The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-07-29
BASE BALL GAME TO
PAY OFF MORTGAGE
FATS AND LEANS WILL PUT UP
ONE OF THEIR FURIOUS
BASE BALL GAMES

A call to arms has been issued by
the Fats and Leans of Tucumcari and
the clash will occur Tuesday, August
10, providing it stops raining long
enough to allow the fans to congre
gate ut the ball park to see the old
original ball players play ball.
The first team has been playing un-
der the yoke of mortgage of some
$500 on the grand stand and have been
paying it off from time to time until
now ii only amounts to S55, more than
500 being paid last week. These boys
are endeavoring TO give Tucumcari
and vicinity some good games and
have lately added catcher Barkley of
the Phoenix league team, and they
say he works like double-greased light
ming in the practice games. He will
he seen in regular uniform Sunday
when two teams will back the two
local batteries for supremacy.
Well, number of the business men
and citizens have taken the matter in
hand to lift the load from the ball
teams shoulders by putting on ben
tIlI RhfTit lIlt DIONNtuN w kO No"oiNo
paying off the mortgage on the grand
stand and burning the mortgage and
notes up, then the hoys can lay up
few sheckels for a rainy day which
is usually quite disastrous in this To-
cality where il costs so much to pay
the visiting teams when il rains and
no game is played.
The fats have always had u good
team and play good ball, but the
leans are sure they have better team
this year and from the lineup you
will notice they have not picked a
team for the comical stuff usually
pulled off, but they have number Of
real ball players and no doubt will
put one over on the fats this time.
A committee has been appointed to
arrange a parade with the famous
Anderson Carter military band to head
the procession. We have not learned
what will be used to compose the pa
rade but IL will be of the comica.l
kind that will do you good to see. The
suits Of the ball teams will perhaps
be made in various shapes and de-
signs and they will be seen in the pro-
cession, but when they get TO the dia-
mond regulation game will be play
ed and the umpire will be man that
knows the game. There have been
some offers to umpire, some even Of
fering money to be chosen but who
ever the unlucky man is he must be
one who knows the game. The spec
tators may well expect to see game
the best possible for the Fats and the
Leans TO produce.
The following members of the fats
will be expected TO show up at the
grounds on Tuesday, August 10 at
2;30 and remain as long as possible
or until the count is made by the Off
cial score-keeper who will be an eX-
pert mathematician. The fielders and
spectators will he allowed telescopes
with which TO view the ball after it
has been hit by the expert batsmen.
No fruit will be sold on the grounds
and eggs will positively not be ad-
mitted because the Tucumcari Laun-
dry has put ban on washing suits
bespattered with that sort of perfum-
cry. For further information ask any
member of the teams listed below.
FATS--Kramer, Fowler, Devor, Nc
Donald, Barkley, Doughty, Johnson,
Conwell, Powell, Shaw, Alldredge, Car
son, Jno. Eager, Goodloe, Furr,
LEANS-Muirhead, Shelton, Gam
BILE, Humphreys, Sands, James, Coul-
ter, O'Bannon, Coddington, Harrison,
Foyil, Wharton, Chiffon, Schelle.
II we have overlooked any fats or
leans who are desirous of playing nall
we would ask them to call at the News
office or Sands-Dorsey Drug Store.