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Show DONKEY BALL TO FURNISH LAUGHS AND SORE LIMBS j Eleven live donkeys and 22 Milford businessmen will make ;heir appearance on the ball diamond dia-mond at Fairgrounds Park, on Monday, June 14, to bat it out in one of the funniest, most hilarious hi-larious games ever to be featured fea-tured here. Game time is 7:30 p. m., with one inning or one hour, whichever comes first, to be the limit. The team in the field will be mounted on Rocky Mountain Canaries with the exception of the pitcher and catcher. Legionnaires Legion-naires and members of the Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce will be opponents, op-ponents, with a regularly scheduled sched-uled Softball game to follow the screwball exhibition. The pitcher will be confined to a 45-foot runway. The catcher catch-er must stay in a 10-foot circle. The infielders must ride to the ball, dismount, pick up the ball .vithout losing contact with the donkey, and re-mount before hrowing the ball. The outfielders outfield-ers must do likewise, but may hrow the ball while standing on he ground. The batter bats the ball standing stand-ing on the ground no balls or strikes if he can't hit it, he will be given a scoop-shovel. After batting a fair ball, he will attempt to mount the donkey that is waiting for him. If he happens to be lucky enough to come up against Smoothy, he has a pretty good chance of arriving at first base with his mount but if his mount happens to be Spitfire or little Dynamite look out! He is apt to find his fiery steed waiting for him at second base (after he has had time to pick himself up). The donkeys must put one foot inside the five-foot lime circle to be determined safe. The tentative lineup follows: , First baseman rides Lazy I Bones. Second base, Shorty. I Third base, Silver. Short-stop, I Old Faithful. Left field, Ante-I Ante-I lope. Right field, Jack. Center field, Skeeter. Base runners will come up against Smoothie, Little Dynamite, Dyna-mite, Doubtful, and Spit-Fire. Also, ("Little Sweet Pea" is a substitute runner and it is the opinion of the owners that she will weigh about 50 pounds when she arrives here, and should give her escort quite a time as he carries her around the bases. (Usually she makes a home run, though). It is suggested that friends of the players bring plenty of arnica, ar-nica, liniment, and adhesive tape. Admission will be 50c for children from 7 to 16, and 80c for adults. Donkeys are furnished fur-nished by the B & V Novelty Co. of San Bernardino, Calif. |
