White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-09
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BASEBALL GAME AT McGILL
LAST SUNDAY HAD ALL THESE
MEXICAN AND EUROPEAN MIx-
UPS BACKED OFF BOARDS.

In keeping with the trend of cur
rent events. the dove of peace failed
to alight at McGill last Sunday. The
casus belli was an abbreviated clash
between the smoke eaters and the
miners from Copper Flat of six in
nings duration, with prize of one
thousand bucks to be awarded to the
victors in the battle royal
There wasn't smile or pleasant
word in circulation. When it comes
to this war stuff McGill is there a
million. The contending aggregations
were unwilling to submit the moot
ed points In controversy either to ar
bitration or the firing squad. The
war zone In Europe and Mexico with
its revolutions galore had nothing on
the little uprising that was pulled
at the smelter town last week.
Brickbats whimpered through the
wind and strange language was
chartered. The event never lacked
atmosphere. 1t was an orderly and
decent exhibition for while. and up
to a certain reel the picture show
was absorbing. Then some one put
soap on the rail
Sad, indeed, 1t is to feel like bun
die of moist duds in the drying room
of steam laundry, but sadder still
il Is TO be under the necessity of TO-
cusing ones attention on a bunch OF
crabbers computing for the nobody
gives-a-whoop championship.
Consequently some of us didn't TO
Gus a heap. Nevertheless the game
of six innings were played, and a
general rumor is current around that
the opposing warriors split the lau.
rels fifty-fifty. each side garnerine
nine runs.
After relating the fact that The
game was tie, the only remark to
be made relative to the fracas cen
Germs, Fred Waits. one of the peYce
ENJOYS. AS far as the peace and
happiness of this portion of Nevada
is concerned, Waits was about as eff
ficient as a lone cop at a free for
all.
The smelter bunch began quarrel
ing with Waits, as is their delight
full cuss-tom, So TO speak in the fifth
spasm. The conductor and ex-officie
gesticulator declared Stack out. be
cause he was hit by struck ball.
Paterson, the other arbitrator, dis
agreed with the East Ely exponent
of the national pastime Everything
comes to him who waits-even false
teeth and eye glasses, and Stack
got his being allowed another OF
portunity to whang the globule.
Calamities must be written in seri-
Gus fashion, and here is a situation
that is calculated not to fire ones
soul with enthusiasm The outburst
that followed the discovery that two
balls were In play indicated that the
proposed series would be revengeful
with grudge fight throughout.
Spahr had possession of a spheried,
when Waits passed another Spauld-
ing to Red" Bird. the hurler from
the mines. and in a few moments
more complications arose than would
follow the dissolution of the Stand
ard Oil.
The score was nine to five when
the wearers of smelter uniform came
to bat in the sixth. with McGill in
possession of said five. Bird was
about as wild as Bill Bryan when a
bush war interferes with his Chatau-
qua work. and McGill garnered three
runs, before muttered murmerings
were heard. Britt. who has grand
control of grabbing art. singled, and
was called out by Waits while steal
ing third. McGill didn't pass up the
railroader without singing a note.
They even called Waits by the color
of his hair. The question as to How
Old is Ann?" faded into oblivion in
comparison with arguments that
arose over second ball being put
into play. AS Copper Flat was anxious
to catch the five O'Clock boat" they
agreed to allow Britts circuit to
count, which placed them on an even
basis with respect to the official
scorekeeper
Ii was the dreariest baseball that
the public has been called upon to
tolerate this summer Sharon who has
had several chances for the ham,
and in big company. did the twlr.-
ing for the smelter delegation He