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Show Gunnison Lions Step in Limelight It was on the Salina diamond where the growling Lions met, each wooly beast was tuned his teeth were firmly set. The game it started oh me, oh my, what a mess Ovesen was a pitcher, all had to confess. With mighty claws he clutched the pill, with lightening speed it flew, 1 and the Gunnison Lions, one by one, were taken from the hill. The game rolled on the score it climbed and Salina rolled in 'leven, while Gunnison, Gunni-son, poor cusses, were dark and blue, and a long way from heaven. With one lone score, and lots of grit, our boys they took the bit. Old Whittey, of the mighty arm, he said he couldn't chuggem he's now in line and in a class with old Bill Huggin. The score it changed, and fast we flew by them, and when prayers were said and final count was made, Salina growled in sad content and wandered to the shade. It took the Gunnison Lions to show their neighbor Lions at Salina last Sunday, the real art of classy ball playing. The rivalry that started last season, when the boys from the Sevier county town were trimmed, was still burning deeply. The fur was again singed when a team from the Gunnison Lions club and that of Salina mixed in a 7 innings game on last Saturday afternoon at the Salina Sa-lina diamond and which resulted in a victory for Gunnison by a score of 15 to 12. But it looked mighty du-bous du-bous for Gunnison for a time. Lion Ted Jones started in the box for Gunnison. Gun-nison. Teddy had an arm full of "walkfeasts" and the Salina growlers willing and lucky -batsmen, availed themselves of the opportunity and for three innings went wild. They piled up 11 runs and Gunnison only succeed ed in passing one across the home plate. Dave Whittenburg, whose real record as a pitcher, was unknown took the mound, and the winning music for the Salinaits was changed. Whittenburg's performance gave encouragement en-couragement to his team-mates, and the while program was changed. Coming out of the hold the Gunnison boys started to gain and when the final inning was iplayed they1 had overcome the great lead and passed safely to the winning point and beyond be-yond danger of defeat. Safe hits, two and three baggers were common stunts by the Gunnison Lions and as a final climax, Hart J. Sanders, the man who tests the sugar beets for the Sugar company, gave a Babe Ruth demonstration Jby clouting' a home run the only one in the game. 1 In the line-up for Gunnison were the famous players D. H. Whittenburg, Whitten-burg, F. H. Jones, Hart Sanders, Elmer El-mer Nielson, Fletcher Peterson, Ira Oevrfelt, Lenno Rosenvall, Leonard Anderson and Waldo Villard. Salina is anxious to be beaten again and more than likely a return game will be arranged to be played at Gunnison. |