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Show Base Bali. .And the local fans have woke up in earnest. This week has been a round of base b:i)l, even tha young ladieB taking to the diamond again with a vim. Do we wonder at it with a fioe grand stand erected. And how it is patronized, too. The stand was packed for the game on the 24th and people are going to take an interest now that some plice is provided where I ttiey can be seated comfortably to see the game. The games pulled this week have each drawn big crowds, The first on Friday was the rub with Fayette, honors goiog to Gunnisou with a score 19 to 17 Supper and tickets to the daaea were given the visiting team free. Centerfield team came in Saturday and made a scoie ol 14 against 17 for Uunciscu. The game played on the holiday wa8 with Manti, The visitors started iie game with a nine-run inning against a cipher for the locals. This had the effect of waking up the boys and Manti had to peel fur their score. By innings it stood : Manti 1) 1008240 125 Gunnison-0 2 0 2 0 3 I! 0 010 Tuesday the Monroe team came on from Salina, over conlideut with the success they had met thertj. Michei-sen Michei-sen had his boyB here in good time for practice and thought he had a walkaway, . But the locals had been sharpened up by contact with Manii and made the game interesting. The game ended in favor of Gunnison with one inuiug to the good. The score ; Monroe 0 0 1 4 0 013 09 Gunnison 1' 1 1 3 0 2 0 4 12 Sterling drove down in a bantering mood Wednesday and a team was hurriedly rustled to match them. They took home a record that balanced with a good weight on the side of Guunisou, 7 to 19. Tollestrup with his mascot did some mighty hard coaching and was a tired boy after both the Mauti and Monroe games. But he thinks iu was worth the effort, and it was. TUe Guuuisoa Valley Athletic association as-sociation uow hart two teams organized organ-ized aiui will pit sides tomorrow (Sat-day (Sat-day afternoon and play for a parse of $10. |