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Show The Winners Challenged. The victorious merchants' base ball nine are not to be allowed to wear their honors easy nor long. Already the printers of the city are after thea:. Here is the challenge which the mer-ebants mer-ebants must accept or ceas9 crowing over their victory of yesterday: To the Merchants of Provo, Greeting: The "copv" announcing your s'srnal victory over ye lawyers of Provo has reached our "case," Ooce we met the 'noiey wrangling set" on the field of base ball honor and vanquished them. Since then we have been more familiar with the "stick" of the printer than the "stick" of .h diamondstill we should feel very much out of "sorts," indeed, did we for one moment be lieve ourselves uot toe champion base players of Provo, outside of profes-si profes-si nals. We are not of the "type" who quake because our opponents be fresh irom the field ot victory, for "chasing" is common to us in our profession Should it come to the worst, you would find our "adjustments" maue equal to the emergency. Know this, however, that until we have had "proof" of your powers, we shall consider ourselves the first and rightful champions among the uon professionals of Provo. We have "quoins" to back our pretensions which would !" aronlly to your auocfltg in business wtioxild you f- ' victorious. Our lives are a "makeup" "make-up" of "phat-takee," so we are "solid" in all we eay, and we will never be found "justifying" men wearing the title of champions who are not justly entitled thereto. "Look-up" your stores, therefore,aud meet us in proper "torin" at the west square Jane 5tb, where we will knock the ball "gallev" west, and make you "chase" for a cuange. |