Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-05-17
Travellers MAY
SEE some Stars
Excitement Galore Promised
m Local Diamond Next
Sunday Afternoon

Sunday afternoon the Bismarck
baseball diamond will lose its norma
peaceful aspect, and will take on the
semblance of that bleak and barre1
stretch of desert waste between Du
range and Coahufla in Mexico with
the federals smoking northwart
from Torreon to Bermejillo, Peronal
Coneios and Jiminez seeking the elu
sive rebel guerrillas. Sunday after
noon the baseball aggregation OF the
United Commercial Travellers Will
'tsnook" up on the Bismarck All stars
and endeavor to wrest from them the
victory which they lost a week ago. IL
will be some struggle.
Recruiting Officers Busy.
Generalissimo Slim McGovern,
who is commanding officer OF the trav-
elers, has kept the recruiting service
busy all week. and several new and
classy players have been enlisted.
There wasn't single small town II
the slope country where knights OF
the grip didn't utilize every spare
minute by getting ball and glove, re-
pairing behind the livery barn or de-
pot and practicing for Sundays con-
test. Scouts and patrols have been
traversing the enemy's country, keep
ing a constant watch on their every
movement, and the moment the pres
ent armistice expires General Meow
ern will marshal his boys in blue,
swoop down upon the doughty foe,
and fight to a finish. Some one has
said that the travellers would see
stars. McGovern asserts that they
may see All Stars, but that before
the game is ended the All Stars will
have also seen them Speaking about
McGovern it is natural to expect that
he will probably be visible to all.
Residents of some of the 1eighbor-
ing towns have been wiring in to the
adjutant general all week in terror
and alarm. Squads Of men have ap-
peared in their streets, gathered into
little groups, waved their arms, and
gone through all kinds of gesticula-
lions and contortions, never emitting
a sound. Diligent inquiry revealed
the fact that it was only jeff White,
Joe Clemens, Harry Barwind, Cliff
Norton, Costello, ct al, rehearsing
their roofing stunt. They were saw
ing their vocal apparatus, however, for
the game. Then jeff White would
break away and tear up the street at
terrific speed, while the rest OF the
gang went through the motions OF
throwing things at him. He was only
practicing for his official position as
umpire, and was training to dodge
the Infatuated mobs, who might be dis
satisfied over some of his decisions.
They are telling good one on Bert
Price. He was in little country
hotel a couple Of days ago when a
false alarm was sounded from the din
ing room The boarders all jumped up
and raced out, only to find the doors
still closed. They hung around in
the hall visiting and calming their in
surging little "tummies" with prom
Uses of feed soon to come, and in so
doing completely blockaded the hall
way. Enter Mr.. Price, with wrathful
glare in his eyes,.
Keep back there, you guys!" he
shouted. "HowineN do you expect
anybody else to see the game?"
They'll be a at the game>Sunday and
the Bismarck bunch, too, and every
body else is invited to be present and
enjoy the fun. Game called at $3.50.
Battle to finish.