each side automatically
felt under his coat for feathers. and.
finding none, relapsed into the de-
OF four balls" stimulated two Toll
Fearers' to amble around the bases
without the Formally of hitting.
BY this time the feelings of the
Never Works" were deeply wrought
up by a promise of a hot dinner and
quick Jail leave for the winters. They
seized the ball with such effect that
enough runs came their way to give
them the lead by one.
Score on a Mass Play.
The deputy Toll Fearers'' put one
OF their own mon to the count. and
before their opponents discovered the
ruse they were a dozen or two ahead.
Then the others executed il flank
movement. the whole crew running in
football formation as soon as the frs,
ball passed over the plate. and agair
the score wos tied-49 I 40.
When d "wanderlust curve from
the pitcher caught the burgess in the
pit Of the stomach forty feet from the
plate he decided that the psychologi.
cal moment had come for calling the
game.
Both Sides Run Bases at Once.
The scoreboard credited each sid.
With 80 runs, a tie being brough
about by both sides making the rounc
of bases at once.
AS all agreed that all records hac
been broken by both sides, the affai
ended in a big feed" after which tn,
participants We're invited to poin
their feet toward the city borders
which they did. They We're ordered
not to return within a year.