The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-02
RESPOND
 ID SUMMONS;
 RAKES WELDED

old, turned out in body last night with picks, shovels, rakes and wheel barrows and pitchforks and in almost as short time as it takes to tell it, put the ball grounds in good shape, making it ready for the roller. Every man went at it in spirit that showed grim determination, so that our great national pastime would be one of the main events of the Fourth of July celebration
 After the grounds had been thor oughly gone over, the boys got to- gether in one corner of the field and by vote elected a manager and captain. To this time the Nenana baseball team was virtually without manager or captain, as MT. Abbey has been out of town practically all summer and this left the team with out any head. Mike Cooney was unanimously elected as manager, which insures the way being paved for summer of lots of strikes and balls. Jack Hansen was elected ca!,- tain, and it is said he has already been negotiating with the opposi- tion in an endeavor to buy some players. Hansen is one of the best all around ball players in Nenana and will probably be in the box for Nenana during the series, he being credited with striking out fourteen men in the second game played !'l Fairbanks in the Midnight Sun series.
 A few days ago the betting was all in favor of Fairbanks, and the general buzz of the fans all day today is different, Nenana seeming to be the favorite in the short heats , and pants, and promises to make the Fairbanks youngsters know the difference between fooling anr. fighting. It is not known definitely how the lineup will be, but it can reasonably be assumed that Hansen will do the twirling and Anderson will probably have his back against the grandstand, stopping all that the batter don't connect with. Blak- ey will perhaps hold down sack number one, and anything that gets by that Hong boy" will have to sneak by in the dark or behind a mosquito screen. Dick Ward will tramp around the infield in the vicinity of short stop, and to attempt to get by Dick would be all the same as going over :he top If Eiffel tower on a hand-car. Ike Taylor will be seen around the third sack, eating lem all up that come his way, including the mosquitoes, and ac- cording to Ike's past performances on the diamond, he will have his usual appetite. Frank Doner will probably sell tickets at the second station and all he sells will be sub 1 feet to change. Frank is one of 1 the knottiest ball players that ever ran the chromatic scale on player piano. It is not known who the rest of the players will be, but Nenana has a good bunch to pick from. =.s ..-:. .@. Frederick D. Browne, it is said, will pitch the first ball of the series and will be persuaded to umpire the game, he being and oldtime rooter ere he lost his speed.
 The Fairbanks team will leave Fairbanks tomorrow night and play their first game at one o'clock July Fourth. The steamer Shusana will bring them down, as we'll as the other progressive people who live in Fairbanks for $10 round trip, and the Spark-plug of Alaska, on that day, will surely come into its own.
 The second and third games will be played on July fifth.
 The grand stand is nearing com pletion and will seat about 500 souls. The cast of this is to be paid for out of the proceeds of the ball games, as we'll as the cost of bring l ino the n1avers down The revenue