Show RAILROADERS AND BAABAAS WILL TEAR UP THE EARTH 0 City Terribly Excited Over Todays Ball GameSet of Rules Adopted > f Ii 4 ifIl i A cfti1SJT JUDGE EYRICK THE TTMPIRE IN TRAINING FOR THE FRAY I The allwoolallrail ball game at the I Fort this afternoon promises to tear uo I the earth In large fragments All hands were busy yesterday bragging aboutwhat I they are going to do to one another The boasting was about evenly distributed ho homebody will have a chance to say I told you so The fur will begin to ny at 3 oclock sharp I One Important decision was arrived at rturlnsr a starchamber session of the baseballists yesterday afternoon It was j ueiccu mat Captain Kooser of the I streaksorust crowd was entitled to u differential Koqser claimed this as his right because he cant make as fast time as Theodore Davis for Instance or some of the other baabaas Choate of the Union Pacific thought a uniform tariff should be arranged with the run from home to first as a babinc rate He Insisted strongly on this point but was overruled Umpire Eyrlck will be instructed to give Kooser at least a shade the best of It this being the onlv way his differential can bo adjusted A rate of live glasses of lager has been fixed on for runs In L O L Carloads or over will bo entitled to half a keg each It Is believed that both sides have an equal chance under this arrangement During the same session at which this vas decided upon the following rules were proposed and adopted L Any player who jaws the umpire will be considered game to the verge of fool hardiness 2 If at any point in the contest an outfielder i out-fielder gets under a fly and successfully catches the same the umpire shall call time and for ten minutes the fielder aforesaid shall be tendered an Impromptu reception I 1 3 No errors shall be counted This rule 1S3c sfiI 3 sn irf I i is considered necessary because If er j i rors are counted there wont be room ont i on-t score card for anything else 4 Should a double play be made each of the athletes who participate shall be entitled to the title of It and shall hold same until his successor is < elected and qualifies All Its shall have the right of way over punk players in the refreshment stand lineup 5 In order to avoid collisions the bases must all be run the same way If any j playerbelng on third attempts to come home via first he must first see that the track is clear 6 It shall be considered ungentlemanly I or unladylike as the case may be for any spectator to yell baa at the wool men or ten days late at the railroaders A cordon of Irish section foremen will be on hand to see that this rule Is not violated 7 Nobody shall be out until he Is putout put-out and not even then unless the umpire so declares S Railroad coachers will use red and white flags If it is considered safe to start a runner to the next station the white flag will be waved If not the coacher will use the red flag Should the contest be prolonged until after dark lanterns may be used in place of the flags 9 All the foregoing rules will be enforced en-forced unless the umpire in his infinite wisdom orders them suspended I Judge Eyrick put in all of yesterday morning in the Olympic Athletic clubs rooms punching the bag swinging Indian In-dian clubs swatting a lay figure resre sentlng a ballplayer In the act of > retesting re-testing a decision The judge welghed 325 pounds In his umpiring clothes yesterday yester-day He says the boys will I think he hi weighs et If they get gay with him I The baabaas have adopted red white and orange as their colors They yester I day rounded up a big black sheep which II will be used as their mascot The animal will be decked out In the colors of the nine and has been trained to caper nimbly I nim-bly every time a woolman makes a good play Blue and red will be the colors of I the steakorust outfit All of them claim to be in excellent condition and t say they will win without raising a drop of perspiration Indications are that everybody who can possibly get there will witness the game The lineup will be as follows Railroaders Wool Buyers S J Henry CF AV Hallowell J II Reeves < P P n Fouke Joe Young 1 BtJ Patterson I B F Xevlns2 B H S Hallett AV II Donnell3 B R S Stevenson H II LawsonS S7r R J Craig I J D KenworthyI FFrank Orcutt AV T BlewC FTheodore Davis II B KooserR FJesse Koshland Railroad Substitutes Keane E J I Flynn C F Warren F B Choate AV F McMillan C A AValker AVoolbuyer Substitutes Peters Les lie Johnson AV Brigham Dan Dewey D Hallett A Elliott H B Kooser is to be captain of the railroaders and P B Fouko will act In a similar capacity for his side |