The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-09-10
FATS AND LEANS
TO PLAY FRIDAY
BASEBALL SEASON WILL
BE TOPPED WITH CLAS-
SIC BETWEEN OLD
TIMERS.
TRY TO COME BACK
Game viii BE Pllyed Friday
Afternoon at $50 O'Clock
For b nefit of Parent
Teacher Ass'ns.

The youngsters have had their day
Now comes the old timers to try 20
come back.
1t will be a clash between an old
time ball players or game between
the Fats and Leans.
The game will be played Friday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at the Bar
row School grounds and it will be
for the benefit of the three Parent
Teachers associations.
1t will be fight TO the finish and
there will be plenty Of police re-
serves dn the grounds to keep order
and protect the umpires and players
There will be several corps of re-
serves in uniform to take the place of
players who may fall out as a result
Of the strenuous play. There will be
about fifty reserve players on each
side drawn from all walks Of life.
II am going to lead the fats to
victory" declares President Z. l..
Kuykendall, who is directing the des-
TIMES Of the big fellows whom the
Big Five packers and the H. c. L.
have so far failed to reduce to nor
NAL proportions. Mr.. KuykendRll will
pitch for his comrades and If his
old time form comes back to him, be
says the LeRns won't have a chance.
He is now engaged in secret practice,
perfecting his curves. who's going
to pitch for the fats?" queered Or.
J. w. Cox before he attached his sig
nature to contract to pay with the
leans. When informed the Ed Kuy.
kendall would be on the slad be said,
"Why, / can hit him all over the lot,
Bring him on"
Mr. Bhney lines, who pitched for
the High School team back in the
palmy days, will do the twirling for
the Leans. He says, Bring on the
fats, will make them fry"
The game will be a classic that
will top the baseball season in real,
honest to- goodness style. AS it is
for the benefit Of the Parent Teacher
associations of the schools a record
crowd is expected to be present TO
witness it.
The merchants will be asked to
close their stores at 5;l5 o'clock TO
allow their employees to get to the
game on time 1t will be the last
game of the season.
Two city league players will be
drafted for the game. Wells will
catch for the Fats and Jim Broome
will do the receiving for the Le.Ins.
These will be the only two regular
city league players in the lineup.
The players are getting in trim.
But there will be plenty of relief or
ganizations on hand to take care Of
them. There will be a hospital corps,
plenty of physicians, the Red Cross,
the Double Cross and all the other
agencies TO take care of the casual
ties.
The game will be umpired by Ted
Patton, the giant" second baseman
Of the High School team. He was
promised ample police protection and
he will rule the situation with an
iron hand.
Much interest has already deye-
loped in the game and record crowd
is expected to witness it.
The following win play with the
two teams:
Leans. Sidney ]. Loeb; Jim Broome,
L. B DiveIbliss, Birney lines, Her
man Owen, Eugene Beard, Z. A.
Trask, Prof. j. C. Meadows, s. P.
Trippett, DR.. ]. W. Cox, T. W. Lewis,
Prof E. A. Staney, John Jacob, P. c.
HairstOn-
Fats-P. L. Wells, Umpire MeRee,
W. f. Mayo, Louis Walker, z. L.
KuykendaIl, Tony Butera, H. Il. Gun
ter, Sam Driver, A Y. Glover, Major
Cook, Gus Hauser. A T. Howard, Mr..
Cox. Mr.. Hines.