Show sporting gag S W ww fred shontz was in bait lake last tuesday on business james brannan the ball player who came out from salt like last friday is now working at the gemini mine the eureka athletic association will boon commence improving the base ball grounds the fence will be moved back 6 feet which will make the grounds as g od as any in the state manager shontz of the eureka team received a letter this week from cook who ia now getting in shape in auth ern california for a position on the oakland team in the pacific coast lea gue H fleshman another base ball placer arrived in town wednesday and will wear a eureka uniform this season fleshmen Flesh min recently came west from kansas city an 1 played professional ball last season bandy mcl arland will try out for a 1 position in the boy this year gandy did some splendid pitching a few air i ago but gave it up on account of hicl ness his friends believe that he will be able to make good this year walter bears who played on the local diamond with lake teams last season has signified his willingness to play with L ireka and manager bhone may give him an op sears is a good man behind the batand bat and bayed in his with the bait lake team in the I 1 acidic national league during the latter part of the season of 1904 spillman an ogden pitcher his also been corresponding with a view to get ting a place on the eureka team fhe eureka association football club held their first practice at the ball ground last sunday the practice was very encouraging to the local fans aa there seems to be more talent thin was at first ei acted sev eral players dis played remarkable form among them being fred bramley george herring and william hobbs the other lay ers are not far behind them and it looks as if eureka was not only the possessor of a winning baseball team but that the footballers were going to put up a win has written to W alter feme who was at one time a resident of eureka and who has exi a willingness to play it he can find employment here he is consider ed one of the best center forwards in the west and with him in the team eureka will have ar good lot of forwards be j tomorrow and P acta it 8 a well beaten path that leads to the eureka reporter job department the home ot good printing |