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Show CORBETT AND PRIEST FORM BALL TEAM There has been a combination between the church and the ring In Bay. Side, Long Island. Father Halloran, assistant pastor of the Sacred Heart church, and James J. Corbett have united for the purpose, pur-pose, of organizing a semi-professional baseball team for Bay Side. Both are ardent ar-dent sportsmen and they have got the other residents of the town Interested In the ball team. A stock company Is being Incorporated, and Corbett has agreed to take all the stock not subscribed by Father Fa-ther Halloran and the rest of the villagers. vil-lagers. Father Halloran will manage the team, which is Intended to be one of the best semi-professional clubs in the country. coun-try. Just how the Reverend Father will get along with a bunch of scrappy and profane pro-fane ball-players Is not known, but he is game to try his hand, anyhow. |