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Show donkey Softball Game Friday I Is Sports Spotlight i SpringviUe Lions and Jaycees Will I "Square Off" In Popular I Came At 8 P.M. At City Ball Park ! Just which has the more ability to "slick to a thing ' and he ahle to come out on lop wilh flying colors (or shirt i tails) will he determined at the city hall park 1'riday, July 2, I when the SpringviUe Lion s club i meets the Jaycees in the popular ' donkey Softball contest. The game is set for 8 p.m. ' Lined up on the Lion's club team will be Bill Kapp, Deal Mcn-denhall, Mcn-denhall, Jim Miller, Carlos Hjorth, Melvin Simmons, G. Vernon Castleton, Charles Porter, Jack Robertson, Fred Richins, DeVon Ford and Loyd Bird. , Coping with these mule-climbers 1 will be Clarence Smith, Don Wiser, ; Mayland Russell, Stan Roberts, ! Mays Anderson, Kay Johnson, Bob Parker, Ray Klauck, Lee Miner, Sam Wilsted, Wallace Patrick, Bob Haslam, Bob Rad-cliffe, Rad-cliffe, Bob Mendenhall, Art Child and Ernest Boyer, representing the Jaycees. Steve Miller, chair-j chair-j man of the sports and recreation i committee will be team manager. I Noted for its thrills and spills, I the donkey softball game has pro- I vided entertainment for thousands ! of spectators throughout the state j during the past few weeks. I Eleven donkeys, furnished by the B & V Novelty company of San Bernardino, Calif., will provide the transportation for players attempting at-tempting to make the bases after hitting a fair ball. Players in the infield must ride to the ball, dismount, dis-mount, pick up the -ball without losing contact with his donkey and remount before throwing the ball. Outfielders must do likewise, but may throw the ball standing on the ground. A five foot lime circle around the bases is the safe spot for the runners. According to advance reports and previews of other similar con-' con-' i tests, the big donkey softball game should provide plenty of pre-Fourth pre-Fourth of July fireworks. |