Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-04-20
Fats Have Mercy
On Lean Players


sharp, the game betwee nthe Fats and
Leans of the Mems Bible Glass of the
First Methodist Church was called.
/ The Fats went to bat with the Leans
in the field. W. C. Flanders, pitch
ing for the Leans, distinguished him.
self in various way. First, his cos
tune so was fetching that the young
ladies thought h ewas some extremely
young man, and his smoth. face indi-
Gated youth. He had several con-
quests to his credit aside from his
baseball prOclivities. He pitched
about three innings and demonstrated
that, in his youth, he was some player.
The Lean catcher, C. H. Wisenselder,
was an old hand at the business and
was largely responsible for the ex-
cellent showing made by his team.
The Leans were further supported by
an extraordinary lineup in the field.
/ G. F. Poole, with his fancy pants, ran
Col. Flanders a close second much
much publicity and critical notice. A.
! S. Anderson, the Columbia Street and
Northwest BOgalusa merchant, played
| all over the field, in fact, one of the
/ Giant scouts has just about signed
him up for the New York team He
is a professional. The Leans were so
we'll lined up that it would require a
whole page to detail their character
istics.
The Fats, with large hearts, started
out in the beginning to permit the
leans to win. With Judge Talley
pitching the first inning and G. R..
Gates catching, they let the Leans pile
up two runs. To demonstrate the big
heartednes of the Fats, it is but nee
essary to note that while Mr.. Gates
caught the ball, it would promptly
bounce out of his hands.
While the next Fat pitcher, Col.
Levy Simmons, formerly of the famed
FranklintOn team, struck out five
men in successive order, the catcher
caught the ball alright, but dropped
it., so that in that one inning, when
five men were struck out, the Leans
made seven runs. Then, to further
demonstrate the willingness of the
Fats to permit the Leans to win, and
so let them enjoy some of the good
things of life-since they did not
have any fat-the Fat continued to
keep their fine catcher in the game
until the Leans could pile up good
lead.
Col. w. C. Magee, one of the Fats,
bought down the grandstand with
spontaneous applause. Col. Magee
had not played ball since the days
when there was only one base, when
you ran from home to the other base
and back again, and when he hit one
of Col. Flanders marvellous curves,
he, remembering only hte old game,
started for second base right through
the diamond. Amidst the applause
of the grandstand, the Lean catcher
vigorously threw to first about ten
feet over the first baseman's head,
which directed Col. Magee's attention
to the first base, and he turned at
right angles and made the haven in
safety. He said he was going to cut
out so much running adm just SKIP
first base. 80,
]. J. Rogers came in for his share
of honors. too. He played right field /
for the Fats. One of the Lean bat |
tiers obliged him with fly. Rogers
calmly waited, with his hands out
stretched, for the descent of the fly
It fell with great force, right in his |
hands, and, while the grandstand was |
KEYED up to a high pitch of excite
ment, ready for applause, the ball
promptly bounced right out Of his
hands. Mr.. Rogers, however, deter
mined not to be outdone and when |
his tur ncame to bat, hit a two-bagger
and had the Leans scared, stole third
and played with them there, and then,
with all the Leans clamoring to put
him out" he quietly slid in to the
home plate, minus one side OF his
baseball uniform and three buttons.
with an addition of about quart OF
that good fancy dirt of the park IN
his pockets.
Col. Sullivan was billed to umpire
with Reverend Gum. The Mayor,
however, having found a comfortable
seat in the grandstand, remained J
here enjoying himself, until Col. Ma
gee made his grand play, when ne
promptly fell off the seat, Later,
when Mr.. Rogers caught that fine
fly, he tainted. After much work,
however, DIR. Slaughter being right by
MS side, he revived.
On the whole, the Leans clearly |
,ut-classed the Fats, particularly in
heir striking uniforms. The Fats,
having heard of a challenge by the
Presbyterian Sunday School team,
lel dthemselves in reserve in order
% be able to beat all challngers, and |
et the Leans play themselves tired !
and, we are told, somewhat sore.
The final score was Is to favor
ng tn cleans.
The admission was 5 and 10 cents,
md one look at those Lean uniforms
more than paid for the admission.
Col. Jake Purvis, of the Fats, dis
:inguished himself. He playe dthird.
he caught (at) every ball that came
lis way. He was the old Fat uni
formed. He cake-walked around be-
fore the grandstand between games
o display his new toys. Said he had
written ten policies since the game on
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