The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-15
GONVlCK WILL HAVE
STRONG BASEBALL
! TEAM IN THE FIELD
Work on jefferson Highway
Stretche. Is Being
Started

7maintained a baseball team and
comparatively good one. This year
will see no exception to the rule ex-
cent that the 1920 team will be the
strongest aggregation that ever rep
resented the little 500 city. And the
, best part of it all Is that the club Will
y he composed of home talent with the
possible exception of one man.
I a Since the removal OF BILLY
Wrench from the village the pitc.--
ing department has been in bad
way and all attempts at developing
a local twister and still keep the line
up intact have proved futile. How
ever, efforts are now being made to
secure a capable hurler and this hole
in the lineup will be plugged before
4. the season is far advanced.
.s: Organization of the team was per-
-fected at a recent meeting at Wnlcn
w. w. Jones was elected manager:
Members of the team chose Newell
johnson as captain. Mr.. Johnson Is
basket and baseball man or well
known ability and is certain to make
-aF'fsplendid field captain. He mas
had his men out to practice this
week and hopes to have them in con-
%dition shortly.
The season will officially open in
s.Gonvick on Sunday, May 23rd, and
- it will be Some opening according
to present plans Mcintosh will OPP
pose the home team with play to be-
GIN at $3.50 CLOCK. The Gonvick
Community band, numbering more
THAN fifty pieces is cooperating with
the baseball officials to make the
sopening a real affair and have select
ed the above date for their first pub
lie appearance. The organization
will head a parade to form on Main
street and march to the ball park
where ceremonies will take place and
where the band will play. Mayor
F.. A. Norquist will hurl the first
ball and Alderman P. o. Peterson
will be pror4ad up behind the plate
with big NIT to Ieceive it.
May %, however, will not be the
first game for the local team. They
have accepted an invitation to help
tilt the baseball lid at Mcintosh next
Sunday in return to the game to be
played here the following Sunday.
The fact that the locals have tackled
Mcintosh right off the bat who with
it's all-salaried players is regarded
ais one of the toughest propositions
in this section, is evidence sufficient
that the local men believe they have
the making of strong club and will
be contender for championship hon
: ors in this part of the state. The
= game at Mcintosh will be called at
$3.50 O'Clock A large number of
fans are expected to accompany the
team.
NJ 500 to Fix Crossing on Jefferson
Highway.
1l...!4@ Another important announcement
relating to road improvement Is
made by Superintendent Michaels Of
the 500 Line with reference to the
= crossing east of the 500 station, in
"a communication to A. F. La Budde,
secretary of the Gonvick Community
club. Supt. Michaels states that
EWorkmen who have charge of such
! work have been ordered to come to
iGOnvick Immediately and begin work
on the improvement. When this work
is completed, graveling Of the small
Remaining stretch of the Jefferson
Highway in the 5th commissioner
district will be resumed and will in
all probability include the surfac-
( ing of portions Of Main street and
Second avenue over which thorough
fares the road is routed through the
Village.
n Skime- Melquist Wedding
There are many friends in the COM
munity who will be interested in the
! wedding of Miss Nettie Melquist of
Brskine and OLAF Skime Of Gonvick
which occurred Sunday at the Luther
an. church in Mcintosh, Rev. Meuse,
pastor in that city officiating. The
ceremony was performed at 5 o'clock.
The bride was attended by her Sis
ter, Miss Anna Melquist, and Elmer
Skime was the groom's attendant.
7 Mr.. Skime and his bride arrived in
! the village yesterday afternoon after
a. honeymoon trip. They will be at
home to their friends shortly at their
Z apartments in the Gonvick meat mar
; ket building.
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