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Show NET GTARG . ' OF DIAMOND Proclamation Tells of, a . Wonlerful Game of Ball Mext Saturday. PROCLAMATION. . To the Good People of Salt Lake City and Vicinity: ' - Know ye: That In tills year of our Lord, 1904, on Saturday, the 9th day of the 7th moon, at the hour of 3 In the afternoon, af-ternoon, there hath been prepared for you the most spectacular, sensational, electrifying, halr-ralslng, magnificent exhibition of our great national game of baseball that hath ever been done. For this occasion a national holiday hath been declared and the people are ordered and required to reat from their labors' and take themselves to the scene of combat. 1 The game will evlderrce the solution of the old puzzle, "what happens when an Irresistible force meets an Immovable Immova-ble body," for It will trant-pire between the hitherto unvanqulshed, indomitable veteran of the ofllcers club . of Fort Douglas and the world renowned mar-vela mar-vela of the University club who have never known the blueh of defeat. The spoils of the battle will be a magnificent mag-nificent one thousand dollar (J1000) beer stein,- presented by that flower of chivalry, chiv-alry, Mr. F. W. Francis of Calloway, Hoock & Francis. It is now on exhibition exhibi-tion under the careful guard at trained detectives in the window of their store. In the evening it will do duty at the University clubhouse in cheering and refreshing the weary skirmishers, rooters root-ers and members of the club. One of the pleasing novelties of the occasion will be that instead of a regular regu-lar pitcher the officers will une a cannon. can-non. The 'Varsity team will be clothed in fun armor. President Roosevelt has wired that he will umpire the game if he can possibly arrive in time. It will be conducted under the Marquia of Queensbury rules as revised by Hoylel The especially good plays of the game will be rewarded by permitting the per-lormer per-lormer an extra long look Into the interior in-terior of the stein in the evening. The members of the Pacific National league teams are cordially invited to cancel their own games and attend this unprecedented unpre-cedented entertainment In a body, and they are hereby tendered pasee9 for that purpose. The public generally will be Joyously welcomed without purse or scrip. The battle ground will be at Fort Douglas, where the diamond has been sand-papered for the occasion. There will be a half-minute car service to accommodate ac-commodate the crowd9. Babies will be cared for by trained nurses and young ladies! will receive special attention. Remember the time, July 9, 19043 p. m. By order of the committee on notoriety. |