The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-25
CAPITAL FIGHT
.S1|RS INTEREST
IN BALL CANE
New Rockford and Bismarck
Teams. Billed for Two Games
~r This Week - J, a \
@$ "a < 81 = b I; 4 ,@la II
BUSINESS HOUSES VIII Z
IL CLOSE FOR BIG SERIES
Both Cities Have Secured New
Talent and the Contests are
to Be for Blood

So keen is their enthusiasm for
their respective teams that fans OF
Bismarck and New Rockford have
seriously suggested that the contest
for the capital of North Dakota,
which Bismarck has and New Rock
ford covets, be allowed to rest on
the OUTCOME Of seriesEof games to
be played zhers FRIDAY, Saturday anu
Sunday. by n Abe semi professional
In preparation for the approa. hing
series both cities have invested lib
orally in players. Bismarck has ada
ed number of new men from West.
ern, Central and the late Northern
league, and it believes it has the
strongest aggregation which ever has
trotted onto North Dakota diamond.
New Rockford has been cleaning up
on all-comers in the northern part of
the state, and it has spared no eN-
penses to build up it's team.
Every Bismarck business house
and probably majority of city, coun-
ty and state Offices will close for the
games Fridaya.and Saturday. while
SUNDAYS s,ss GroWd. nquestionably will
'be the largest that ever has witness
ed capital city baseball game.
What New Rockford Says
The New Rockford State Confer
has the following to say of the ser
ious," as Ring Larnder would call it ..
Because Of rivalry between the
:. two cities, the ball games to be play
ed between the teams Of New Rock
ford and Bismarck on Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday, July 81, Is and 20
will be contests for blood Bismarck
expects it to be close game In
fact, they are sending to the Central
League for four players to aid them
in the games against the New Rock
ford team. They aver that they are
going to win those contests if it
costs them $4,000. New Rockford's
team hasa like feeling, whether or
no. They are going to play; real. ball
"ToRsshow how much the people of
Bismarck, think of the interest in the
games, Bismarck's business houses,
stores and offices will be closed dur
ing the hours Of the opening ball
game between the two teams on Fri
day afternoon"
,..s IT,, Agree to Close
List of business houses interviewed
who agreed to close on Friday after
noon for the Eismarck-New Rockford
ball game
c. NJ Dahl, S. E. Bergeson & Son,
R. L. Best & Co., Rosen's Clothing
Store, Knowles and Haney, Bonham
bros., Folsom Jewelry Store, Western
Sales Co., Dakota Motor Co., Bis
marck Motor Co., Missouri Valley
Motor Co., Lair Motor Sales Co., Cor
win Motor Co., Capital Motor Co.,
Fisk Rubber Co., Tomas Hardware
Co, French and Welch Hardware Co.,
Finney's Drug Store, Lenhart Drug
GO, }, G. Cowan, Druggist, Breslows
Drug Store, Harris and Co., Hoskins,
Whites Confectionery. Webb Broth
ers, A. w. Lucas Co., Johnson's Dept.
Store, Bismarck Grocery Co., Gamble
Robinson Co., Stacy Bismarck Co., in
ternational Harvester, Co. C. w.
Nichols, the Tailor, Marshall Oil Co.,,
Standard Oil Co., Bismarck Steam
Laundry Co., E. B. Klein, the Tailor,
bismarck Tribune Co., Clark and
Crockard, Hughes Electric Co., H. r..
Murphy, Insurance, John Dawson and
Son, Gussner's, Brown and Geierman.
Logan's, kupitz Co.. McCorkey Mer-
camille Co., Central Meat Market,
Yegen and Schneider, Brown and
Jones, f. A. Dawson, Grocer, w. H.
Spear and Co.
And in addition to the above. all
the Billiard Parlors and Barber shops
have agreed to close from $3.50 to
6 p. m.
The regular closing hour of all OF
the local banks is $3.50 p. m.