The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-07-23
STARS OF TWO
CITIES TO CROSS
BATS TOMORROW
PICKED NINE FROM GREENvILLE
TO MEET ONE FROM HERE
AT LEONARD PARK

The game of baseball between the
members of the Greenville board of
commerce and the local board at
Leonard park tomorrow promises to
be an exciting one judging from the
lineup and it is hoped that the public
will not be disappointed in seeing
a score well up into the hundreds run
up by each team.
The Greenville fellows have been
practicing ever since last fall for this
event, even going so far as to keep
it up during the winter when they
could use snow balls for practicing
and have finally reached a point in
life where it just simply isn't worth
living any longer unless they can
beat the local business men in a game
of base ball.
The first game will be played in
this city and the second will be play
ed at Greenville and the third at scme
place where the two teams can agree
on. In this matter it is to be hoped
that they will be unlike the common
ball teams and be able to agree on
at least one thing. This is hard
thing to bring about but it is hoped
that by the time that the first two
games have been played that the boys
will be able to decide on good place
in Belding or Greenville to play the
third game.
The Belding lineup will be as fol-
lows: Henry Gildemeister, Catcher;
Rev. FIR. Kick, Pitcher: Don MacKer-
cher, Pitcher; Neil Miller, 1st; Elgie
Gould, End; Harry Johnson, 3rd; Dehn
S. S.; Cook, l.. F., Hal Burris, c. F.
and Arnold Schmidt, r. F. Arthur
Dehn and Don Cooper will be used as
general helpers through the game
which they claim will be so fast and
furious that the Greenville fellows
will have to be guided home in order
to get there.
Greenville will be represented by
the following: Tommy Burns, sales
man for Armour & Co., Rev. ST.
Claire G. Parsons, Homer Grosvenor,
Earl Silver, Burr Whipple, variety
store proprietor, r. A. Brown, an un-
dertaker who may be needed after
the game as the Greenville fellows
claim that there will be lots of blood
shed in the melee, Roy Ranney,
professional who the Greenville fell
lows are ringing in as man who
don't know enough about the game to
tell base ball from the moon, Chas.
Dell. Don Beardslee, implement deal
er, Martin V. Cook, an attorney who
they expect will settle all disputes
satisfactory to Greenville, and Joe
Cooper, a butcher, who will have
hand in the slaughter. In addition to
these they are planning on having as
reserve Roy Beardslee, of the Mich
gan Motor Garment Co., L. G. Ealy
of the telephone exchange there, Don
l.. Dickerson of Leonard Crossett and
Riley and Fred Howell of the Atlas
Battery Co.,
While the Greenville fellows are
big plans on taking Belongs
scalp back home to their home town
and have invited lot of their citi-
zenry down to see the game, the Bel
ding fellows are just simply planning
to annihilate the Greenville crew and
think that the Greenville people who
come down as spectators will have
their hands full assisting their van
quished gladiators back home.
No matter what the outcome, every
one is invited to the game and help the
score keeper keep track of the runs,
as it Is thought there is no single
person around the country who can
count fast enough to do it without
assistance.