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Players to Ride Donkeys in Soft Ball Games HereLocal Men Will Ride Burros in Three Tilts on College Field.A laugh, a thrill, spill a minute*, art' promised fans who will witness the thrr: dnnk v baseball {tamr that will be played on the Coll ge atW tic field j July 2 1 and 4. TN C amber of Com-m^ice has made arrangements to bring |4 rrali trair d Tlt; v lt;burros here on [which local soft-bull olivets of th iMitrnball I* a,Ttie will play three t’ ^niThese games will t played at B J o’clock under the lights the ev nirgs j of Monday and Tucs lay, July 2 and 3 ; and at 2 to o'clock the afternoon of 1 July 4 11 j rsomiel of tin teams as vet has not been completed.Garre » pi n e I recently in Kansas I City b i.ween the Blues and the House j i David drew large crowds and pro-vld d many thrills, both for players , iral sp eta tors.Thy original donkey has ball a slt;n-| at loti is sjxmsor i by W. C. Cook and!; E E. Scanned of Wichita Fail s Tex., i j who own the animals used in the farcf i comedy of donkey ba eh lt;11j These burros have b lt;n used in vur | ious parts fit the country* and * \ ry-where have proved popular in every in-‘lance.Further announcements will be made j i . .* ding the games to b played her** 'Donk y bus ball, popularized this i vtar by one of th House of l)av;d j baseball Pains ion run? the country, h j i played with a oltball V rurtecn don-, keys, t.amed for the game, will be I brought Iv re.The game is played with n r ssaiy variation of the ruU. of softball. The pitcher, catcher and batter are tlie only players not riding donkeys How-, ever, alter the batter hits the ball h j jumps astrid th tiny donk and tries J to bi at the sphere to first bus Lu-! dicrous situations often arise Some- ! times the donkey tefus s to budge.. Other times hi* tears out tor the gateway bag so fast the rid r has diffi-j cully in maintaining his hold on the animal.All the fielders are covering their po- i sitions riding donkeys. The pitch r I and catcher have defined fields in I which they ( n catch a bail, but outside tbo.se spa'os the ball must b han-dl d by tin* donkey-rniing fielders
Newspaper Details
Maryville Daily Forum
Maryville, Missouri, US
Sat, Jun 23, 1934
Page 6
Full Page
Clipped by
Michael W.
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