Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-07-23
MUCH INTEREST
IN GREAT GAME
SECOND MEETING OF FAMOUS
FATS AND LEANS WILL TAKE
PLACE TOMORROW EVENING.
TH|RST|NG FOR REVENGE
Slender Athletes Fully Determined to
Wipe Out ignomy Of Defeat Admin.
istered Year Ago by Their PortIy
Opponents-Game to Be Played at
Brooks Island Park.

OPPOnSntS-1dme 10 DC FIdyeu at
Brooks Island Park.
What may properly be termed the
chief athletic event of the season will
be pulled off tomorrow evening at
Brooks Island park, beginning at
o'clock. At that place and hour, Gene
Lanes famous aggregation of lean
baseball players will line up against
la bunch of huskies, captained by
Ralph w. Reynolds. The game will
go five innings, provided darkness
does not put an end to the festivities
before that time.
Defeat Has Ranked.
The decisive defeat administered
to the Leans by the Fats last year
has been ranking in the bosoms Of
the Lane warriors and they are 60
ing out this year determined to make
a holy show of their bulky opponents.
The Falstaffiian devotees Of the great
national pastime are also on their
mettle and say that they will slip the
hungry Cassius another beating which
will forever convince them of their in
ability to even start back.
Banquet to Winners.
Following the game there will be a
banquet, at the expense Of the losers,
at the Bright Hotel. In passing, it
ceedingly quiet and subdued affair
with an early finish.
The Lineup.
For the Fats, Chief Bebb will oc-
cupy his old position in the pitcher S
box, and Captain Reynolds will er-
ceive his slants behind the bat, pro.
vided the Leans permit any of them
to get past the plate. Pete Osweile1
will twirl for the Leans, with Tom
Stout catching. Both line-ups are sub
ject to change without previous warn
ing. George Mathews is general fac
totem, while there will be a great ar
ray of substitutes, bat boys, water
boys, coachers, first aids to the in
jured, etc. The admission will be only
twenty-five cents.
| Captain Lanes challenge is as fol
lows:
To R. w. Reynolds, Captain of Fats
We hereby submit our challenge
for return game of baseball, to take
place any date next week or there
after that will be agreeable under the
following lineup and conditions:
First-No player will be eligible
that practices.
Second-All players to meet a
Bright hotel at 2:30 on the day of tht
game, and no one allowed to partici
pate without uniform of some kind
Third-All to march to ball grounds
in uniform.
Fourth-The game to run for fiv,
innings.
Fifth-To agree on fair umpire
and regulation ball to be played.
Sixth-The captain has the right t
change players at any time.
Seventh-Rooting allowed at al
times.
Eighth-The losing team to buy AM
pay for banquet.
Ninth-All stores to close up du1
ing the game.
Tenth-Admission for all, 25 cent
each.
Eleventh-After the expenses @
balls and ball park are paid, money t
be spent in civic improvements or fo
the benefit of the city of Lewistowr
Twelfth-Wives and sweetheart
not allowed to encore their husband
and lovers when they make hom
run or grand-stand play.
Thirteenth-All editors, newspape
reporters and undertakers free.
]. E. LANE,
Captain of Leans.
The lineup is as follows: Big Pet
Osweiler, pitcher and first base; Per
Gil Mark Stroburn; Big Mitt Mclean
Steam Roller Tom Stout, catcher
Land Shark Cassius Williamson; Pew
ter Ed. Sutter; Lady Finger Os Lei
man; Three Ball Ike Weed; Bea
Brummel Creel; Bloody Third-wor
Jim Martin; Silent Foxy McKoin
"Clean-up" John Marshall; Skim
Cunningham; Windjammer Ritch
Step-along Zanhiser; Bonehead Robi1
son: Catfish Will White; Sunshin
Bert d'Autremont; Farmer Cliff Mi
Ter; Eat It" Sam Phillips; Cigarett
Art Smurr; Quack DIR. Biddle; Farr
Mortgage Jos. Weese; Knot-hole Ian.
pitcher and first base; Topper BIZ
Johnson; Slippery Frank Wright
Pettifoger Coleman.
Captain Reynolds very promptly a,
cepted the challenge and agreed t
the terms. He gave as his list {
players the following: w. d. Symme,
J. C. Bebb, G. c. Simonson, JAG
Waite, Ed. Foster, S. McChesne,
Charley Seeley, Tom Taylor, Olive
Belden, George Stone. Frank Doral
Alex Lehman. Harry Waite, Dave Hi
ger, Emil Saxl, Henry Neill. Georg
| Wiedeman, L. e. Torinus. A. H. Hol
man, Arthur d'Autremont, Will Wa
son, Ed. Wright. Jack Huntoon, Harr
Brown and Ralph Reynolds.