The Lamar register., 1913-06-04
TOWN BALL REVIVED
some Back Lot Artists Entertain "a
Crowd u Citizens with Re
vival ~ the Real Gasnc.

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gregation of has been and tn
might have been" ball players
who upheld the dishOnOr of tn.
east and west sides of the town OF
Tuesday u this week and inciden.
ly added a few dollars to the IL
brary fund. A few near players
got in the lineup somehow al.
were the only thing that detracted
in the least from the unalloyed hi
larity and excitement al the momen-
tOus occasion. The parade to the
grounds outside of the band and
its music was not an imposing sight
as 1t was composed of few womld-
be sports who couldn't find autos
to ride in and a bunch of kids who
we're the real article in the sport
line. t
Manager Fred Marx of the east
side insisted on naming the UNI
pire and Manager l.. Writ Markham
of the west side was contented with
the scorer. Mayor Doughty. and he
showed his wisdom as the latter an
nounced the result as Is to in
favor of the west side.
The star Of the game was cas-
lily the umpire. E. M. Mears His
ideas of town ball-he has not
heard of base ball-were bred in
him before the war and haven't
improved any with age. but he
Is right up to date in a Marks
OF Gooseberry" contest and in
handling policemen has Jack John
SON backed off the map.
The veteran of the game was Fred
Lee OF the east side. Fred was
on the regular Lamar nine in the
pioneer days before Chief Bende.
was even born and il said to have
made a home run to Fort Lyon
the time of the last Indian raid
through the valley. He can still
run bases like . bread wagon but
hig wing needs greasing. Cal DOWN.
ing was a close second as a Yeter.
an, but IL of recent enough vim
tage to know what is coming to
an umpire and would have heen a
star II he hadn't insisted on cross
ing the base runners out in town
ball style.
The west siders had a profess
sional battery and the slump Of
the Giants 10 now explained. The
great "Christy" pitched for the
Irish warders and DR.. Spicer
caught until he struck SO hard
at one OF .Zimmer's twisters that
his bat wrapped three times around
his leg and cracked his ankle. For
the east siders w. A. thinner was
very near the whole game. Such
remarkable control as he had over
the umpire was never seen ON the
ball field bfore. and while he last
ed 1t was one. two and side out
for the western galoots. Loren Van
Ginkle caught him and only made
one error-he wouldn't have made
that IL his tailor had used strong
thread.
1t was "base" running on the
part of the east siders and running
bases by the west siders that really
settled the game. DR.. Shelter stole
twelve bases on one hit, and Al
bert Morich won the championship
as a high diver. Ed silver came
back and proved he could give the
ball ten yards start and beat it to
the next base. Prof. Jones held
the distinction of being the only
left handed batter and all pitchers
were pie for him. He is little
slow in running but bats like Cas-
ey, the family hero. Hershel Horn
made very dignified I'd baseman
except when the ball came his way.
Then he called for help. E. r
Meyer proved he could still occas-
sionally make connections.
On the east side team Frank
Sayler and Jim Campbell looked
too much like ball players to be
worthy of notice. j. A. Silver was
one of the stars as his feat of catch.
su~ 800 ~ Tho dozor mr. an flies