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3LEAN EVENINGAnother Clown Ad Slated! Fire Eaters And Cops WiU Do Tricks on Ball DiamondCaptain French to manage Bluecoat. and buck grounder, at .econd — O'Hara and Baker will .lead Ladder Boys George Young, special officer and cook, chosen as cycle* mounted ball chser — Gosh I What's coming next!Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! Andagain, oh, boy? oh, boy! • •Plans lire already well under way for the corning gladUorlal combat between the Olean Firemen’* baseball team and the aggregation representing the Olean Police Department.There will be no hitches. The hats have been flirted into the ring. The die is cast. The game will be pulled off raiti.or shine between, now and August ist. • •With another circus already boox-ed and this sanguinary -contest between the city's guardians assured, the laBt half of July promises to be an eventful fortnight for Oleanders.Preparing for Wont • a *Alrdady the baseball diamond inback of No. 8 fjrehouBe resounds every afternoon with the crack of the bat and the racing tread of the fielders chasing files. The firemen believe in preparedness and are getting ready in peacetime for what ' : may come. 'The coppers claim they need little practice, for didn't they defend the Hornell police department. twice soriie years ago? Since that time they have remained undefeated. In' fact they have never played since for the reason that they could not get a team willing lo sacrifice Itself.And now the firemen are rushing in where angels might well fear to tread.• Night Sticks Barred- .N But the firemen have the advant-ge of practicing with real baseball mUs while the coppers aro relying n their prowess with the locust nlgjit tick. “Gap” Hank French of the oppers even insists that they be slowed to hat with night-stlckB but his the firemen claim they will, not und for. It has got io.be a Marquis if Queensbury or nothing.It will.be some baseball, game.It had been first .planned not .to ull off this stupendous Btunt until jarly in August but owing to other jlans. harbored by farmer Zink of the Firemen’s team, alleged to be lue to materialize about August. 2nd, the game will be this month in spite of the inferno or high water.‘ Both Sides Cocksnre -Both sides are more than confident. After their recent defeat by the Counterhoppers,. the Firemen don't care what happen*- and recognize the fact that if they are able to lose they must hIbo be abla to win, by the law .of average*...V£hey, allow that after this battia;.- ::%the Coppers’ team will b^pijly ifliglble fo’r theStove League'or the retirement list.On the other hand and« vice-versa so to speak, -“Cap” French, speaking for the Coppers- declare** that after they have been the cause of a new civil service examination for Olean City firemen, the aforesaid Coppers will challenge lha Yandalta police force for the championship of the Eastern half of Cattaraugus County, the Indian reservation and Southern Ireland.! Look at the “Unm” _• It is reported ; that Foster Stud-holme, having demonstrated his courage by being mayor, will be asked to do the burnt offering stunt py umpiring the coming historic contest As to the following statements of tie probable line-ups, records of the layers, et cetra, th* writer assumes 0 liability, not carrying any accl-ent insurance. It is Just as the rep-esentatlve leaders or the clans stat-d it Take It or leave it and may he best man win.All you have to do Is to realize ust what the Coppers are up against9 to cast your eye over the possible Ine-ups of the Hose Toters.F'rinstance, there are Jack Babe” VHara and Bob “Home-run” Baker te managers. How can the team lose he firemen ask no one answers but he policemen. With this “two-ln-one’ eadership the firemen should be able to “polish” off most anything.look ’Em OverThen there Is “Dasher Jones, faro-3U5 pincli-hitter, and Keenan, the Boston Kid, who has been elose-by studying' the methods of the All-Stars receiver, Mr. Murphy.The firemen are not foolish enough10 tell ahead of time what positions all these stara are going lo play, but here they are. Look ’em over. The worst is yet to come.Reuben “Nick Carter Is another player who is so good that It Is doubt ful If his understudy asd second-string man, Bob Smith, even gets a chance to play lu the last few frames.“Sport” Riley is another hard hitter. It Is hluted that ht will be In the vicinity of third base a lar|e part of the game. Old-timer*'will again welcome the “Oakdale star.Wolf! Wolf!Then look over Paul “Sledgehammer” Wolf, who Is Just as fierce as his name when he gets Interested in the game and who played with the old demon team of the P. R- R-For shortstop, it is believed the firemen will pick Tommy Brown, of the famous Brown Brothers, ho being naturally of the proper stature to play that position In harmony. .There you have a few of the hose Toters. '•, But lamp this Copper line-up. It* all off—probably.“Cap” French I* the manager and Matty” Giilmore will captain the assortment; playing * left field In between times.George Black, formerly a star of the famous Belfast “Spiders” will be herdsman in right pasture, while Amos Blakcslee. formerly with the Port-vllle “Clippers, will pull ’em down In center. ...• ’ . Three Strikes •When it comes to hurling, the copper* are-right there for they have drafted Acting Police Judge “Jltnmie Fane, former Cornel! player, to occupy the .mound while the Ilose Toters are fanning.out.; .. ,- .“Johnny Gran’dusky will receive the hot'ones purled down the groove by Mr. Fane and 1t.is alleged there won’t be. a dent in the hack-stop af ter |t Is all over. •. Former Sheriff Ray Mallery will hover around third sack, while “Cap French wilt take all risk with spikes at second.-“Heinic”.Wittenberg, formerly of some team called the Giants will hold the basket at first base.Hail to the Chief! . ‘With Chief “Jack Dempsey playing short, we’ll say this Is likely to be some Infield. • • •Tht3 only takes a small part of the ball players on 'the police force and there la nothing to do with the rest but to use them as utility men.There is .Joe Lang ready to Jump Into the breach in any position and who may . start lit place of some one of th* atove. Sergeant “Rich’ Allen will be bn the'bench a* a pinch hit- 1 ter and “Vet Cole and “Mike Sch-i| elterlc. are still more .utility, men. Ac-:, cording to “Cap?’ French’s tentative Hhenb;i*s#jd“ .7p*.. - :’-Xlet “George1’ Do Ital offlcer-Jaultor-StewardSpeclAl . —-George Young will, be there with his bicycle to chase foul files and will also stand ready to play in any position where needed as a utility mao. It makes no difference to George. He can play equally well anywhere.“Matty Flynn, unofficial aide, will act as water boy. •Instead of water the players wilt be regaled with pink lemonade, while buddie-bars will be issued at the end of every Inning. At the conclusion of the game George Young will serve pie fo the winner*.Well, its all right anyway. The coppers say firemen don’t like pie.Oh. take me out to the ball game and Where will we go from there?FOR ALLEGED TIRE THEFTRemanded lo Cells Win Fines Are UnpaW-Face Thirty Days in County Lock-upHarrison Williams. 13 years old. Frank James, 19. Howard Wind, 19. and Miles Welch. IS, were fined $20 each when arraigned in pnllce court this morning before acting Judge^ CafViAr urnt A HnvfCoDttisht, 1921
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Olean Evening Herald
Olean, New York, US
Sat, Jul 15, 1922
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