Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-08
annual SWATFEST
IS WON BY LEANS
Slim Ones Take Long End
of Long Score in Sun
days Game.

It's all over but posting the casualty
list and it will not be published for
fear of causing a riot The Leans
put the Fats into cold storage at Cody
park yesterday afternoon by taking the
annual swatfest on score of Ii to
-. The official counter was tied in
bow knot with writer's cramp before
the matinee was over and only his
sworn affidavit and thumb prints could
be secured to testify to the count,
The Fats are willing to let it go at
that and the Leans appear to be sat
isfied with the briny bath they
slipped across on their blubbery
friends. The old park rang with
cheers and cat calls, hardening many
fan back to the good old Union
league days when Boise baseball was
in blossom. The Murphey cigars
helped to cloud some of the more dis
tressing scenes of the vaudeville and
the Maggie pop proved wash as
substitute for something wetter.
Fans Enjoyed II.
The park has since been flooded to
cool the heated sands for the Fats
. raised more friction in the brief two
hours they were on the job than the
grounds win witness for many day.
The human skeletons are wearing one
of the rosy smiles today and proudly
fitting their heads because of the ath
letic prowess they displayed in keep
ing away from the pile drivers. 1t
was anybodys jackpot until the lit
tie old eighth frame when the Leans
raised 'em five and the Fats blew up
scared away into the ozone. Captain
Davis and his tribe of white hopes
started to stage heart failure finish
in the first of the ninth, but only got
by with one lonesome run, when it was
all over.
OF course, the crowd enjoyed it. The
fans were happier than the players and
their good natured jollying and hawling
out OF players Kept everybody smiling,
Umpire Chrisman proved an expert at
lodging pop bottles and qualified to
go to the western front. The score
4 sheet looked like a sick meal ticket
after it was all over. slim" Silver
smith, who succeeded Kicks on the
mound had delivery that faded the
famous Walter. He wound UP like a
toy top. Fat Davis was in great
form" (?). He whitfield 10 Of the
toothpicks and spent most Of last
night Tin his dreams) handing pain
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them. Jingle" Hindman looked like a
fit subject for the Democratic con-
vention at Pocatello after the Fats
had rode his offerings over the gar
dens. Badly" Collins is still hunting
for the last remaining blade of hair
he lost from his shining dome.
Everything was going lovely until
Collins hooked a bali from his pocket
after one of the fats had driven the
pellet to the garden Stats for what
looked like a homer. A short peg by
Collins to first put the runner out
and as Umpire Chrisman was Wilfully,
maliciously and fraudulently deceived
the batter was retired to the bench.
A rough house almost followed and
only a threat to call out Chief Lind
say and his ladies prevented stag
ing 1t,
The score by innings
r. H. E.
Fats ......1 0 2 1 0 6 0 liz - .
Leans - 0 / 0 5 x-f3 . 8
Batteries-Fats. Davis and Brewster,
Leans, Kicks, Silversmith, Hindman
and Brown.
The two clubs lined up as follows:
Fats-Brewster, catcher; Stein. first
base; Brown, third base; Davis
pitcher; Bryan, center field; McClel-
Ian, left field; Thomas, right field;
Leon, shortstop BoWden, second base,
Smith, center field.
Slims-Silversmith right field and
pitcher; Hindman, center field and
pitcher; Kicks, pitcher; Collins, short
stop Brown, catcher; Cove, second
base; Myers, first base; Reed, center
field. White, third base.
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