Fergus County Democrat., 1916-09-14
BASEBALL
CAME SUNDAY
TRUMPET CORPS AND ANOTHER
NINE FROM THAT ORDER WILL
PLAY AT BALL PARK.
FOR BENEFIT OF TRUMPET CORPS

or staged, as you choose. at the Lew
istown ball park next Sunday after
noon at 2.30 O'Clock. Staged and
acted are proper terms as it will un
questionably be a farce of the ma.
tional pastme. 1t is the game between
the Elks' Trumpet Corps and the
other 400 members of the Elks, the
| receipts of which are to be expended
in equipping the outfit which put
Lewi5town on the map at the last
Elks' state convention with new
trumpets.
One glance at the batteries will
excite interest and give you assur-
ance of this being "some game" For
| the Trumpcters, Freidlein, the same
old Freid that starred way back when
! Montana was territory and still had
it on Moore until about 1913, will do
the slabbing and Joe Steiner will do
! his Giddish "Ge ZOtska" back of the
pan For the other 400 Daddy Royce
is going to try to do the come back.
but he insists on using a duck pin ball
as he can curve that, and Attorney
Ed Baker, Genial Ed" Is supposed to
stop all that are in reach. When Dad
dy orders himself to the showers, John
Rebb. another 49'er in the game, will
take up the extinguisher and put the
TOoters Out-perhaps
The Lineup.
For the 400 others, aside from the
stars named above we will find at
first Don Anderson who has the ad.
vantage of being able to touch runner
Off third by merely extending himself,
and taking one step; Tom Baker will
perform at second if he doesn't be-
come conscience stricken at the short
age OF sand in the last barrel Of sugar
ne passed off on the suffering pub
lie: Art Baker will knock 'em down
At short. il there isn't fire to inter
fere: Tom Stout will romp around
at third but if he stops one will prob
ably have to get messenger to de-
liver the ball to first: Its the wheat
Anderson may be seen studying a rule
book to determine which is right field.
the one he is scheduled to retrieve
them from: Dick Baker in left field
Will have to lay off THAT Beautiful
Girl -my-Dreams" stuff and pursue
the elusive globule. and, in center may
be found Emmitt Carruthers who will
certainly be able to find the ball after
his years Of training locating street
intersection hubs" But for subs, well
Chet Belden is booked for one but the
TACT that he is an expert on electricat
connections should not be taken as
criterion that he would connect with
the ball. Scouts have reported favor
ably on the performance of Joe Wun.
derlin, Tom Gregory and Ed Brasse,.
These Youngsters batted about .45O in
the Last Chance league several s.a
sons ago, about 1872 and are expected
to show rare form Sunday. Another
-Wiedeman. George Wiede.
man, who distinguished himself here
a lew years ago in fat and lean
game Is also under observation and
may be signed. Manager Royce is
afraid he will not cover enough ground
in this fast company but he will posi- +
bly, be given a chance to show.
Trumpet Corps.
Dauntless Jack Beebe will be the /
'cad'off man and figure in the sensa
tional plays in right field; Lew Clark i
Is elected for first base and will be |
permitted to use the bass drum: Doc
Hagstrom, forceps in hand will spear
them IS they go by short; Joe Schmidt |
will alternate between "hoching the +
kaiser" and wondering why they don't
give him chance to show what a good
center fielder he is; Bill Devine will
brave the hot ones at third and DOS
slbly relay the ono he will stop via |
"Fried' to Lew Clark; Garner is going
to play the keystone station and the |
way he will show up Eddie Collins will
be sufficient; Harry Fitten has been
placed in left field where the folks
with complaints regarding water
rents and Improvement assessments
cannot possibly reach him with pop
bottles. And now they trot out the
choicest list of subs imaginable. Just
take your choice: Scotty Fowls, can
you picture Scotty going after anything
but a highban? Or could YOU ever
hope to see immaculate AL. Martin |
soi'ins his trousers by sliding into sec.
ond? Or suppose Baumgarten would
finish his eight-hour day while going
after long drive and would be com
PEELED by the Adamson act to stop and
take lt hours rest, or Wandell would
lose his running orders between first
and second. on what might possibly
be homer. and have to tie up for
orders. And think of Harry Briggs
trying to convince the umpire that
his work would lie reduced if he would
take q Victor. ten cents down and five
a week. Barness would probably de-
mand . receipt from the consignee,
whatever that il, and Peterson will
doubtless occupg his time trying to
prove his suit was all wool. LOYAL
hanna Iapp0ne received his baseball
training pitching coke tthe sort they
use for fuelD and unless there is
heavy fog will he unable to show as
STRONG as he did back in the old days
when he was with the Hecla Reds. but
Bnck Moore. the fellow who hands
out letters You have addressed TO a
iicticious name so the wife don't get
them first. you know the kind from
Butte state convention queens? Just
picture Buck walking all round the
ball trying to find clean spot before
picking it up.
STOCK LOADED.